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The Amazing Spider-Man #539

Marvel · Series began 1999 · April 2007

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Dates

Cover date: April 2007
On sale: February 28, 2007
In stores: February 28, 2007
Pages: 36

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Editions and covers (4)

Copies of #539 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Direct edition

Direct Edition

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

Barcode 75960604716153911
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2nd printing

2nd Printing Variant

Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.

Barcode 75960604716153931 · shared with another edition
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Newsstand edition

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 07447002457604
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Las Vegas Comic Con Oasis Edition - Angel Medina Cover

Barcode 75960604716153931 · shared with another edition
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Story arc: Back In Black

This is part 3 of 18. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

Creators

pencils: Ron Garneyinks: Ron Garney, Bill Reinholdscript: J. Michael Straczynskicolors: Matt Millaletters: Cory Petit

Stories

Back in Black Part 1 · 23 pages
Aunt May has been shot by a sniper bullet meant for Peter and he frantically swings her to the hospital but, with his identity exposed and being wanted by the law, he has to leave her as a Jane Doe patient. Mary Jane goes to the hospital and gives a fake name while claiming that Aunt May is her relative. Peter begins his hunt for the sniper and cuts through the underworld in a violent and brutal fashion. To mirror his dark mood, he dons his black Spider-Man costume once again.

Publisher’s description

Reeling in the aftermath of the Civil War that's wracked the Marvel Universe, Peter Parker has got plenty of reasons to consider a change of wardrobe. Black is his state of mind. But the worst is yet to come for Spider-Man.

Characters

Peter ParkerSpider-ManMary Jane WatsonMay ParkerWilson FiskKingpin

Reprinted in

Amazing Spider-Man by JMS Ultimate Collection (2009), Amazing Spider-Man by J. Michael Straczynski Omnibus (2018)