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The Amazing Spider-Man #196

Marvel · Series began 1963 · September 1979

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Dates

Cover date: September 1979
On sale: June 12, 1979
Pages: 36

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Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #196 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Direct edition

Direct

No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
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Newsstand edition

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 0714860245709
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Creators

pencils: Keith Pollard, Al Milgrom, Frank Giacoia, Jim Mooneyinks: Al Milgrom, Frank Giacoia, Jim Mooneyscript: Marv Wolfman, Stan Leecolors: Bob Sharenletters: John Costanza

Stories

Requiem! · 17 pages

Publisher’s description

Peter Parker is left reeling in the wake of Aunt May's death. How did this happen? And why? Plus, Peter quits his job at the Bugle when he's had enough of Jameson's harmful bias toward Spider-Man. What will the future hold for the web-slinger when all seems lost?

Reprinted in

The Amazing Spider-Man (1977), The Essential Spider-Man (1996), Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (2003), The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (2007), Spider-Man: Return of the Burglar (2012), Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (2013)