The Amazing Spider-Man #318 [Direct]
(August 1989)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly except fortnightly June, July and August
On-sale Date
1989-04-11
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)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

The Scorpion! Deadlier Than Ever!! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Todd McFarlane (signed)
Inks
Todd McFarlane (signed)
Colors
Todd McFarlane (signed)
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Scorpion [MacDonald Gargan]
Reprints
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Sting Your Partner! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
David Michelinie (credited)
Pencils
Todd McFarlane (credited)
Inks
Todd McFarlane (credited)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited); Gregory Wright (credited)
Letters
Rick Parker (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The gentleman's name is Scorpion.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Mary Jane Parker; J. Jonah Jameson; Harry Osborn; The Scorpion [MacDonald Gargan] (villain); Justin Hammer (villain)
Synopsis
Hammer makes Scorpion a new costume in exchange for capturing an army officer.
Reprints

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

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

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

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Philip Amara, Rodney Walford, Wendy Joy, Corey S. Powell; Comic Buyer's Guide Fan Awards for 1988 entry blank.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Scorpion! Deadlier Than Ever!!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. Sting Your Partner!
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Spider's Web
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