The Spectacular Spider-Man #61 (1981) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

Identification plate

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Moonstone Is a Harsh Mistress!	cover	1	pencils: Ed Hannigan; inks: Joe Rubinstein	Moonstone, Peter Parker, Karla Sofen, Spider-Man
1	By the Light of the Silvery Moonstone...!	comic story	21	script: Roger Stern, Bill Mantlo; pencils: Ed Hannigan, Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; colors: Ben Sean; letters: Jean Simek	Bruce Banner, Lloyd Bloch, Curt Connors, Doctor Faustus, Johann Fennhoff, Hulk, Kaina, Marcy Kane, Moonstone, Moonstone, Peter Parker, Karla Sofen, Spider-Man, Debra Whitman

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

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	barcode 0714860219912
British	price 0.20 GBP

Collection	Year
Essential Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #3 ISBN 0-7851-2501-9	2007	On eBay ›

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