Astonishing Spider-Man #3

(January 2010)

The Astonishing Spider-Man (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Letters

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Synopsis

Introduces the issue and recaps the story so far.

The Menace Of... Menace (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Marc Guggenheim

Pencils

Salvador Larroca

Inks

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Colors

Stephane Peru

Letters

Cory Petit

Editing

Tom Brennan (original assistant editor); Stephen Wacker (original editor); Tom Brevoort (original executive editor); Joe Quesada (original editor in chief)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Blue Shield; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Jackpot; Menace; Lily Hollister; J. Jonah Jameson; Ryan Maxwell; Matt Dowd; Dexter Bennett; Betty Brant; Detective Quentin Palone; Mrs. Parfrey; Mr. Crowne; SHIELD

Synopsis

Spider-Man finds himself cornered by the Blue Shield but manages to get away when the Menace turns up. The Menace shocks him as a warning not to interfere with his plans. Jonah is still in hospital and his wife is hiding the fact that she has sold the paper. Whilst investigating the recent body found with a Spider-Tracer, Spider-Man visits the leading Detective on the case. There he discovers that more bodies have been found with tracers on them. An explosion goes off in the distance but as Spider-Man goes to leave, SHIELD turns up.

Reprints

• from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1999 series) #550 (April 2008)

Indexer Notes

Dan Buckley (Original Publisher); Gale, Guggenheim, Slott, Wells (Spidey's Braintrust)

"Are They Really The Avengers?" (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Marvel Spotlight (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Lo, There Shall Come A Menace!! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Marc Guggenheim

Pencils

Salvador Larroca

Inks

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Colors

Stephane Peru

Letters

Cory Petit

Editing

Tom Brennan (original assistant editor); Stephen Wacker (original editor); Tom Brevoort (original executive editor); Joe Quesada (original editor in chief)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Man; SHIELD; Jackpot; Councilwoman Parfrey; Menace; Sara Ehret

Synopsis

Spider-Man and Jackpot go after Menace who has just kidnapped Councilwoman Parfrey. Spider-Man manages to free her into the hands of Jackpot. Jackpot then comes back to aide Spider-Man, she manages to get Menace off his glider but in the process causes the glider to crash into the Councilwoman. Jackpot is devastated and pushes Spider-Man away. Later he visits the home of Sara Ehret, who he believed was Jackpot. However Sara looks different to Jackpot and initially denies any knowledge but gives him a critic answer.

Reprints

• from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1999 series) #551 (April 2008)

Indexer Notes

For some reason "Editor" is in quotes for Stephen Wacker; Dan Buckley (Original Publisher); Gale, Guggenheim, Slott, Wells (Spidey's Braintrust); Jason Keith (Original Cover Colours)

Spider-Man Versus Wolverine (Table of Contents: 6)

Spider-Man; Wolverine / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Man; Wolverine

Reprints

• from Spider-Man vs. Wolverine (Marvel, 1987 series) #1 [Direct] (February 1987)

High Tide (Part Two) (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Christopher Priest

Pencils

M. D. Bright

Inks

Al Williamson

Colors

Petra Goldberg

Letters

Bill Oakley

Editing

Ann Nocenti (original editor); Jim Shooter (original editor in chief)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wolverine; Storm; Havoc; KGB Agents; Ned Leeds; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]

Synopsis

Wolverine is in West Berlin and is being followed by the KGB. Wolverine walks past Peter Parker and identifies him as Spider-Man. He then tracks Spider-Man to his hotel and forces Peter to follow him, even though he has no costume. When Peter returns to the hotel he discovers that Ned is already dead. Spider-Man decides to stick around and gets a costume from a costume shop. He tracks a tracer he tagged Wolverine with, only to discover that Wolverine is one step ahead. Wolverine discovers Charlie, who turns out to be a woman, and she takes him back to her large house.

Reprints

• from Spider-Man vs. Wolverine (Marvel, 1987 series) #1 (February 1987) [23 pages]

Indexer Notes

The original story has been broken up into parts for release in various issues.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Next Issue (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Web (Table of Contents: 10)

letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Brady Webb

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Adam Fisher, Lea Alessi-Cellie, Stephen Kelly, Mark O'Kane and Jonathan Bonner. Editor Brady Webb replies.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)