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Issue Details

Issue #426
Published September 1997
Cover Price $1.99/$2.80 CAD
Pages 46
Editing Ralph Macchio; Matt Hicks (assistant)

Cover Details - "Armed and Dangerous!"

Characters Spider-Man; Doctor Octopus; Stunner; Delilah
Genre Superhero
Pencils Steve Skroce
Inks Bud LaRosa (?)

2 page Spider-Man recap "Recap"

Genre Superhero
Notes Recap of prior stories and list of characters for this story. This is on the inside of the gatefold cover. Design by Comicraft's JG / John Marasigan.

22 page Spider-Man story "Only the Evil Return"

Characters Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Mary Jane Watson-Parker; Paul Stacy; Professor Howard; Doctor Reandeau; Villains: Doctor Octopus [Carolyn Trainer]; Otto Octavius (deceased body); The Rose [Jacob Conover]; Delilah; Madame Qwa; The Hand; Stunner [Angelina Brancale]; Alison Mongrain
Synopsis There's a portly gent out on the prowl for Spidey, and he's got a bowl cut and more than two arms! This story begins the return of the one true Doctor Octopus.
Genre Superhero
Script Tom DeFalco
Pencils Steve Skroce
Inks Bud LaRosa
Colors Bob Sharen
Letters Richard Starkings; Comicraft's Kiff Scholl

2 page letters page "The Spider's Web"

Letters Typeset
Notes Letters from readers.