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Issue Details

Issue #286
Published March 1987
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Adam Blaustein (Assistant Editor); Jim Salicrup (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)

Cover Details - "Gang War Part Three: Thy Father's Son!"

Characters Spider-Man; Hobgoblin [Ned Leeds]; The Rose
Genre superhero
Pencils Bob Hall
Inks Al Milgrom
Letters Typeset
Notes Cover art credits provided 2010 by Al Milgrom.
Reprinted in Uomo Ragno, L' (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #80

22 page Spider-Man story "Thy Father's Son!"

Characters Spider-Man; GUESTS: Mary Jane Parker; Lance Bannon; Aunt May Parker; VILLAINS: Arranger; Rose [revealed as Richard Fisk]; Hobgoblin [Ned Leeds]; Jack O' Lantern; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Daredevil
Synopsis Spidey has been blasted by the Punisher's knockout gas and has to sleep it off in an alley; Richard Fisk meets a lovely woman and explains to her that his father was a criminal and he has been trying to take down his operation from the inside while still maintaining his integrity; Peter gets a call from Matt Murdock who asks him for a midnight meet; MJ is contacted by Lance who asks her to tell Pete about a midnight mob meeting but she blows it off and doesn't say anything; The gang war explodes as the police move in on the rival gangs who are meeting; With DD a no show, Spidey finds out about the mob meet from MJ too late to do anything but try and save innocent bystanders from the ensuing fires; The Rose tries to escape the police on foot but is forced to shoot a young cop who tries to stop him.
Genre superhero
Script Jim Owsley
Pencils Alan Kupperberg
Inks Jim Fern; Art Nichols
Colors Bob Sharen
Letters Rick Parker
Reprinted in Uomo Ragno, L' (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #80