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Issue Details

Issue #89
Published January 1980
Frequency Monthly
Cover Price 0.40 USD
Pages 36
Editing Allen Milgrom; Mary Jo Duffy (assistant)
Notes Copyright ©1979 by Marvel Comics Group, a Division of Cadence Industries Corporation.

Cover Details - "Shoot Out Over Center Ring!"

Characters Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Cutthroat
Genre Superhero
Pencils Rich Buckler (signed)
Inks Joe Rubinstein (signed)
Letters Irving Watanabe
Reprinted in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #247

17 page Spider-Man and Nightcrawler story "Shoot Out Over Center Ring!"

Characters Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; GUESTS: Amanda Sefton; VILLAINS: Arcade; Miss Locke; Amos Jardine; Cutthroat (first appearance)
Synopsis Amos fires Arcade and hires Cutthroat to take down Spider-Man but Nightcrawler helps Spidey take down the rookie assassin.
Genre Superhero
Script Chris Claremont
Pencils Michael Netzer [as Michael Nasser] (pages 1-13); Rich Buckler (pages 14-17)
Inks Joe Rubinstein [as Josef Rubinstein]
Colors Carl Gafford
Letters Clem Robins
Reprinted in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #242

1 page Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox promo (ad from the publisher) "Bullpen Bulletins [January 1980]; Stan's Soapbox"

Script Stan Lee; ?
Letters typeset
Notes Stan Lee talks about Marvel's upcoming Hollywood projects. The Mighty Marvel Checklist for comics dated January 1980.

1 page Human Torch; Hostess Fruit Pies advertisement "The Icemaster Cometh"

Characters Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Icemaster (villain)
Genre Superhero
Pencils Frank Miller
Inks Joe Rubinstein ?
Letters John Costanza

1 page Web-Zingers letters page "Web-Zingers"

Letters typeset
Notes Letters from readers - Meredith Robbins, Danny M. Davids, Rich Roder and Frederick Scoblete. Letters page replies by Chris Claremont.