Dates
- Cover date
- May 1980
- On sale
- February 26, 1980
- Pages
- 36
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Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #42 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 0714860219905
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Creators
pencils: Mike Zeckinks: Joe Rubinstein, Jim Mooneyscript: Bill Mantlocolors: Janice Cohenletters: Irv Watanabe
Stories
- Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death! · 17 pages
Publisher’s description
Peter’s night out with ESU classmates becomes a dizzying battle against the Frightful Four! Will Spider-Man ever catch a break? Plus, Electro pulls the wool over Spidey’s eyes- by posing as the Human Torch!
Reprinted in
Spider-Man and Hulk Weekly (1980), Fantastic Four / Spider-Man Classic (2005), Essential Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (2005), Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four (2011), Marvel Masterworks: The Spectacular Spider-Man (2017), The Spectacular Spider-Man Omnibus (2022)