The Spectacular Spider-Man #40 (1980) for Sale - Where to Buy

Identification plate

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	This, Then, Is the Tragedy To Begin as Man...And End as Monster!	cover	1	pencils: Al Milgrom; inks: Joe Rubinstein; letters: Irving Watanabe	Peter Parker, Spider-Man
1	The Terrible Turnabout!	comic story	18	script: Bill Mantlo; pencils: Frank Springer, Walt Simonson; inks: Ricardo Villamonte; colors: Ben Sean; letters: Diana Albers	Barney Bushkin, Curt Connors, Max Dillon, Electro, J. Jonah Jameson, Flint Marko, May Parker, Peter Parker, Peter Petruski, Sandman, Spider-Man, Trapster, Mary Jane Watson, Bentley Wittman
2	-	letters page	1	script: various; letters: typeset
3	-	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	barcode 0714860219903

Collection	Year
Essential Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #2 ISBN 0-7851-2042-4	2006	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Spectacular Spider-Man #3 ISBN 978-1-302-92236-8	2020	On eBay ›
The Spectacular Spider-Man Omnibus #1 ISBN 978-1-302-94740-8	2022	On eBay ›

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