The Spectacular Spider-Man #38 (1980) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Mayhem is the Man Called Morbius!	cover	1	pencils: Al Milgrom; inks: Al Milgrom	Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Morbius
1	Curse of the Living Vampire!	comic story	17	script: Bill Mantlo; pencils: Sal Buscema, Chic Stone; inks: Chic Stone; colors: B. Sharen; letters: D. Albers	Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Curt Conners; Aunt May Parker; Anna May Watson; Mary Jane Watson; Barney Bushkin; April Maye; Philip Chang; Steve Hopkins; Senator Robert Martin (first appearance, Schizoid-Man's father); Rebecca Martin (first appearance, Schizoid-Man's mother); Morbius (villain, cured of
2	-	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee
3	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	barcode 0714860219901

Collection	Year
Essential Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #2 ISBN 0-7851-2042-4	2006	On eBay ›
Morbius the Living Vampire Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-92240-5	2019	On eBay ›
The End of a Living Vampire ISBN 978-1-302-92834-6	2021	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Spectacular Spider-Man #3 ISBN 978-1-302-92236-8	2020	On eBay ›

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