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The Amazing Spider-Man #290 [Direct Edition]
(July 1987)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume:
1
Price:
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines:
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher:
Marvel Comics
Brand:
Marvel [black, no background]
Editing:
Jim Salicrup (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)
Color:
color
Dimensions:
standard Silver Age, then Modern Age US
Paper Stock:
Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding:
saddle-stitched; #200 square bound
Publishing Format:
was ongoing series

Issue Notes

This issue has variants.

Peter Parker Asks the Big Question! (Table of Contents)

Spider-Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils:
Al Milgrom (signed)
Inks:
Al Milgrom (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Spider-Man; Peter Parker; Mary Jane Watson
Reprints:
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The Big Question (Table of Contents: 1)

Spider-Man / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script:
David Michelinie
Pencils:
John Romita Jr.
Inks:
Vince Colletta
Colors:
Bob Sharen
Letters:
Rick Parker
Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Mary Jane Watson; Mayor Ed Koch; J. Jonah Jameson; Aunt May Parker; VILLAINS: The Preserver; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Uncle Ben Parker
Synopsis:
Peter visits a church rummage sale to buy back his old microscope that Aunt May donated and ends up stopping a thug from making off with a valuable religious artifact. Peter asks MJ to marry him.
Reprints:
Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Peter Parker Asks the Big Question!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. The Big Question
    Spider-Man
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