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Issue Details

Issue #573
Published December 2008
Cover Price 3.99 USD
Pages 52
Editing Stephen Wacker; Thomas Brennan (Assistant)

Cover Details - "Romita Jr. Cover"

Characters Green Goblin [Norman Osborn]
Genre superhero
Pencils John Romita Jr.
Inks Klaus Janson
Colors Dean White
Letters Typeset

Cover Details - "Maguire Cover"

Characters Scorpion [Mac Gargan; Venom]
Genre superhero
Pencils Kevin Maguire
Inks Kevin Maguire
Letters Typeset

Cover Details - "Zombie Cover"

Characters Zombie Spider-Man; Zombie Green Goblin
Genre superhero
Pencils Marko Djurdjevic (Painted)
Inks Marko Djurdjevic (Painted)
Colors Marko Djurdjevic (Painted)
Letters Typeset

Cover Details - "Colbert Cover"

Characters Spider-Man; Stephen Colbert
Genre superhero
Pencils Joe Quesada
Inks Joe Quesada
Letters Typeset

1 page Spider-Man recap "Green Energy!"

Genre superhero
Pencils John Romita Jr.
Inks Klaus Janson
Colors Dean White
Letters Typeset

28 page Spider-Man story "New Ways To Die Part Six: Weapons of Self Destruction"

Characters Spider-Man; GUESTS: Aunt May Parker; Green Goblin [Norman Osborn]; Anti-Venom [Eddie Brock]; Ben Urich; Sally Floyd; Lily Hollister; Betty Brant; Martin Li; Thunderbolts [Songbird; Venom [Mac Gargan; also as Scorpion]; Bullseye; Radioactive Man]
Synopsis Norman invites Harry to rule the world with him as father and son; Spider-Man and Anti-Venom take on Green Goblin and the Thunderbolts; Gargan injects Anti-Venom with a deadly poison which causes the suit to leave Eddie; Spidey discovers that it was Harry and not Norman that was doing medical experiments on illegal immigrants; Norman spins recent events in the media to make himself look good; Lily kisses Peter; Aunt May sees a violent side of Martin Li that she didn't expect; Eddie finds that the poison's effect is temporary and heads off into his new life as Anti-Venom.
Genre superhero
Script Dan Slott
Pencils John Romita Jr.
Inks Klaus Janson
Colors Dean White
Letters Virtual Calligraphy's Cory Petit

8 page Spider-Man story "Lo There Shall Come This Man...This Candidate!"

Characters Spider-Man; GUESTS: Stephen Colbert; J. Jonah Jameson; VILLAIN: Grizzly
Synopsis Spidey inspires presidential hopeful Stephen Colbert to stay in the race.
Genre superhero
Script Mark Waid
Pencils Patrick Olliffe
Inks Serge LaPointe
Colors Rain Beredo
Letters Virtual Calligraphy's Cory Petit