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The Amazing Spider-Man #296

Marvel · Series began 1963 · January 1988

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Dates

Cover date: January 1988
On sale: September 8, 1987
Pages: 36

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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.
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Newsstand edition

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 07148602457601
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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.

Publisher’s description

The last time we saw Doctor Octopus, he'd been driven insane by his obsession with Spider-Man. But when a guy has super-strong metal tentacles, can any asylum hold him for long?

Reprinted in

Amazing Spider-Man by David Michelinie & Todd McFarlane Omnibus (2011), Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (2013)