The Amazing Spider-Man #302 [Direct]
(July 1988)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1988-03-08
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Glenn Herdling (credited) (assistant editor); Jim Salicrup (credited); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Chaos in Kansas! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Todd McFarlane (signed)
Inks
Todd McFarlane (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
No one will stop me from having my revenge!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Dr. Royce Nero
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First issue with Todd McFarlane's art of an upside-down Spider-Man as the corner block.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Jolly Rancher Stix / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
Don Martin (signed as D. MARTiN)
Inks
Don Martin (signed as D. MARTiN)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Zip. Poom
Characters
Fred; Stan

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

(Mid) American Gothic! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
David Michelinie (credited)
Pencils
Todd McFarlane (credited)
Inks
Todd McFarlane (credited)
Colors
Gregory Wright (credited)
Letters
Rick Parker (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Emporia, Kansas: Some forty-five miles southwest of Topeka...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Mary Jane Parker; Silver Sable [Silvija Sablinova]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Martin Jacoby; Wes Cassaday (first appearance); Morty Sable; Sandman [William Baker]; Dr. Royce Nero (villain); Billy Cassaday; Ruth Cassaday
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Peter is in Emporia, Kansas touring the On-Line Research complex where he is being offered a job. When a fire breaks out, Spider-Man swings in to help but witnesses the construction foreman using super speed to put the blaze out. Spider-Man has a chat with Wes Cassaday and learns that he was bitten by a radioactive jackrabbit but wishes to keep his powers a secret. After saving his potential boss from the dreaded Dr. Nero, Peter returns to New York and tells Mary Jane that he would like to take the job and move them halfway across the country.
Reprints
Keywords
Bedford Towers; Emporia; Kansas; Symkarian Embassy

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Infocomics / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi, I'm Lane Mastodon, all-around hero.
Characters
Lane Mastodon

Indexer Notes

Ad for computerized comics for IBM, Commodore and Apple computers.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Pat Redding; ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Pat Redding; Thor

Indexer Notes

Item; Special Announcement; Pro File: Pat Redding.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Spider's Web / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jim Salicrup; Glenn Herdling
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Web-Heads, Ish #298: First, the cover. Stupendous.
Characters
Jim Salicrup

Indexer Notes

Letters from Tom Dohman, Dave Pfell, Chris Stencil, Jack Sutor, Vincent Schmitt, Mike Aragona, Jeromy Mason, Jason Russell, David Metz, and Tim T. Lyman; includes Salicrup's Section.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Chaos in Kansas!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. ["Zip. Poom"]
    Jolly Rancher Stix
  3. 2. (Mid) American Gothic!
    Spider-Man
  4. 3. ["Hi, I'm Lane Mastodon, all-around hero."]
    Infocomics
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  6. 5. ["Dear Web-Heads, Ish #298: First, the cover. Stupendous."]
    Spider's Web
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Chris Boyko
  • Peter Croome
  • Del Gruber
  • David Haglund
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Eric Rom
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson