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Web of Spider-Man #8

Marvel · Series began 1985 · November 1985

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Dates

Cover date: November 1985
On sale: July 23, 1985
Pages: 36

Values

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Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #8 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Direct edition65¢ cover

Direct

No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
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Newsstand edition65¢ cover

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 0714860252711 · shared with another edition
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Canadian price edition0.75 CAD cover

Canadian

Printed cover price 0.75 CAD.

Barcode 0714860252711 · shared with another edition
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Creators

pencils: Charles Vess, Geof Isherwoodinks: Charles Vess, Vince Collettascript: David Micheliniecolors: Bob Sharenletters: Janice Chiang

Stories

Local Superhero! · 22 pages
Peter Parker is sent by the Daily Bugle to a small town in Pennsylvania to uncover the mystery of the Smithville Thunderbolt

Publisher’s description

30 years ago, an explosion in space sends a meteor fragment hurling toward the mid American town of Smithville PA. An unsuspecting banker named Fred Hopkins comes into contact with the meteor and it gives him superhuman powers. He becomes a costumed crime fighter that goes by the name of the Smithville Thunderbolt.

Reprinted in

Essential Web of Spider-Man (2011), Web of Spider-Man Omnibus (2024)