Argus is in Beta Testing until 12/1/26
Argus ← Live listings
Cover of Web of Spider-Man #18
Cover: Metron

CATALOG RECORD

Web of Spider-Man #18

Marvel · Series began 1985 · September 1986

Dates

Cover date
September 1986
On sale
May 27, 1986
Pages
36

Values

Looking up values…

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #18 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

  • Direct edition

    Direct

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

    Source ↗
  • Newsstand edition

    Newsstand

    A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

    Barcode 0714860252709

    This edition’s page

Story arc: Missing in Action

This is part 3 of 3. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

  1. Web of Spider-Man #16
  2. Web of Spider-Man #17
  3. Web of Spider-Man #18

Creators

pencils: Mark Beachum, Marc Silvestriinks: Joe Rubinstein, Kyle Bakerscript: David Michelinie, Jim Shootercolors: Bob Sharenletters: Rick Parker

Stories

  • The Longest Road! · 22 pages

    Peter Parker tells Mary Jane Watson how he got back from Appalachia. On the final page of this story, Peter is pushed in front of a subway train by an unknown person who will eventually be revealed as Venom.

Publisher’s description

MJ is wondering where Pete's been at when he arrives at her door - in a tattered Spidey outfit and looking quite a mess. After a shower and meal and deciding he's going to have to use the black costume from now on he reveals he's been in jail. Cue flashback...

Reprinted in

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

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Identifiers and aliases from Wikidata (CC0).

Issue, variant and release data from Metron (metron.cloud), CC BY-SA 4.0.