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The Amazing Spider-Man #40 (481)

Marvel · Series began 1999 · June 2002

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Dates

Cover date: June 2002
On sale: April 10, 2002
In stores: April 10, 2002
Pages: 36

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Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #40 (481) 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 75960604716104011
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Newsstand edition

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 07148602457606
This edition’s page

Story arc: The Spider Totem

This is part 7 of 13. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

Creators

pencils: Jason Pearson, John Romita Jr.inks: Jason Pearson, Scott Hannacolors: Dan Kemp, Avalon Studiosscript: J. Michael Straczynskiletters: Richard Starkings, Wes Abbott

Stories

Sensitive Issues · 22 pages

Publisher’s description

Spider-Man has a run-in with the Shade, while Aunt May debates whether to tell Mary Jane that she too knows Peter's secret identity.

Characters

Peter ParkerSpider-ManMary Jane WatsonJ. Jonah JamesonMay ParkerJennifer HardestyJacob NashShade

Reprinted in

Amazing Spider-Man by JMS Ultimate Collection (2009), Spider-Man: Through the Decades (2011), Amazing Spider-Man by J. Michael Straczynski Omnibus (2018), Amazing Spider-Man Modern Era Epic Collection (2025)