The Spectacular Spider-Man #248 [Direct Edition]
(August 1997)

Marvel, 1976 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.99 USD; 2.80 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1997-06-25
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Barcode
759606021994 24811
Editing
Ralph Macchio (editor); Matt Hicks (assistant editor); Bob Harras (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Luke Ross
Inks
Luke Ross
Colors
?
Letters
Comicraft
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man; gorilla; Kraven II (in shadow)
Keywords
lightning; rain
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From the Shadows (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
J. M. DeMatteis (plot); Mark Bernardo (script)
Pencils
Luke Ross
Inks
Dan Green; Al Milgrom
Colors
John Kalisz
Letters
Richard Starkings; Kiff Scholl; Comicraft
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man; Jack O'Lantern II; J. Jonah Jameson; John Jameson; Dr. Ashley Kafka; Marla Madison Jameson; Alana Sloan (intro?); Flash Thompson; Harrison Thompson; Rose Thompson; Kraven II (cameo); Norman Osborn (cameo)
Synopsis
Spider-Man is attacked by Kraven's beasts while searching for Jack O'Lantern. John Jameson undergoes hypnosis to learn why he attacked his father.

Indexer Notes

Norman Obsorn is revealed as Jack O'Lantern's employer in this story.

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

Spectacular Spider-Mail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Mark J. Kiewlak, Rick Guzman and Nolan Buro.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. From the Shadows
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Spectacular Spider-Mail
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  • Dwayne Best
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Eric Rom
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