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Issue Details

Issue #280
Published September 1986
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Adam Blaustein (Assistant Editor); Jim Owsley (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)

Cover Details - "Feel the Wrath of the Sinister Syndicate!"

Characters Spider-Man; Silver Sable; Beetle; Rhino; Hydro-Man; Boomerang; Speed Demon
Genre superhero
Pencils Ron Frenz
Inks Brett Breeding
Letters Typeset
Reprinted in Uomo Ragno, L' (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #75

22 page Spider-Man story "Introducing the Sinister Syndicate!"

Characters Spider-Man; GUESTS: Silver Sable; Sandman; Flash Thompson; Sha Shan; Betty Leeds; Ned Leeds; VILLAINS: Beetle; Rhino; Hydro-Man; Boomernag; Speed Demon; Kingpin; Arranger; Jason Macendale [Jack O' Lantern]; Roderick Kingsley; Daniel Kingsley (in shadow)
Synopsis In order to raise some money to help Flash mount his defense, Spidey is hired by Silver Sable to help her bring in Jack O' Lantern; Instead, they find themselves up against five of Spidey's foes calling themselves the Sinister Syndicate; Ned leaves Betty; Macendale tries to peddle his services as Jack O' Lantern to the Kingpin and the Rose but is unsuccessful; Sandman is out for a suburban stroll when he notices the Sinister Syndicate drop a roller coaster on Spidey and Sable.
Genre superhero
Script Tom DeFalco
Pencils Ron Frenz (layouts): Brett Breeding
Inks Brett Breeding
Colors Paul J. Becton
Letters Joe Rosen
Reprinted in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #288; in Uomo Ragno, L' (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #75