(September 1988)
Marvel,
1987 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 1.50 USD; 2.00 CAD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1988-05-12
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics
- Brand
-
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
- Barcode
- 071486026709 09
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
On sale date from Amazing Heroes #139.
The Kingpin Strikes Back!
Spider-Man / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- John Romita (signed)
- Inks
- John Romita (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Kingpin [Wilson Fisk]
- Reprints
The Schemer!
Spider-Man / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- John Romita
- Inks
- Mike Esposito (credited as Mickey Demeo)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Schemer [Richard Fisk]; Kingpin [Wilson Fisk]; Vanessa Fisk; J. Jonah Jameson; Joe "Robbie" Robertson; Betty Brant; Doctor Bromwell; Gwen Stacy; Flash Thompson; Harry Osborn; Captain George Stacy
- Synopsis
- The Schemer tries to become the new King of Crime in New York, and starts a war with the Kingpin. Flash Thompson goes to war in Vietnam and Gwen Stacy is injured in a traffic accident.
- Reprints
-
from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #83 (April 1970)
-
The Kingpin Strikes Back!
Spider-Man / comic story / 19 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- John Romita (layouts); John Buscema (pencils)
- Inks
- Jim Mooney
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Job Number
- 170-Z
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Schemer [Richard Fisk]; Gwen Stacy; Captain George Stacy; Kingpin [Wilson Fisk]; Vanessa Fisk
- Synopsis
- Peter could use the $5,000 reward, so Spidey sets out to capture The Schemer. He eventually finds him in his fancy car but keeps falling off it. Schemer arrives at the Kingpin's mansion and confronts him; Vanessa intervenes. Spider-Man has followed Schemer, breaks in, and has a brief tiff with Kingpin before both realize that Schemer - and Vanessa - have vanished.
- Reprints
- from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #84 (May 1970)
-
The Secret of the Schemer!
Spider-Man / comic story / 19 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- John Romita (layouts); John Buscema (pencils)
- Inks
- Jim Mooney
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Vanessa Fisk; Captain George Stacy; Gwen Stacy; Kingpin [Wilson Fisk]; Schemer [Richard Fisk; identity revealed]
- Synopsis
- Peter pulls a double switch to keep Captain Stacy and Gwendy from identifying him as Spider-Man. Spidey tracks down the Schemer but they both fall into the Kingpin's trap. The ensuing battle comes to an abrupt end when the Schemer is revealed to be Richard Fisk, the Kingpin's long lost son.
- Reprints
- from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #85 (June 1970)
-
The Coming of... the Schemer!
Spider-Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Schemer [Richard Fisk]
- Reprints
- from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #83 [Regular Edition] (April 1970)
-
Kingpin
Kingpin / character profile / 4 pages
- Script
- Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
- Pencils
- David Mazzucchelli
- Inks
- Joe Rubinstein; James Fry
- Colors
- Andy Yanchus
- Letters
- Brenda Mings
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Kingpin [Wilson Fisk]
- Reprints
What Is the Schemer's Secret?
Spider-Man / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Kingpin [Wilson Fisk]; Vanessa Fisk; Schemer [Richard Fisk]
- Reprints
- from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #85 [Regular Edition] (June 1970)
-
Indexer Notes
On back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Kingpin Strikes Back!
Spider-Man -
1.
The Schemer!
Spider-Man -
2.
The Kingpin Strikes Back!
Spider-Man -
3.
The Secret of the Schemer!
Spider-Man -
4.
The Coming of... the Schemer!
Spider-Man -
5.
Kingpin
Kingpin -
6.
Next Issue...
Spider-Man -
7.
What Is the Schemer's Secret?
Spider-Man
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