Dates
- Cover date
- January 1988
- On sale
- September 8, 1987
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #296 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 07148602457601
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: John Byrne, Alex Saviuk, Keith Parkinsoninks: John Byrne, Vince Colletta, Keith Parkinsonscript: David Michelinie, Ann Nocenticolors: Bob Sharen, Keith Parkinsonletters: Rick Parker
Stories
- Force of Arms · 23 pages
Otto Octavius is undergoing intense psychotherapy but nightmares about Spider-Man cause his arms to break free and return to their master. Spider-Man gets Ock's shrink to claim he is writing a tell-all book about the villain to draw him out. Spider-Man and Ock battle but the bad guy gets away.
Reprinted in
Amazing Spider-Man by David Michelinie & Todd McFarlane Omnibus (2011), Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (2013)