Peter Parker: Spider-Man #16 for Sale - First Appearance of Squid - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Peter Parker: Spider-Man (Marvel, 1999 series)
Issue: #16
Publication date: April 2000
Key date: 2000-04-00
On-sale date: 2000-02-16
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $1.99; 2.99 CAD
Pages: 36
Barcode: 75960604717801611
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Squid - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Donald Callahan - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	It's Venom vs The Sandman! And No Matter Who Wins-- The City & Spider-Man Lose!	cover	1	pencils: John Romita Jr.; inks: John Romita Jr.; colors: Agustin Más	Eddie Brock, Flint Marko, Peter Parker, Sandman, Spider-Man, Venom
1	Cliché	comic story	22	script: Howard Mackie; pencils: John Romita Jr.; inks: Scott Hanna; colors: Gregory Wright; letters: Comicraft's Troy Peteri, Richard S	Eddie Brock, Donald Callahan First, Ben Grimm, J. Jonah Jameson, Flint Marko, May Parker, Peter Parker, Sandman, Spider-Man, Squid First, The Thing, Ben Urich, Venom
2	-	in-house column	0.75	script: Stan Lee
3	Bullpen Bits #41	comic story	0.25	script: Chris Giarrusso; pencils: Chris Giarrusso; inks: Chris Giarrusso; colors: Chris Giarrusso; letters: Chris Giarrusso	Clint Barton, Captain America, Hawkeye, Steve Rogers
4	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	barcode 75960604717804

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Spider-Man Universe #4	2000	On eBay ›
Venomnibus #3 ISBN 978-1-302-92632-8	2020	On eBay ›
Spider-Man: The Next Chapter #3 ISBN 978-0-7851-5977-3	2012	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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