The Spectacular Spider-Man #231 [Direct Edition - Sal Buscema Cover]
(February 1996)

Marvel, 1976 Series
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Volume
1
Price
2.95 USD; 4.15 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1995-12-26
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Spider-Man Group
Barcode
759606021994 23121
Editing
Eric Fein (editor)

Issue Notes

1 of 4 limited variant special covers Camelot Music released polybagged with Saturday Morning Cartoons Sampler Cassette. Also released were Amazing Spider-Man [Marvel, 1963 series] #408, Sensational Spider-Man [Marvel, 1996 series] #1, and Spider-Man [Marvel, 1990 series] #65. The four covers connect to depict a giant spider symbol in the background.

This variant was originally shipped poly-bagged. The package included a music cassette featuring The Ramones performing the 1967 animated Spider-Man series theme song as well as other selected songs from "Saturday Morning: Cartoon's Greatest Hits" CD.

The price was printed on the poly-bag while the UPC symbol was printed on the comic cover.
This issue is a variant of The Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel, 1976 series) #231 [Direct Edition]. There exist further variants:

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

Pencils
Sal Buscema (signed)
Inks
Sal Buscema (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
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The Return of Kaine Part 1: Reluctant Lazarus (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Todd DeZago
Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Al Milgrom
Colors
Chia-Chi Wang; Malibu Coloring (as Malibu) (Enhancements)
Letters
Dave Sharpe; Caroline Wells; Susan Crespi
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man; Kaine (villain); Muse (villain); Quorum (villain); Mosh (villain)
Synopsis
Kaine is brought back to life by a wealthy businessman who wants to make him a contestant in The Great Game. A spider skeleton is found in the smokestack.
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Indexer Notes

Continued in Sensational Spider-Man #2

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. The Return of Kaine Part 1: Reluctant Lazarus
    Spider-Man
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