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The Amazing Spider-Man #339

Marvel · Series began 1963 · September 1990

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Dates

Cover date: September 1990
On sale: July 24, 1990
Pages: 36

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Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #339 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 07148602457612 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Mark Jewelers insert edition

Mark Jewelers

Barcode 07148602457612 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: Erik Larseninks: Hilary Barta, Randy Emberlin, Mike Machlan, Keith Williams, John Romitascript: David Michelinie, Stan Leecolors: Bob Sharen, Gregory Wright, Mike Rockwitzletters: Rick Parker

Stories

The Killing Cure · 22 pages
Spider-Man rushes to obtain a rare element from Doc Ock to counteract the poison in the atmosphere. Jonathon Caesar makes another play for Mary Jane and is killed by one of her fans who works for the police.

Publisher’s description

Doctor Octopus plans to release a deadly poison into Earth's atmosphere so that he can instate himself and the Sinister Six as the world's new leaders! Can Spidey stop the Sinister Six?

Reprinted in

Spider-Man: Sinister Six (2009), Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (2013), Spider-Man by David Michelinie and Erik Larsen Omnibus (2017), Spider-Man: Sinister Six (2019)