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The Amazing Spider-Man #285

Marvel · Series began 1963 · February 1987

Dates

Cover date
February 1987
On sale
November 4, 1986
Pages
36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #285 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 07148602457602

    This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: Mike Zeck, Alan Kupperberginks: Bob McLeod, Jim Fernscript: Tom DeFalco, Christopher Priest, Jim Shootercolors: Bob Sharenletters: Rick Parker

Stories

  • The Arranger Must Die! · 22 pages

    The Punisher attempts to terminate the mob bosses fighting for control of the missing Kingpin's turf, but Spider-Man gets involved. Spider-Man saves the lives of the Arranger, the Rose and their goons but gets knocked out by the Punisher when he tries to apprehend him.

Characters

Peter ParkerSpider-ManFrank CastlePunisherRobbie RobertsonBen UrichHammerheadNed LeedsJason Macendale Jr.Richard FiskThe RoseVanessa FiskHobgoblinJack O'LanternKathryn CushingArrangerOswald Silkworth

Reprinted in

Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (2003)

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