The Amazing Spider-Man #423 [Direct Edition]
(May 1997)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.95 USD; 2.75 CAD
Pages
44
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1997-03-12
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Spider-Man Group; Marvel Comics
Barcode
759606024575 42311
Editing
Ralph Macchio (credited) (editor); Matt Hicks (credited) (assistant editor); Bob Harras (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

Electro-cuted! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Joe Bennett (signed)
Inks
Joe Pimentel (signed as PimenTeL)
Colors
Atomic Paintbrush (signed as ATOMIC)
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Electro
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #423 [Direct Edition] Cover Thumbnail for The Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #423 [Newsstand]
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Choices! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Tom DeFalco (credited)
Pencils
Joe Bennett (credited)
Inks
Ralph Cabrera (credited); Harry Candelario (credited); Bud LaRosa (credited)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited)
Letters
Richard Starkings (credited); Kiff Scholl of Comicraft (credited as Comicraft/KS)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ignoring the problem won't make it go away, Joe.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson; Martha Robertson; Ben Urich; Angela Yin; Paul Stacy; The Rose [Jacob Conover]; Delilah; Electro [Max Dillon]; Dragonfly [Meiko Yin]; Madame Qwa
Synopsis
Dragonfly is on a mission to kill Robbie, Electro is on a mission to take out Dragonfly and Spider-Man ends up in the middle.
Reprints

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

Spider's Web / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Stephen James Schneider, Sam Bradford, Graham Garrison, Gary Joy, Robert Moraes, Tarek Hamad.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Romita; ?
Inks
Mike Esposito; ?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Feature Logo
Bullpen Bulletins (with circle)
Characters
Kingpin

Indexer Notes

Editorial profile: Matt Edelson. Checklist for March 19th 1997: Incredible Hulk #453, Iron Man #7, Thunderbolts #2, What If #97, Peter Parker Spider-Man #80, Essential Wolverine Volume 2, Excalibur #109, X-Man #27, X-Men #64, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy #6.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Electro-cuted!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. Choices!
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Spider's Web
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
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