CATALOG RECORD
Web of Spider-Man Annual #4
first appearance of Poison and Carlos Cardinale
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Poison (Cecilia Cardinale) — first appearance
- Carlos Cardinale (Marvel) — first appearance
Dates
- Cover date
- 1988
- On sale
- June 21, 1988
- Pages
- 68
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #4 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.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07148602865985
This edition’s page
Story arc: The Evolutionary War
This is part 3 of 13. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Silver Surfer Annual (1988) #1
- X-Men Annual (1970) #12
- Web of Spider-Man Annual (1985) #4
- The New Mutants Annual (1984) #4
- The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual (1979) #8
- The Avengers Annual (1967) #17
- X-Factor Annual (1986) #3
- The Punisher Annual (1988) #1
- Fantastic Four Annual (1963) #21
- The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1964) #22
- The West Coast Avengers Annual (1986) #3
- Silver Surfer Epic Collection (2014) #4
- Silver Surfer: Return to the Spaceways Omnibus (2024) #nn
Creators
pencils: Alex Saviuk, Cynthia Martin, Arthur Adams, John Romita, Mike Zeck, Mike Harris, Joe Brozowski, Todd McFarlane, Ron Liminks: John Romita, Cynthia Martin, Alex Saviuk, Arthur Adams, John Romita Jr., Bob McLeod, Joe Rubinstein, Mike Harris, Joe Brozowski, Todd McFarlane, Tony DeZunigascript: Steve Gerber, Mark Gruenwaldcolors: JayJay Jackson, Gregory Wrightletters: Rick Parker, Ken Lopezediting: Ralph Macchio
Stories
- Sweet Poison! [The Evolutionary War Part Eight of Eleven]: · 33 pages
The Evolutionary War continues and the introduction of Poison.
- Night Stalking! · 7 pages
The origin of Poison.
- The High Evolutionary, Part 8 of 11: All My Children · 6 pages
Characters
Peter ParkerSpider-ManWanda MaximoffMary Jane WatsonPietro MaximoffJessica DrewWilson FiskKingpinTed SallisMan-ThingHerbert Edgar WyndhamHigh EvolutionaryRobert FrankMadeline JoyceMagnusChthonBova AyrshireSlugJonathan DrewUlysses LuggmanPoisonCecilia CardinaleDjango MaximoffGregor RussoffSir PorgaCarlos CardinaleMarya Maximoff
Reprinted in
Evolutionary War Omnibus (2011), Man-Thing by Steve Gerber: The Complete Collection (2015), Web of Spider-Man Omnibus (2024)