Dates
- Cover date
- October 2009
- On sale
- August 12, 2009
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (4)
Copies of #602 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition$2.99 cover
Direct Edition
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Barcode 75960604716160211
Source ↗ - Variant Edition - Marvel 70th Anniversary Frame - Mike McKone Cover
Barcode 75960604716160221
This edition’s page - 2nd printing
2nd Printing Variant - Mike McKone Cover
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
Barcode 75960604716160231
This edition’s page - Newsstand edition$3.99 cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 00928102457609
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- Red-Headed Stranger [Part 2]: Tenth of September · 22 pages
Spider-Man takes on Slyde who turns out to actually be an officer of the NYPD in disguise. Spider-Man barely escapes the false Slyde and a cadre of police officers equipped with Mandroid armor. Peter gets a job with J. Jonah Jameson but fellow employee Glory Grant chews him out for not showing his new boss the proper respect. Peter is knocked out by the Chameleon who takes him to his lair and makes a cast of his face so that he and get close to those in power. Peter is dropped in a vat of acid and, when his cellphone rings, Chameleon answers as Peter Parker and makes a date with Mary Jane.
Characters
Reprinted in
Spider-Man: Red-Headed Stranger (2009), Spider-Man: Red-Headed Stranger (2009), Spider-Man: New Ways to Live (2019), Spider-Man: Brand New Day Omnibus (2024)