Dates
- Cover date
- July 1987
- On sale
- March 31, 1987
- Pages
- 36
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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
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Creators
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.
Publisher’s description
With the menace of the Hobgoblin finished, Spider-Man's life is back on track. Not even the Preserver can ruin Spidey's renewed dedication to be Spider-Man. But what of the wall-crawler's alter-ego, Peter Parker? His life now seems more meaningless than ever!
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)