Dates
- Cover date
- December 1984
- On sale
- August 28, 1984
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #97 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 0714860219912 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Canadian price edition0.75 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 0.75 CAD.
Barcode 0714860219912 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: Al Milgrom, Herb Trimpeinks: Al Milgrom, Jim Mooneyscript: Al Milgrom, Jim Shooter, Danny Fingerothcolors: Bob Sharenletters: Janice Chiang
Stories
- Hermit-Age! · 23 pages
Spider-Man meets Timothy Quail, a man who only wants to be left alone.
Characters
Peter ParkerSpider-ManReed RichardsJohnny StormHuman TorchMister FantasticMay ParkerWilson FiskKingpinFlash ThompsonFelicia HardyBlack CatRobbie RobertsonBetty BrantTandy BowenDaggerTyrone JohnsonCloakVenomSilvio ManfrediSilvermaneJohnathon OhnnThe AnswerAaron Nicholson
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)