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Issue: Web of Spider-Man Annual #3
Publication Date: January 1987
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Issues: #3 of 10 Issues (22 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Edition
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MarvelView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics
On Sale Date: 06/30/1987
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.75 CAD
£0.40 GBP
$1.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 48 (0 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched (#1-3); squarebound (#4-10)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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FlagSpiderman: Especial Primavera #1988 published March 1988
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man (black costume); Harry Osborn; Liz Allan Osborn; Black Cat; J. Jonah Jameson; Madame Webb; Hobgoblin; Sandman; Peter Parker; Doctor Octopus; Shocker; Uncle Ben Parker; Captain America; Kingpin; Aunt May Parker; the Burglar; Green Goblin; the Rose; Electro; Lizard; Mary Jane Watson Parker; Cloak; Dagger; Rhino; Fantastic Four [Human Torch; Mister Fantastic; Invisible Woman]; Mysterio; Gwen Stacy; George Stacy; Robbie Robertson
First Line: Special issue!
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Contents

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Spider-Man

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker; black costume]
First Line: Peter Parker was a shy, bookish teenager, misunderstood by his peers; fretted over by his Aunt May and Uncle Ben, but content with the simple life he led.
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Peter Parker

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Character(s): Peter Parker [Spider-Man]
First Line: Ten demerits to anybody who has to be told that Peter Parker is the guy in the Spider-Man suit.
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The Secrets of Spider-Man!

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Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
First Line: Spider-Man's powers had their origins at General Techtronics Labs where, during a demonstration of radioactivity a spider accidentally absorbed a huge amount of radioactivity.
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Mary Jane Parker

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Character(s): Mary Jane Watson-Parker
First Line: For months, young Peter Parker avoided meeting the girl his Aunt May wanted to set him up with, the niece of May's neighbor Anna Watson.
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Peter and MJ's Apartment

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Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker; black costume]
First Line: Months before Mary Jane had any idea she and Peter were going to be married, she had helped him redecorate his apartment, which is why the place looks so fashionable now.
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Daily Bugle

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Character(s): J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson
First Line: This is a great metropolitan newspaper.
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Empire State University

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First Line: After graduating from high school, Peter Parker entered New York City's Empire State University as a physics and biology major.
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Betty Brant Leeds

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Character(s): Betty Brant Leeds
First Line: Betty Brant is one of Peter Parker's oldest and closest friends.
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The Stacy Family

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Character(s): Gwen Stacy; George Stacy; Peter Parker [Spider-Man]
First Line: If Gwen Stacy had lived, then today she, and not Mary Jane, might be married to Peter Parker.
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The Jameson Family

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Character(s): J. Jonah Jameson; Marla Madison Jameson; John Jameson [Man-Wolf]
First Line: The earliest and most persistent thorn in Spider-Man's side, J. Jonah Jameson, publisher of the Daily Bugle and editor in chief of Now Magazine, has opposed Spidey from the beginning of the Web-Slinger's career.
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The Robertson Family

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Character(s): Robbie Robertson [Joe Robertson]; Martha Robertson; Randy Robertson; Amanda Robertson
First Line: For years now, Joe Robertson --first as long-time city editor, and now as editor in chief, has helped shape the editorial identity of the Daily Bugle.
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May & Ben Parker

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Character(s): Aunt May Parker; Uncle Ben Parker
First Line: Along with Mary Jane, these are two of the most important people in Spider-Man's life.
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Aunt May's Boarders

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Character(s): Aunt May Parker; Nathan Lubensky; Victor Palermo; Rose Palermo; Sophie; Martha; Arthur Chekov
First Line: Call these guys "old folks" and they're liable to chew your head off.
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Harry, Liz & Norman Osborn

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Character(s): Harry Osborn; Liz Allan Osborn; Normie Osborn
First Line: One of Peter Parker's closest friends, Harry Osborne, has had his share of hard knocks.
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Flash Thompson

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Character(s): Flash Thompson
First Line: A top high school and college athlete who constantly picked on and derided Peter Parker, Eugene "Flash" Thompson has always been one of Spider-Man's biggest boosters.
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The Distaff Side

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Character(s): Silver Sable; Spider-Woman; Glory Grant; Kathryn Cushing; Joy Mercado; Sha-Shan
First Line: Aside from loves in Peter Parker's life, he's certainly known his share of fantastic females.
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Hobgoblin

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Character(s): Hobgoblin
First Line: Like a horrible plague, the twisted legacy of Norman Osborne refuses to die.
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The Kingpin of Crime

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Character(s): Kingpin [Wilson Fisk]
First Line: This is Wilson Fisk, the Kingpin of crime.
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The Rose

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Character(s): The Rose [Richard Fisk]
First Line: Think you've got family problems?!
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Basilisk

