Issue Details

Issue	#42
Published	August 2002
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	2.25 USD; 3.75 CAD
Pages	36
Editing	John Miesegaes (Assistant Editor); Axel Alonso (Editor); Joe Quesada (Editor-in-Chief)
Notes	483th number of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (Volume 1 and 2 combined).

Cover Details - "untitled"

Characters	Spider-Man
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Jason Pearson (signed)
Inks	Jason Pearson (signed)
Colors	Dan Kemp (signed)
Reprinted	in 100% Marvel Best - L'Uomo Ragno: Finchè le stelle non si spegneranno (Panini, 2006 series) #nn

22 page Spider-Man story "A Strange Turn of Events"

Characters	Spider-Man; Shade; Dr. Strange; Jennifer; Mary Jane Parker
Genre	Superhero
Script	J. Michael Straczynski
Pencils	John Romita, Jr.
Inks	Scott Hanna
Colors	Dan Kemp
Letters	Richard Starkings; Wes Abbott [as RS & Comicraft's Wes Abbott]
Reprinted	in 100% Marvel Best - L'Uomo Ragno: Finchè le stelle non si spegneranno (Panini, 2006 series) #nn

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "House Advertisements"

Notes

House Advertisements (One-Pager) for: SPIDER-MAN: BLUE miniseries (1/2 page), THE CALL OF DUTY: THE BROTHERHOOD limited series.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "X-Treme Savings!"

Notes

House Advertisement (One-Pager) for Marvel Comics Series (subscription page with X-Treme X-Men illustration).

10 page advertisement "Ads"

Notes

Total of 8 one-page, 1 two-page and 1 half-page advertisements for: milk (milk, whymilk.com), Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex (game, Universal Interactive), Spider-Man (game, Activision), Midtown Comics (comic shop, Midtown Comics, 1/2 page), Mobile Suit Gundam (toys, Bandai), Backyard Baseball (game, Infogrames), Fire Blade (game, Midway), Tang (soft drink, KF Holdings, 2 pages), Corn Nuts (snack, Nabisco), 100 Day Marvel Gift Pack Giveaway (website, www.nakiusa.com).