CATALOG RECORD

The Spectacular Spider-Man #158

Marvel · Series began 1976 · December 1989

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Dates

Cover date: December 1989
On sale: September 26, 1989
Pages: 36

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Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #158 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 07148602199513 · shared with another edition
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Mark Jewelers insert edition

Mark Jewelers

Barcode 07148602199513 · shared with another edition
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Story arc: Acts of Vengeance

This is part 18 of 51. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

Creators

pencils: Sal Buscema, Mike Espositoinks: Sal Buscema, Mike Espositoscript: Gerry Conwaycolors: Bob Sharenletters: Rick Parker

Stories

The Paste and the Power (or A Very Sticky Situation) · 22 pages
Spider-Man gains cosmic powers. The Kingpin joins the Acts of Vengeance.

Publisher’s description

ACTS OF VENGEANCE Now he's the strongest hero in the Marvel Universe! This is it! Spidey goes Cosmic!

Characters

Peter ParkerSpider-ManMary Jane WatsonVictor Von DoomDoctor DoomErik LehnsherrMagnetoLokiWilson FiskKingpinRobbie RobertsonBentley WittmanWizardPeter PetruskiTrapsterRandy RobertsonMartha RobertsonNick KatzenbergCynthia BernhammerDr. Max LubischStuart McPheeAmanda Robertson

Reprinted in

Spider-Man: The Cosmic Adventures (1993), Acts of Vengeance Omnibus (2011), Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (2013), Acts of Vengeance: Spider-Man and X-Men (2021), Web of Spider-Man Omnibus (2024)