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Issue: The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #22
Publication Date: September 1988
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Issues: #22 of 28 Issues (50 Printings)
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Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved By the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MarvelView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics
On Sale Date: 05/31/1988
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.25 CAD
£0.50 GBP
$1.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved By the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (3 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched (#1-21); squarebound (#22-27)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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reprinted 2 times as/in other Issues.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in 2 other Issues:
FlagMarvel Firsts: The 1980s #3 published January 2014 unknown material from
FlagAmazing Spider-Man Epic Collection #18 published January 2018
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The Evolutionary War [Part Five]

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Genres: superhero
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Pages: 1
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Drug War Rages

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Dylan Thomas; Splitface Flanagan; Carol; Purifiers (villains); Marty O'Donnell
First Line: Hey, sharp deduction! Been watchin' "Columbo" reruns again?
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In Issue: FlagEvolutionary War Omnibus #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 2011
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Pages: 35
Disclose Notes: Title taken from front page of Daily Bugle. First Mark Bagley art on Spider-Man. Speedball created by Steve Ditko and Tom DeFalco.

Evolutionary War Crossover.
The Evolutionary War continued from New Mutants Annual (Marvel, 1984) #4.
The Evolutionary War continues in Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #21.
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson [Joe Robertson]
First Line: Here's J. Jonah Jameson, publisher of...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo advertisement for the Spider-Man newspaper comic strip.
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He Who Laughs...

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Bad Actor (villain, also in flashback); Amy (also in flashback); Solly; Dave
First Line: In a small off-broadway theatre in lower Manhattan...
Synopsis: A rival actor wants to take revenge on Robbie's mother.
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Pages: 10
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Peter and Mary Jane's Apartment at the Bedford Towers!

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Disclose Notes: Layout of Peter and Mary Jane’s Bedford Towers apartment.
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Chapter Six: Kindred Spirits

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Darkholders (flashback)
First Line: Nestled at the base of Wundagore mountain in eastern Europe...
Synopsis: While he is working on his genetic acceleration experiments, the High Evolutionary is contacted by Magnus to warn him of coming dangers.
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In Issue: FlagEvolutionary War Omnibus #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 2011
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Evolutionary War Crossover.
Continued in Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #21.
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Unused Spidey Cover #1

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Unused Spidey Cover #2

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Genres: superhero
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Pages: 1

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