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Issue Details

Issue #290
Published July 1987
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Jim Salicrup (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)

Cover Details - "Peter Parker Asks the Big Question!"

Characters Spider-Man; Peter Parker; Mary Jane Watson
Genre superhero
Pencils Al Milgrom
Inks Al Milgrom
Letters Typeset

22 page Spider-Man story "The Big Question"

Characters Spider-Man; GUESTS: Mary Jane Watson; Mayor Ed Koch; J. Jonah Jameson; Aunt May Parker; VILLAINS: The Preserver; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Uncle Ben Parker
Synopsis Peter visits a church rummage sale to buy back his old microscope that Aunt May donated and ends up stopping a thug from making off with a valuable religious artifact; Peter asks MJ to marry him.
Genre superhero
Script David Michelinie
Pencils John Romita Jr.
Inks Vince Colletta
Colors Bob Sharen
Letters Rick Parker