Dates
- Cover date
- May 1983
- On sale
- February 15, 1983
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #78 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition60¢ cover
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition60¢ cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0714860219905 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Canadian price edition0.75 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 0.75 CAD.
Barcode 0714860219905 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: Al Milgrom, Ron Zalmeinks: Al Milgrom, Jim Mooney, Ron Zalmescript: Bill Mantlo, Jim Shootercolors: Bob Sharenletters: Joe Rosen
Stories
- The Long Goodbye! · 22 pages
Doctor Octopus prépares to attack the Black Cat while she recovers in the hospital. Peter wants to defend her but understands that the battle could prove fatal.
Reprinted in
Super Spider-Man TV Comic (1981), Essential Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (2005), Marvel Masterworks: The Spectacular Spider-Man (2017)