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Issue: The Spectacular Spider-Man #86
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Is Variant Variant: Newsstand
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MarvelView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 1983
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0714860219901
Price: $0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
2 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
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Subject Matter
superhero
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Black Cat; The Fly
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Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Al Milgrom; Dan Crespi; Bob DeNatale; Bob Harras; Fred Hembeck; Danny Fingeroth; Linda Grant; Ann Nocenti; Vision; Black Cat; J. Jonah Jameson; The Fly (villain); Harlan Stillwell (cameo flashback)
With editor Danny Fingeroth away at the San Diego comic con, assistant editor Bob DeNatale decides to replace artist Al Milgrom with humorist Fred Hembeck for this issue's "important" story. Spider-Man decides to show the Black Cat where he works and they end up having to save J. Jonah Jameson from the Fly. Spider-Man decides to take the plunge and reveal his secret identity to the Cat.
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Miscellaneous
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This issue is in part set in the real world, in the Marvel Comics offices, and real people are depicted. Although Hembeck is best known for his humorous art, this issue is a "straight" Spider-Man story.

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