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Cover of The Amazing Spider-Man #285
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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

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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.

Publisher’s description

Enter The Punisher! Frank Castle has his own reasons for wanting to eliminate Hobgoblin and the other mob bosses. But are his measures too extreme for Spider-Man? Spidey, caught in the crossfire of The Punisher’s rage!

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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