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Issue Details

Issue #18
Published November 1997
Cover Price $2.99/$4.20 CAD
Pages 54
Editing Ralph Macchio; Matt Hicks (assistant)
Notes Credits acknowledge special thanks to Keith DeCandido for a mountain of research.

Cover Details - "The Life -- and Death -- and Life of Doctor Octopus!"

Characters Spider-Man; Doctor Octopus
Genre Superhero
Pencils Tom Velazquez (signed)
Inks Tom Velazquez (signed)
Notes Credits acknowledge special thanks to Keith DeCandido for a mountain of research.

2 page Spider-Man recap "Recap"

Genre Superhero
Notes Recap of prior stories and list of characters for this story. This is on the inside of the gatefold cover. Design by Comicraft's John Marasigan.

31 page Spider-Man story "All My Pasts Remembered!"

Characters Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Mary Jane Watson-Parker; Ben Urich; J. Jonah Jameson; Mr. Trilby; Torbert Octavius (Otto's father; flashback); Mary Octavius (Otto's mother; flashback); Mary Alice (flashback); Doctor Kevin Hunt (flashback); Matt Murdock [Daredevil; flashback]; Bennett Brant (flashback); Betty Brant (flashback); Giant-Man [Hank Pym; flashback]; Iron Man [Tony Stark; flashback]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards; flashback]; Villains: Doctor Octopus [Otto Octavius]; Carolyn Trainer; Stunner [Angelina Brancale]; Blackie Gaxton (flashback); Sinister Six [flashback; Electro [Maxwell Dillon]; Kraven the Hunter [Sergei Kravinoff]; Mysterio [Quentin Beck]; Sandman [William Baker; Flint Marko]; Vulture [Adrian Toomes]; Kaine (flashback)
Synopsis Doctor Octopus! The one, the only, the original six-armed terror in the most offbeat unlimited ever! It's Ock seen from three different perspectives: an intimate history of the man from those who knew him the best. [per next issue box]
Genre Superhero
Script Tom DeFalco
Pencils Joe Bennett
Inks Joe Pimentel
Colors John Kalisz
Letters Jack Morelli

4 page Spider-Man story "The Secrets of Doctor Octopus"

Characters Doctor Octopus [Otto Octavius]
Genre Superhero
Script Tom DeFalco
Pencils Pat Olliffe
Inks Al Williamson
Colors John Kalisz
Letters Jackmo

3 page Spider-Man story "Her Name was Stunner!"

Characters Doctor Octopus [Otto Octavius]; Stunner [Angelina Brancale]
Genre Superhero
Script Tom DeFalco
Pencils Joe Bennett
Inks Joe Pimentel
Colors John Kalisz
Letters Jack Morelli

2 page letters page "Spider-Reader's Unlimited"

Letters Typeset
Notes Letters from readers.