Dates
- Cover date
- October 1981
- On sale
- July 21, 1981
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #59 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition50¢ cover
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition50¢ cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0714860219910
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: Bob Wiacek, Jim Shooter, Jim Mooney, John Romita, Russ Heathinks: Bob Wiacek, Jim Mooney, John Romita, Russ Heathscript: Roger Stern, Tony Macchia, Tom DeFalcocolors: Bob Sharenletters: Jean Simek, Irv Watanabe
Stories
- I Want Spider-Man! · 21 pages
Martin Blank, part of a film crew pursuing footage of Spider-Man in action, sees it as an opportunity to fight the hero again as the Gibbon. Meanwhile, the Beetle has his own plans to defeat his old enemy, and both villains separately converge on Spider-Man to take him down.
Characters
Peter ParkerSpider-ManCurt ConnorsLizardAbner JenkinsBeetleGreg SalingerMartin BlankPhillip ChangGibbonFelix Simon
Reprinted in
Spider-Man and Hulk Weekly (1980), Essential Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (2005), Marvel Masterworks: The Spectacular Spider-Man (2017)