Spectacular Spider-Man (1976 1st Series) Australian Price Variant comic books 1991-1993

Australian Price Variant. $1.50 cover price. Avengers. "The Final Calculation!" Part 3 of 3. Guest-starring the Avengers. Script by Gerry Conway. Pencils and Inks by Sal Buscema. Cover by Sal Buscema. It's a battle royal between the Avengers and the Outlaws! If the heroes can quickly settle their differences, they will discover that the Space Phantom and a swarm of microscopic cannibal insects are the real enemies! Cameo appearance by Calculus of the Young Gods. 32 pages

Australian Price Variant. $1.50 cover price. "Ordeal" Part 1 of 2. Script by Gerry Conway. Pencils and Inks by Sal Buscema. Cover by Sal Buscema. Peter Parker and Thomas Fireheart travel to New Mexico to settle their "debt of honor" business for the final time! But the Spectacular Spider-Man may be at a distinct disadvantage fighting the Puma in his tribal homeland! Will the wall-crawler regret his rash decision to search for redemption in the Land of Enchantment? 32 pages

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Australian Price Variant. $1.50 cover price. Doctor Octopus. "Spouse Trap!" Part 3 of 3. Plot by Gerry Conway. Script by Terry Kavanagh and David Michelinie. Pencils and Inks by Sal Buscema. Cover by Sal Buscema. The web-slinger is trapped deep in the basement of the new Daily Bugle Building with the deadly tremblor device! Can the wall-crawler shut off the powerful device and save the building? Even if he can accomplish that though, your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man must still rescue his wife, then J. Jonah Jameson's wife, and, of course, defeat Doctor Octopus! All in a day's work for the Amazing Spider-Man! 32 pages

Australian Price Variant. $1.50 cover price. "Wounds" Part 2 of 6. Script by J.M. DeMatteis. Pencils and Inks by Sal Buscema. Cover by Sal Buscema. While exploring his new found freedom, the tormented Vermin pays a visit to his parents' home in the suburbs. It's not a very happy family reunion to say the least! And the harrowing encounter sets off another wild streak in Vermin as he rushes back to his psychologist's office. But that's where the Spectacular Spider-Man intercepts the man-rat and starts pounding lumps on him! However, Dr. Kafka asks the web-slinger to stop...and that might just be a fatal mistake! Meanwhile inside the Osborn residence, Harry gets closer to falling over the edge, and the Green Goblin gets closer to rising from the ashes! 32 pages

Australian Price Variant. $1.50 cover price. "Shame" Part 3 of 6. Script by J.M. DeMatteis. Pencils and Inks by Sal Buscema. Cover by Sal Buscema. Part 3 of the Child Within storyline takes an interlude so the four main participants (Peter Parker, Harry Osborn, Vermin, and Dr. Kafka) can take an introspective look at their respective personal situations. Three of the four central figures begin to gain a sense of understanding and inner peace about their life circumstances. But the fourth one, the fourth one...becomes the Green Goblin! Oh my! The Amazing Spider-Man and the Green Goblin throw down on the rooftops of Manhattan just like old times! 32 pages

Australian Price Variant. $1.50 cover price. "Guilt" Part 4 of 6. Script by J.M. DeMatteis. Pencils and Inks by Sal Buscema. Cover by Sal Buscema. The Green Goblin hurls one of his psychedelic pumpkin bombs at the web-slinger! And the little orange pumpkin sends the wall-crawler into his own green and purple haze! Reeling from the effects of the mind-altering drugs, the Spectacular Spider-Man desperately turns to Dr. Kafka for help! Meanwhile, Vermin returns to his parents' house for a second time...and he's about to take domestic violence to a whole 'nother level! 32 pages

Australian Price Variant. $1.80 cover price. "The Horns of a Dilemma!" Script by J.M. DeMatteis. Pencils and Inks by Sal Buscema. Cover by Sal Buscema. Dr. Kafka begins therapy with Harry Osborn, but her efforts are a lost cause! With no immediate results, the local authorities send the delusional Harry to the Vault for incarceration. However despite being in prison, the Green Goblin still causes problems for Peter Parker! As Harry hires the Rhino to harass his former friend! The rampaging Rhino finds Peter, and then he finds trouble! A fighting mad Spider-Man! Cameo appearances by Liz Osborn, Normie Osborn, and the Molten Man. 32 pages

Australian Price Variant. $1.95 cover price. "Over the Line!" Maximum Carnage Part 5 of 14. Script by J.M. DeMatteis. Pencils and Inks by Sal Buscema. Cover by Sal Buscema. Story continues from Spider-Man 35. Carnage and his murderous marauders have escaped the grasps of the Black Cat, Venom, and Spider-Man! And now the frustrated trio cannot agree on what to do next. Venom and Felicia take off after Carnage again, while Peter Parker stops by Aunt May's house to rest and clear his head. In the meantime Carnage, Shriek, the Demogoblin, and Spider-Doppelganger begin wreaking havoc in the city again! Feeling better the wall-crawler gets ready to battle once more, but he encounters angry citizens attacking one another (before he can even find Carnage)! Wow, the entire city is sinking into anarchy! Can anyone stop the quartet of killers? Story continues in Web of Spider-Man 102. Cameo appearances by Cloak and Carrion. (Notes: This issue features a full-page ad for Doctor Strange and the Secret Defenders series. The Maximum Carnage storyline was reprinted in 1994 in the trade paperback: Spider-Man Maximum Carnage.) Cover price $1.95.

Australian Price Variant. $1.95 cover price. "The Turning Point!" Maximum Carnage Part 9 of 14. Guest-starring Cloak and Firestar. Script by J.M. DeMatteis. Pencils and Inks by Sal Buscema. Cover by Sal Buscema. Story continues from Spider-Man 36. To the utter shock and dismay of Spider-Man and his friends, Reed Richards' sonic gun has no effect on Carnage! The weapon (that the good guys were counting on) has failed to stop the serial killer! And now in the woods, the next savage battle erupts! The web-slinger, Black Cat, Cloak, Firestar, Morbius, and Venom vs. Carnage, Shriek, Carrion, the Demogoblin, and the doppelganger! But the momentum has shifted to the side of evil. Cloak is the first to fall and then Felicia. After Morbius goes down, the only option left…kill Carnage with Firestar's flame blasts! If this strategy fails as well, then the chances of victory are between slim and none. And Carnage already killed slim several issues ago! Story continues in Web of Spider-Man 103. Cameo appearance by Captain America. Cover price $1.95.

Australian Price Variant. $1.95 cover price. "The Horns of a Dilemma!" Script by J.M. DeMatteis. Pencils and Inks by Sal Buscema. Cover by Sal Buscema. Dr. Kafka begins therapy with Harry Osborn, but her efforts are a lost cause! With no immediate results, the local authorities send the delusional Harry to the Vault for incarceration. However despite being in prison, the Green Goblin still causes problems for Peter Parker! As Harry hires the Rhino to harass his former friend! The rampaging Rhino finds Peter, and then he finds trouble! A fighting mad Spider-Man! Cameo appearances by Liz Osborn, Normie Osborn, and the Molten Man. 32 pages