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Issue Details

Issue #31
Published January 2003
Cover Price 2.25 USD; 3.75 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Ralph Macchio; C.B. Cebulski (associate); Brian Smith (associate)

Cover Details - "Black Van"

Characters Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Mark Bagley
Inks Mark Bagley
Letters typeset

1 page Ultimate Spider-Man recap "Previously in Ultimate Spider-Man:"

Genre Superhero
Script Brian Michael Bendis ?
Pencils Mark Bagley
Inks Art Thibert
Colors Transparency Digital
Letters typeset
Notes Cast of characters, recap of story-to-date and creator credits. Art is from page 19, panel 1 of ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #30. Recap page is between pages 3 and 4 of the main story.

21 page Ultimate Spider-Man story "Black Van"

Characters Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Aunt May Parker; Mary Jane Watson; Gwen Stacy; Flash Thompson; Kong [Kenny McFarlane]; Janet Van Dyne [Wasp]; Captain George Stacy (dies); Ben Urich; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson; Captain Jeanne DeWolfe; Officer Burke; VILLAIN: Spider-Man imitator
Synopsis The Spider-Man imitator kills Captain George Stacy. Janet Van Dyne treats Spider-Man's gunshot wound.
Genre Superhero
Script Brian Michael Bendis
Pencils Mark Bagley
Inks Art Thibert
Colors Transparency Digital
Letters Chris Eliopoulos

3 page X-Men promo (ad from the publisher) "Uncanny X-Men #416"

Characters X-Men [Nightcrawler; Juggernaut; Stacy X; Archangel]; Sammy
Genre Superhero
Script Chuck Austen
Pencils Kia Asamiya
Inks Kia Asamiya
Colors J. D. Smith [Jonathan D. Smith]
Letters Paul Tutrone
Editing Mike Marts
Notes Preview of UNCANNY X-MEN #416 (pages 17-19).