| Issue | #5 |
| Published | January 1998 |
| Cover Price | 1.99 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Bob Harras (editor-in-chief); Tom Brevoort; Glenn Greenberg (assistant editor) |
| Characters | Spider-Man |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Bernard Chang |
| Inks | Scott Koblish |
| Characters | Spider-Man; Watcher (cameo); Authority (origin revealed); Authority's Specialists; Leader's humanoids |
| Synopsis | The Authority sends Spider-Man to Italy to retrieve the Globe of Infinite Knowledge. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Tom Peyer |
| Pencils | Tom Grindberg |
| Inks | Dick Giordano |
| Colors | Tom Smith |
| Letters | Bill Oakley |
| Notes | The Watcher is the mystery guest-star referred to on the cover of this issue |
| Letters | typeset |