The Spectacular Spider-Man #97 [Newsstand]

(December 1984)

Hermit-Age! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Al Milgrom (credited as A. Milgrom)

Pencils

Herb Trimpe (credited as H. Trimpe)

Inks

Jim Mooney (credited as J. Mooney)

Colors

Bob Sharen (credited as B. Sharen)

Letters

Janice Chiang (credited as J. Chiang)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The pigeons in New York City are a hardy breed.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Man; Black Cat (also in flashback); Timothy Quail (introduction); Kingpin (also in flashback); Joe Robertson; Flash Thompson; Betty Brant Leeds; Dr. Johnathon Ohnn (introduction; unnamed); Elliot; Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (also in flashback); Mr. Fantastic (also in flashback); alien symbiote (also in flashback); Silvermane (flashback); Cloak (flashback); Dagger (flashback); The Answer (flashback); Aunt May Parker (flashback);

Synopsis

Spider-Man meets Timothy Quail, a man who only wants to be left alone.

Reprints

• in Spider-Man: The Complete Alien Costume Saga (Marvel, 2014 series) #2
• in Die Spinne Comic - Taschenbuch (Condor, 1979 series) #26 (1985)
• in Nova (Editions Lug, 1978 series) #93 (5 octobre 1985)
• in El Asombroso Hombre Araña (Novedades, 1980 series) #344 (26 de noviembre de 1986)

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

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

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

Spectacular Spider-Mail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Danny Fingeroth

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Daryl Buford, David Weintraub, John Fericano, Doug Burger, Jefferson Wolfe, Brian M. Wamsley, Tony Stout, V. L. Maeshiro, Steve Asp, Dean Wilkinson.