"By the Light of the Silvery Moonstone!" Plot by Roger Stern. Script by Bill Mantlo. Art by Ed Hannigan (breakdowns) and Jim Mooney (finishes). Cover by Ed Hannigan and Joe Rubinstein.
While web-slinging through the Empire State University campus, the wall-crawler notices a shadowy figure breaking into the laboratory of Dr. Curt Connors. It's Moonstone stealing the portable enervator! Spider-Man battles Moonstone for the enervator, and unfortunately one of Peter's friends, Marcy Kane, is caught in the crossfire!
Last 50¢ issue. 32 pages Cover price $0.50.
"Boomerang, The Killer Who Keeps Coming Back!" Script by Bill Mantlo. Pencils by Ed Hannigan. Inks by Al Milgrom. Cover by Ed Hannigan and Al Milgrom.
Boomerang is looking for work in New York, so he seeks out the Kingpin to get a job. The Kingpin keeps it real simple for Boomerang...just kill Spider-Man. Meanwhile, Peter Parker has a bad day at Empire State University getting into arguments with Dr. Sloan, Marcy Kane, and Debra Whitman. So when Boomerang attacks the web-slinger, he gets a Spider-Man that's itching to fight! Flashback cameos by the Hulk and Iron Fist to recap Boomerang's past failures.
32 pages Cover price $0.60.
"Hell Hath No Fury Like A Robot Scorned!" Script by Bill Mantlo. Art by Luke McDonnell (layouts) and Jim Mooney (finishes). Cover by Ed Hannigan and Al Milgrom.
Aunt May, Nathan Lubensky, and Peter visit the grave of Uncle Ben to reflect on days gone by. After Aunt May and Nathan depart, Peter walks through the cemetery and comes upon a fracas in front of the crypt of Mendel Stromm! Why are government agents trying to bust into the crypt? Professor Stromm died way back in Amazing Spiderman (1st series) 37...or did he? There's only one way to find out! Meanwhile, after seeing Peter display super-strength for a second time, Debra Whitman begins to contemplate an amazing possibility.
32 pages Cover price $0.60.
"In Darkness Seldom Seen!" Part 1 of 2. Guest-starring Cloak and Dagger. Script by Bill Mantlo. Pencils by Ed Hannigan. Inks by Al Milgrom. Cover by Ed Hannigan and Al Milgrom.
Cloak and Dagger are back! And still waging their violent war on drugs! But now their activities are being noticed by criminal heavyweights...specifically Silvermane and the Kingpin! Is the duo ready for the big time? When Cloak and Dagger move in for the kill on Silvermane, the web-slinger will have a critical choice to make!
32 pages Cover price $0.60.
"Relapse Times Two!" Script by Bill Mantlo. Pencils by Al Milgrom. Inks by Jim Mooney. Cover by Al Milgrom.
A group of robbers makes Melvin Potter don his old Gladiator costume to protect them from the police. The reluctant Gladiator can handle the cops, but how will Daredevil's long-time foe fare against Spider-Man? Meanwhile, Dr. Octopus attacks Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in an attempt to kill the Black Cat, but the web-slinger fights him off. However, Spidey knows another showdown with Doc Ock is coming soon!
32 pages Cover price $0.60.
"Kidnapped!" Script by Bill Mantlo. Pencils and Inks by Dave Simon.
A city councilman running for mayor decides that his image would improve if voters were to see him walking through Central Park with his baby son. However, the councilman's clever plan backfires when his baby disappears! Can the web-slinger find the missing infant? Also in this issue, the Black Cat checks out of the hospital.
32 pages Cover price $0.60.
The Black Cat and the Fly guest star in the Assistant Editors' Month story, "Bugs!" Script by Bill Mantlo, pencils by Fred Hembeck and Al Milgrom, inks by Joe Albelo and Jim Mooney.
One of the weirdest spider-Man stories ever published!
Hembeck/Albelo cover. Cover price $0.60.
Todd McFarlane art on Prowler back-up story; 1 page Gil Kane. "Into the Microverse" Part 2 of the Spidey's Totally Tiny Adventure storyline. Story by Gerry Conway. Art by Rich Buckler and Mike Manley. Cover by Steve Lightle.
Hero Killers Part 2; Venom"Down and Downer" Guest-starring the New Warriors. Part 2 of the Hero Killers storyline. Script by David Michelinie. Pencils by Scott McDaniel. Inks by Keith Williams. Cover by Mark Bagley and Randy Emberlin.
