Dates
- Cover date
- March 1980
- On sale
- December 25, 1979
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #40 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.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0714860219903
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: Al Milgrom, Walter Simonson, Frank Springerinks: Joe Rubinstein, Ricardo Villamonte, Frank Giacoialetters: Irv Watanabe, Diana Albersscript: Bill Mantlo, Stan Leecolors: Barry Grossman
Stories
- The Terrible Turnabout! · 18 pages
Spider-Man cured of being "Spider-Lizard."
Characters
Peter ParkerSpider-ManMary Jane WatsonJ. Jonah JamesonMay ParkerFlint MarkoSandmanMax DillonElectroCurt ConnorsBentley WittmanWizardPeter PetruskiTrapsterBarney Bushkin
Reprinted in
Spider-Man and Hulk Weekly (1980), Essential Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (2005), Marvel Masterworks: The Spectacular Spider-Man (2017), The Spectacular Spider-Man Omnibus (2022)