WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Mongoose (Marvel, New Men) — introduction, shadow only
Dates
- Cover date
- December 1986
- On sale
- September 2, 1986
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #283 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 0714860245712
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: Bob Layton, Ron Frenzinks: Bob Laytonscript: Tom DeFalco, Jim Shootercolors: Bob Sharenletters: Joe Rosen
Stories
- With Foes Like These... · 23 pages
Spider-Man is trolling around town trying to find Flash Thompson but ends up duking it out with Titania and Absorbing Man. Things end in a draw when Absorbing Man threatens to drop an airplane full of passengers and Spider-Man swings away in disgust.
Characters
Peter ParkerSpider-ManJanet Van DyneMary Jane WatsonWaspVictor Von DoomDoctor DoomFlash ThompsonRobbie RobertsonBetty BrantAbsorbing ManCrusher CreelRoderick KingsleyHobgoblinNed LeedsMary MacPherranTitaniaLance BannonKathryn CushingKris KeatingDaniel KingsleyMongoose
Reprinted in
Marvel Tales (1966), Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (2003)