The Amazing Spider-Man #573 [Direct Edition]
(December 2008)

Marvel, 1999 Series
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Green Energy! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
?
Pencils
John Romita Jr.
Inks
Klaus Janson
Colors
Dean White
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero

New Ways To Die Part Six: Weapons of Self Destruction (Table of Contents: 2)

Spider-Man / comic story / 28 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Slott (credited)
Pencils
John Romita Jr. (credited)
Inks
Klaus Janson (credited)
Colors
Dean White (credited)
Letters
Cory Petit of Virtual Calligraphy (credited as VC's Cory Petit)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Thunderbolts: Bullseye [Lester]; Radioactive Man [Chen Lu]; Songbird [Melissa Gold]; Venom [Mac Gargan] (also as Scorpion)
Anti-Venom [Eddie Brock]; Betty Brant; Sally Floyd; Green Goblin [Norman Osborn]; Lily Hollister; Martin Li; Aunt May Parker; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Ben Urich
Synopsis
Norman invites Harry to rule the world with him as father and son. Spider-Man and Anti-Venom take on Green Goblin and the Thunderbolts. Gargan injects Anti-Venom with a deadly poison which causes the suit to leave Eddie. Spider-Man discovers that it was Harry and not Norman that was doing medical experiments on illegal immigrants. Norman spins recent events in the media to make himself look good. Lily kisses Peter. Aunt May sees a violent side of Martin Li that she didn't expect. Eddie finds that the poison's effect is temporary and heads off into his new life as Anti-Venom.
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Lo There Shall Come This Man...This Candidate! (Table of Contents: 3)

Spider-Man / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Mark Waid (credited)
Pencils
Patrick Olliffe (credited)
Inks
Serge LaPointe (credited)
Colors
Rain Beredo (credited)
Letters
Cory Petit of Virtual Calligraphy (credited as VC's Cory Petit)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Grizzly [Maxwell Markham] (villain); J. Jonah Jameson; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Stephen Colbert
Synopsis
Spider-Man inspires presidential hopeful Stephen Colbert to stay in the race.
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. New Ways To Die Book Six
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. Green Energy!
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. New Ways To Die Part Six: Weapons of Self Destruction
    Spider-Man
  4. 3. Lo There Shall Come This Man...This Candidate!
    Spider-Man
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