Dates
- Cover date
- May 2009
- On sale
- March 18, 2009
- In stores
- March 18, 2009
- Pages
- 44
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #588 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition
Direct Edition
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Barcode 75960604716158811
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 00928102199504
This edition’s page
Story arc: Character Assassination
This is part 2 of 2. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- The Amazing Spider-Man #584
- The Amazing Spider-Man #588
Creators
Stories
- Character Assassination Conclusion · 32 pages
Spider-Man and Vin escape from Ryker's as all of the inmates are trying kill them. Carlie takes proof of the Spider-Man frame-up to Bill Hollister but cops show up to arrest her. Furious that they are messing with her friend, Lily turns into Menace and attacks the police. Spider-Man battles Menace but it is Harry as the Green Goblin that flies in with a serum that transforms the villain back into Lily. Hollister wins the mayoral election but does not accept the job as his daughter has been publicly revealed as Menace. Vin arrests his old boss. Norman has a little chat with the imprisoned Lily.
Publisher’s description
Menace's identity has been unmasked! The person behind the Spider-Tracer Killings has been revealed! Questions are finally answered here! Save for one, and that is, what does this all have to do with Osborn?
Characters
Reprinted in
Spider-Man: Election Day (2009), Spider-Man: Election Day (2010), Spider-Man: Brand New Day - The Complete Collection (2016), Spider-Man: Brand New Day Omnibus (2024)