The Amazing Spider-Man #292 [Direct]
(September 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
On-sale Date
1987-06-02
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Jim Salicrup (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Al Milgrom (signed as MILGROM [regular Ms])
Inks
Al Milgrom (signed as MILGROM [regular Ms])
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hiding in Pittsburgh won't save you from Alistair Smythe's Spider-Slayer!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Spider-Slayer [Alistaire Smythe]
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Growing Pains! (Table of Contents: 1)

Spider-Man / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
David Michelinie (credited)
Pencils
Alex Saviuk (credited)
Inks
Vince Colletta (credited)
Colors
George Roussos (credited)
Letters
Rick Parker (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
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Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Mary Jane Watson; Gayle Watson-Byrnes; Phillip Watson (Mary Jane's father); Spider-Slayer [Alistaire Smythe] (villain)
Synopsis
Peter arrives in Pittsburgh and meets Mary Jane's father. Spider-Man takes on Smythe and his Spider-Slayer robot. Mary Jane sets up her crooked dad and proves to the police that he is the one who belongs in jail and not her sister, Gayle. Mary Jane accepts Peter's marriage proposal.
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Keywords
Pittsburgh

Indexer Notes

Cont. in Amazing Spider-Man Annual, the (Marvel, 1964 series) #21

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Hiding in Pittsburgh won't save you from Alistair Smythe's Spider-Slayer!"]
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. Growing Pains!
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
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