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Character(s): Basilisk [Basil Elks]
First Line: When two-bit heistman Basil Elks boosted an emerald from a Manhattan museum, he had no idea what he was letting himself in for.
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The Big Wheel

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Character(s): Big Wheel [Jackson Weele]
First Line: Undoubtedly, this is one of the weirdest characters Spidey ever faced!
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The Black Cat

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Character(s): Black Cat [Felicia Hardy]
First Line: Felicia Hardy originally became the Black Cat out of admiration for her cat-burglar father...and she stuck with her larcenous career because of her misdirected love for Spider-Man.
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The Black Cat

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Character(s): Black Cat [Felicia Hardy]
First Line: The lady became an ace second-story-woman, rigging her crimes and battles to make it appear to anybody who opposed her that she had the power to cause them bad luck.
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Cyclone

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Character(s): Cyclone
First Line: A former N.A.T.O. engineer, whose cyclone-wind device was rejected by his superiors as impractical for a weapon, Cyclone turned to extortion and kidnapping on an international scale.
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The Dark Rider

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Character(s): The Dark Rider
First Line: The last of an ancient race of wizards...a master of science and sorcery...the Dark Rider roamed the time-stream, seeking the power to become the master of all eternity!
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Drom, the Backward Man

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Character(s): Drom, the Backward Man
First Line: Through some strange anomaly of time and space, Drom's infant form was exchanged through time with his aged body just after birth.
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The Grizzly

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Character(s): The Grizzly [Max Markham]
First Line: Max Markham had been a professional wrestler...before a Daily Bugle anit-violence campaign ended his career.
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The Human Fly

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Character(s): The Human Fly [Rick Deacon]
First Line: Rick Deacon was a kidnapper...a murderer...a man totally devoid of morals.
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Jeremiah

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Character(s): Jeremiah
First Line: The leader of a pseudo-religious cult, this self-proclaimed prophet was actually a mutant proto-path, who could leech the mental energies of his followers...subverting their belief for his own personal gain.
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Jigsaw

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Character(s): Jigsaw
First Line: Hw was just another two-bit punk before the Punisher knocked him head-first through a plate glass window.
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Man-Killer

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Character(s): Man-Killer [Katrina Luisa Van Horn]
First Line: Katrina Luisa van Horn was an Olympic skier of potential championship stature before an accident left her scarred and crippled...mentally, as was as physically.
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The Men Fish

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Character(s): The Men Fish
First Line: These bizarre humanoid creatures were the creations of marine-biologist, Dr. Dorcas, the long-time enemy of Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner.
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Michael Nasser did sign this page with a middle name, but it is too ornate to read.
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Midas, the Golden Man

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Character(s): Midas, the Golden Man [Malcolm Merriwell]
First Line: Malcolm Merriwell was the Golden Man...a deranged bigot involved in drug trafficking...until Spider-Man and the Falcon brought his operation to a halt!
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Mindworm

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Character(s): Mindworm [William Turner]
First Line: When William Turner was born, even the doctor called him a freak.
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Mirage

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Character(s): Mirage
First Line: A master of 3-D holography, Mirage and his mob made the mistake of pulling their first stick-up at a marriage emporium where Peter Parker was in attendance at the wedding of Ned Leeds and Betty Brant.
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Monstroid

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Character(s): Monstroid [Ballox]
First Line: His code name was Ballox, and he was the robotic war-scout of an unknown civilization from beyond the stars.
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Moondark

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Character(s): Moondark
First Line: Moondark was just a third-rate mystic with a talent for entrancement.
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Moondog

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Character(s): Moondog [Wally Bevins]
First Line: Wally Bevins was an ordinary, unassuming New Orleans accountant.
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Rocket-Racer

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Character(s): Rocket-Racer
First Line: The fast-moving racer--and his micro-circuited, rocket-powered skateboard--actually gave Spider-Man a run for his money when it came to navigating the sides of New York City's skyscrapers.
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The White Dragon

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Character(s): The White Dragon
First Line: The leader of the notorious dragon gangs of Manhattan's Chinatown, this "fire-breathing" white dragon was behind a reign of terror that threatened to overwhelm local merchants...until Spider0Man put out his flame!
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Will-o'-the-Wisp

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Character(s): Will-O'-The-Wisp
First Line: The victim of an accident which destroyed the natural magnetic adhesion of his body's molecules, the wraith-like Wisp was another of Jonas Harrow's "Recreated Men."
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Stegron, the Dinosaur Man

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Character(s): Stegron [Doctor Vincent Stegron]
First Line: Dr. Vincent Stegron was obsessed with the concept of cell regeneration.
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The Wraith

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Character(s): The Wraith [Brian DeWolff]
First Line: Brian DeWolff was a good cop who was gunned down in the line of duty.
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Pin-Up - Spider-Man

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Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (black costume)
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Pin-Up - Spider-Man

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Back cover

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Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (black costume)
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