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Issue Details

Issue #288
Published May 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 Five The Conclusion"

Characters Spider-Man; Black Cat; Daredevil; Falcon; Kingpin
Genre superhero
Pencils Steve Geiger (signed)
Inks Bob McLeod (signed)
Letters Typeset
Reprinted in Uomo Ragno, L' (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #80

22 page Spider-Man story "Gang War Rages On!"

Characters Spider-Man; GUESTS: Mary Jane Watson; Black Cat; Daredevil; Punisher; Lance Bannon; Ned Leeds; Betty Leeds; Flash Thompson; Vanessa Fisk; Aunt May Parker; Arthur Chekov; VILLAINS: Kingpin; Rose [Richard Fisk]; Jack O' Lantern; Hobgoblin [Ned Leeds]; Hammerhead; Arranger
Synopsis The gang war seems to settle down as the Kingpin has returned to take over his operations; As Spidey and his allies are trying to figure out their next move, they are attacked by two of Kingpin's goons; Betty returns home to find the Hobgoblin beating on Flash and she faints when she sees Hobby's face; Hobgoblin and Jack O' Lantern clash; Kingpin confronts his son and rival mob boss, the Rose; Kingpin calls a meeting of all of his lieutenants and is preparing to have them gunned down when Spidey, DD and the Falcon intervene; Spidey shouts it out with the Kingpin but it is Daredevil who has the last word.
Genre superhero
Script Jim Owsley
Pencils Alan Kupperberg
Inks Jim Fern
Colors George Roussos
Letters Rick Parker
Reprinted in Uomo Ragno, L' (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #80