The Amazing Spider-Man #409 [Direct Edition]
(March 1996)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.50 USD; 2.10 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1996-01-09
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Spider-Man Group
Barcode
759606024575 40911
Editing
Bob Budiansky (credited) (editor); Mark Bernardo (credited) (assistant editor); Bob Harras (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Return of Kaine, Part 3 of 4: Deadly Games (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Mark Bagley (signed as BAGS)
Inks
Larry Mahlstedt (signed as MAHLSTEDT)
Colors
Atomic Paintbrush (signed)
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man; Joystick; Kaine; Rhino
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The Return of Kaine, Part 3 of 4: Of Wagers and Wars (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Tom DeFalco (credited)
Pencils
Mark Bagley (credited)
Inks
Larry Mahlstedt (credited)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited) (colors); Malibu Coloring (credited as Malibu) (separations)
Letters
Richard Starkings (credited); Comicraft (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Most people in this city have at least one skeleton in their closet.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Ben Reilly]; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson; Ben Urich; Ken Ellis; Seward Trainer; Carolyn Trainer [Doctor Octopus] (villain); James Johnsmeyer (villain); Joystick [Janice Yanizeski] (villain); Kaine (villain); Muse [Shannon] (villain); Polestar (villain); Rhino [Aleksei Sytsevich] (villain)
Reprints
Keywords
Beverly Hills

Indexer Notes

Story continued from The Sensational Spider-Man (Marvel, 1996 series) #2 and story continues in Spider-Man (Marvel, 1990 series) #66.

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

Webnet / 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 by Jacob Goldstein, Sergio Cranshaw and Patrick Stockstill.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Return of Kaine, Part 3 of 4: Deadly Games
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. The Return of Kaine, Part 3 of 4: Of Wagers and Wars
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. ["He died during Maximum Clonage... or did he?"]
    Webnet
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Spider's Web
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