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Issue Details

Issue #297
Published February 1988
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Jim Salicrup (Editor); Tom DeFalco (Editor-in-Chief)

Cover Details - "Today Octopus Wins!"

Characters Spider-Man; Dr. Octopus
Genre superhero
Pencils Alex Saviuk
Inks Jack Abel
Letters Typeset
Reprinted in Uomo Ragno, L' (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #87

23 page Spider-Man story "I'll Take Manhattan!"

Characters Spider-Man; GUESTS: Aunt May Parker; Anna Watson; Robbie Robertson; Mary Jane Parker; Joy Mercado; VILLAIN: Dr. Octopus
Synopsis Still deathly afraid of Spider-Man, Dr. Octopus decides to simply kill everyone in New York with a biological weapon to rid himself of the wall crawler for good; In order to save his city, Spidey takes care of Doc Ock by letting the villain best him in battle.
Genre superhero
Script David Michelinie
Pencils Alex Saviuk
Inks Vince Colletta
Colors Janet Jackson
Letters Rick Parker
Reprinted in Uomo Ragno, L' (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #87