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

Australian Price Variant. $4.75 Cover price. "Emergence" Script by J.M. DeMatteis. Pencils and Inks by Jerry Bingham. Cover by Jerry Bingham. Following the conclusion of the Death of Vermin storyline in Spectacular Spider-Man 196, Dr. Kafka took in Baron Zemo's disfigured mutates. And each day she works with them in hopes of someday reverting them back to human form. However, one of Zemo's mutates elected not to undergo therapy and has since become a serial killer! An NYPD detective, Angela Cairn, is relentlessly pursuing the murdering mutate; but tragically one night the savage killer captures Angela and subjects her to Baron Zemo's mutation machine! And in that terrifying moment Nocturne is born! What are this new creature's powers? Will she become a force of good or a force of evil? The Spectacular Spider-Man is the first to clash with Nocturne over the skies of Manhattan! Can the web-slinger convince Nocturne to work with Dr. Kafka? Or will the winged vigilante go her own way? First appearance and origin of Nocturne. Flashback cameo by Vermin. Second story: "Through the Window" Script by J.M. DeMatteis. Pencils by M.C. Wyman. Inks by Hector Collazo and Keith Williams. Nocturne (aka Angela Cairn) visits her mother's house, but can't bear to go inside and tell her mother what has happened. Third story: "Black Crow in Your Eyes" Plot by J.M. DeMatteis and Marc Levine. Script by J.M. DeMatteis. Art by M.C. Wyman and company. Jesse Black Crow receives a visit from D'Spayre! Fourth story: "The Power of Resistance" Script by Glenn Herdling. Art by John Romita Sr. (breakdowns) and Al Milgrom (finishes). The Prowler battles Killer Shrike in the Sons of the Tiger's martial arts studio. 64 pages