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Spider-Man #5

Marvel · Series began 1990 · December 1990

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Dates

Cover date: December 1990
On sale: October 16, 1990
Pages: 36

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Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #5 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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Reprint

Toy Biz Reprint

Reprint information on the cover or in the indicia.
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Newsstand edition

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 07148601321112
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Creators

pencils: Todd McFarlaneinks: Todd McFarlanescript: Todd McFarlanecolors: Gregory Wrightletters: Rick Parker

Stories

Torment, Part 5 · 22 pages
Is Spider-Man dead? Of course not, but he's not in very good shape. [per next issue box]

Publisher’s description

The final showdown is here! Can Spider-Man defeat the Lizard? And if he does, will he have what it takes to take down Calypso? Find out in the bloody conclusion to TORMENT!

Characters

Peter ParkerSpider-ManMary Jane WatsonCurt ConnorsLizardCalypso

Reprinted in

Spider-Man: Torment (1992), Spider-Man Vol. 1 No. 5 [Spider-Man Classics Action Figure Reprint] (2001), Spider-Man: Torment (2009), Spider-Man: Torment (2011), Spider-Man by Todd McFarlane Omnibus (2016), Spider-Man by Todd McFarlane: The Complete Collection (2021)