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The Amazing Spider-Man #290

Marvel · Series began 1963 · July 1987

Dates

Cover date
July 1987
On sale
March 31, 1987
Pages
36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #290 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 07148602457607

    This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: Al Milgrom, John Romita Jr.inks: Al Milgrom, Vince Collettascript: David Micheliniecolors: Bob Sharenletters: Rick Parker

Stories

  • The Big Question · 22 pages

    Peter visits a church rummage sale to buy back his old microscope that Aunt May donated and ends up stopping a thug from making off with a valuable religious artifact. Peter asks Mary Jane to marry him.

Reprinted in

The Amazing Spider-Man: The Wedding (1991), Spider-Man: Through the Decades (2011), Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (2013), Spider-Man: The Wedding Album Gallery Edition (2022)

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