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Issue Details

Issue #388
Published April 1994
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 2.95 USD; 3.75 CAD
Pages 68
Editing Mark Bernardo (Assistant Editor); Danny Fingeroth (Editor); Tom DeFalco (Editor-in-Chief)

Cover Details - "Lifetheft the Final Chapter Triumph...and Tragedy!"

Characters Spider-Man; Richard Parker; Mary Parker
Genre superhero
Pencils Mark Bagley
Inks Randy Emberlin
Letters ?; typeset
Notes Foil Embosed cover.

30 page Spider-Man story "The Sadness of Truth (Lifetheft, Part 3)"

Characters Spider-Man; Vulture; Chameleon (also as Dr. Benita Sanchez); Mary Jane Parker; May Parker; Richard Parker (see notes; dies); Mary Parker (see notes; dies); Kraven (cameo; flashback)
Synopsis Having learned Spider-Man's true identity, Richard and Mary Parker report to their master, the Chameleon.
Genre superhero
Script David Michelinie
Pencils Mark Bagley
Inks Randy Emberlin
Colors Bob Sharen
Letters Joe Rosen
Notes Richard and Mary Parker are revealed as simulacra in this story; story continues in Spider-Man 45

12 page Venom story "The Lost Days"

Characters Venom; Peter Parker; Chuck Stone (intro; dies)
Synopsis Shortly after acquiring the Venom symbiote, Eddie Brock searches for a stealthy way to destroy Spider-Man.
Genre superhero
Script David Michelinie
Pencils Ron Lim
Inks Tom Palmer
Colors John Kalisz
Letters Steve Dutro
Notes This story occurs before, during and after the brief, unidentified appearances of Venom in Web of Spider-Man 18 and 24.

12 page Cardiac and Chance story "My Enemy's Enemy"

Characters Cardiac; Chance; Enos Warwick (intro); Noel Macready (intro)
Synopsis Cardiac and Chance come into conflict when both target the same man.
Genre superhero
Script David Michelinie
Pencils Larry Alexander
Inks Larry Alexander
Colors Joe Agostinelli
Letters Ken Lopez

1 page letters page "The Spider's Web"

Letters typeset