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Issue Details

Issue #51
Published October 1994
Cover Price $2.95/$4.00 CAD
Pages 52
Editing Danny Fingeroth; Mark Bernardo (assistant)
Notes Enhanced cardstock cover. Flip book with 2 covers.

Cover Details - "Power and Responsibility, Part 3"

Characters Spider-Man
Genre Superhero
Pencils Tom Lyle (signed)
Inks Tom Lyle (signed)
Notes Enhanced cardstock cover. Flip book with 2 covers.

1 page Spider-Man (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix* "Birth of a Spider-Man, Part 3"

Characters Spider-Man
Genre Superhero
Pencils Tom Lyle
Inks Tom Lyle
Notes Enhanced cardstock cover. Flip book with 2 covers.

22 page Spider-Man story "Power and Responsibility, Part 3 of 4: A Heart Beat Away!"

Characters Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Ben Reilly [Scarlet Spider]; Aunt May Parker; John Jameson [Man-Wolf]; Doctor Caputo; Villains: Doctor Judas Traveller; Mr. Boone; Mr. Nacht; Medea
Synopsis A totally over-the-edge Spider-Man is prisoner of the mysterious new villain called the Traveller, who has taken over the Ravencroft Institute! And with Ravencroft sealed off from the world by a mystical energy field, who can possibly save him? Could the answer have something to do with our mysterious stranger? You bet!! [per next issue box]
Genre Superhero
Script Howard Mackie
Pencils Tom Lyle
Inks Scott Hanna
Colors Kevin Tinsley
Letters Richard Starkings and Comicraft
Notes Story continued from The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #394 and continues in The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #217.

10 page Spider-Man story "The Double, Part 3: Who Am I?"

Characters Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Ben Reilly (clone of Peter Parker); Villain: The Jackal [Professor Miles Warren]
Synopsis The origin of Ben Reilly.
Genre Superhero
Script John Marc DeMatteis [as J.M. DeMatteis]
Pencils Liam Roger McCormack-Sharp [as Liam Sharp]
Inks Robin Riggs
Colors John Kalisz
Letters Steve Dutro
Notes Story continued from The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #394 and continues in The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #217.
Reprinted in SPIDER-MAN: THE LOST YEARS (Marvel, 1995 series) #0 (January 1996)

1 page Spider-Man promo (ad from the publisher) "Back from the Edge"

Characters Spider-Man; Puma
Genre Superhero
Pencils Mark Bagley (signed)
Inks Larry Mahlstedt (signed)
Notes Promo for the "Back From the Edge" storyline.

1 page Spider-Man promo (ad from the publisher) "The Exile Returns"

Characters Scarlet Spider [Ben Reilly]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Steven Butler (signed)
Inks Steven Butler (signed)
Colors ? (cover #3); Jose Villarrubia (cover #4)
Notes Promo for "The Exile Returns" storyline.

1 page Spider-Man character profile "From the Files of Dr. Ashley Kafka: Chameleon"

Characters Chameleon
Genre Superhero
Pencils Steven Butler (signed)
Inks Steven Butler (signed)
Colors ? (cover #3); Jose Villarrubia (cover #4)
Notes Profile of Chameleon.

1 page Spider-Man character profile "From the Files of Dr. Ashley Kafka: Carrion"

Characters Carrion
Genre Superhero
Pencils Scott McDaniel (signed)
Inks Scott McDaniel (signed)
Notes Profile of Carrion.

1 page letters page "Crawl Space"

Letters Typeset
Notes Letters from readers.