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The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #4

Marvel · Series began 1979 · November 1984

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Dates

Cover date: November 1984
On sale: July 24, 1984
Pages: 52

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #4 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Newsstand edition$1.00 cover

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 0714860293545 · shared with another edition
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Direct edition$1.00 cover

Direct

No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
This edition’s page
Canadian price edition1.25 CAD cover

Canadian

Printed cover price 1.25 CAD.

Barcode 0714860293545 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: Al Milgrom, Kerry Gammill, Sal Buscema, Ron Randallinks: Joe Rubinstein, Carlos Garzón, Ron Randallletters: Jack Morelli, Janice Chiangscript: Bill Mantlo, Bob DeNatalecolors: George Roussosediting: Jim Shooter, Danny Fingeroth, Al Milgrom

Stories

Memory Lane! · 29 pages
Long-buried memories surface when May Parker begins receiving love letters from an old flame.
Cat and Mouse · 12 pages
The Black Cat goes to great lengths to retrieve a wine carafe given to her by Spider-Man.

Reprinted in

Essential Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (2005), Spider-Man: The Complete Alien Costume Saga (2014), Marvel Masterworks: The Spectacular Spider-Man (2017), Spider-Man: The Complete Black Costume Saga Omnibus (2024)