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The Amazing Spider-Man #540

Marvel · Series began 1999 · May 2007

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Dates

Cover date: May 2007
On sale: March 28, 2007
In stores: March 28, 2007
Pages: 40

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Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #540 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 75960604716154011
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Newsstand edition

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 07447002457605
This edition’s page

Story arc: Back In Black

This is part 6 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 2 · 23 pages
Aunt May has lapsed into a coma and Peter performs a methodical and ruthless search for the sniper who shot her. He tracks down Jake Martino to the train station and beats him close to death trying to find who hired him. Before he can get any answers, however, Jake is shot by an unknown assailant. Spider-Man rides Jake's ambulance to the very hospital and gets the bad news from Mary Jane that she is probably not going to survive. Peter senses a spider tracer close by and finds the man who shot Jake on a cell phone. He takes the phone and finds the Kingpin on the other end of the line.

Publisher’s description

No one's paid the price for Civil War more than Peter Parker. Now, one of his worst fears has been realized. A tragedy from which he might never recover. And if that weren't enough -- he's a fugitive, hunted, on the run.

Characters

Peter ParkerSpider-ManMary Jane WatsonWilson FiskKingpin

Reprinted in

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