The Spectacular Spider-Man #231 (1996) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Return of Kaine Part 1	cover	1	pencils: Sal Buscema; letters: Todd Klein	Spider-Man; Kaine
1	The Return of Kaine Part 1: Reluctant Lazarus	comic story	22	script: Todd DeZago; pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Al Milgrom; colors: Chia-Chi Wang, Malibu; letters: Dave Sharpe, Caroline Wells, Sue Crespi	Spider-Man; Kaine (villain); Muse (villain); Quorum (villain); Mosh (villain)

Edition	How to tell
Direct Edition - Sal Buscema Cover	price 2.95 USD; 4.15 CAD; barcode 75960602199423121
Newsstand	price 1.50 USD; 2.05 CAD; barcode 07148602199502
Australian	price 2.50 AUD; barcode 07148602199502

Collection	Year
Spider-Man: The Complete Ben Reilly Epic #3 ISBN 978-0-7851-5613-0	2011	On eBay ›
Spider-Man: Ben Reilly Omnibus #1 ISBN 978-1-302-91385-4	2018	On eBay ›

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