Story continues from Amazing Spiderman Annual 26. At the Target Technologies headquarters in New Jersey, Spider-Man, Namorita, and Nova battle the new and improved Dreadnoughts! The three heroes are struggling against the super-powered robots until Firestar, Night Thrasher, and Silhouette arrive to turn the tide. Next the wall-crawler and the New Warriors decide to investigate another Target Technologies compound, and this time they run into a horde of super-villains including the Beetle, Blacklash, Boomerang, Constrictor, Hydro-Man, Rhino, and more! Story continues in Web of Spiderman Annual 8. First back up story: "First Kill Part 2" Script by David Michelinie. Pencils by Aaron Lopresti. Inks by Bruce Jones. This story features an early adventure of Venom before he began fighting Spider-Man. Second back up story: "Sons of the Tiger" Script by Glenn Herdling. Pencils by Tod Smith. Inks by Don Hudson. The Prowler battles the White Dragon, and also learns about his father's death in Cambodia. Third back up story: "Ten Most Embarrassing Moments" Script by Tom Brevoort and Mike Kanterovich. Art by Aaron Lopresti. A 3-page feature detailing the web-slinger's most embarrassing moments. Fourth back up story: "Evil's Light Part 2 ? The Hunt Begins" Script by Eric Fein. Pencils by Vince Evans. Inks by Don Hudson. The Lightmaster has kidnapped Dagger and wants to steal her light. Meanwhile, Cloak is desperately trying to find his partner.
64 pages Cover price $2.25.
"Ace" Story by Peter David. Art by Mark Beachum and Josef Rubinstein.
Spider-Man gets involved in a street gang war in Harlem, where he encounters a mysterious motorcycle rider named Ace. The web-slinger and Bugle reporter Joy Mercado try to convince Ace to testify in court after he witnesses a gang shooting.
48 pages Cover price $1.25.
"Ace II" Story by Peter David. Art by Mark Beachum and Josef Rubinstein.
It's been several months since Spider-Man's first encounter with Ace, and now Ace is set to testify in court against his brother who shot and killed a local store owner in Harlem. However, the situation gets complicated and Spider-Man ends up fighting Ace again.
48 pages Cover price $1.25.
Spider-Man's new costume. "The Honeymoon" Story by Jim Owsley. Art by Alan Kupperberg, Jim Fern, and Al Milgrom. Cover by John Romita.
After getting married in Amazing Spiderman Annual 21, Peter and Mary Jane are off to the south of France for their honeymoon! Everything is romantic bliss in Cassis...until the Puma shows up! Thomas Fireheart has an employment offer for Spider-Man, but there's more to the job than meets the eye. Will Puma's interference ruin Peter and Mary Jane's honeymoon?
48 pages Cover price $1.25.
Evolutionary War. "Return to Sender" Guest-starring the Young Gods. Part 10 of the Evolutionary War storyline. Story by Gerry Conway. Art by Mark Bagley and Keith Williams. Cover by Sal Buscema.
New York City stands on the edge of destruction, and only by entering Madame Xanadu's Tarot Deck can the Spectre and Jim Corrigan hope to save it. Part 4 of 4. Written by Doug Moench, with art by Gray Morrow. Cover by Charles Vess. New Format.
Corrigan's Cryptica Crimes, Ltd. has a new case involving a forgotten murder, a haunted house and a demonic possession. Written by Doug Moench, with art by Fred Butler and Gonzalo Mayo. Cover by Butler and Malcolm Jones III. New Format.
Cover by Arthur Adams. "Ghost, dead man, devil child…." 40 pages. Story by Doug Moench. Art by Jim Baikie.
A "proto-demon", sent to Earth to dispel any hope gained by humanity after the Millennium crossover event, come into conflict with the Spectre and Deadman. The entity is so powerful, the heroes may have to resort to using the demons own weapons against him. "Fruitful multiplication." 8 pages. Story by Doug Moench. Pencils by Gordon Purcell. Inks by Doug Hazelwood. Kimmie is just trying to clean Jims office. A task made much more difficult by a squad of tiny lesser demons.
48 pages. Full color.
Secrets of the Spectre's past are revealed in this compelling tale. For a thousand years, only a single soul has successfully eluded the Spectre's fury, merely to die and be reincarnated over and over again. Now the Spectre faces that soul for the final time. But when the dreaded Spirit of Vengeance begins to pass his terrible judgment, the soul makes the Spectre an offer: he will reveal the Spectre's ancient, hidden origins and show him that Jim Corrigan is not the first to wear the Spectre's shroud!
Written by John Ostrander, with art and cover by Tom Mandrake.
New Format. Cover price $1.95.
