The Amazing Spider-Man #189 (1979) for Sale - Where to Buy

Identification plate

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Who Is the Mystery Menace?	cover	1	pencils: John Byrne; inks: Bob McLeod; letters: Danny Crespi	Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; John Jameson; J. Jonah Jameson
1	Mayhem By Moonlight!	comic story	17	script: Marv Wolfman; pencils: John Byrne, Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; colors: G. Wein; letters: J. Novak	Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Professor Spencer Smythe (villain); Man-Wolf [John Jameson] (villain); Aunt May Parker; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson; Dr. Marla Madison; D. A. Blake Tower; Betty Brant; Dr. Tompkins; Jack
2	-	letters page	1	script: Mark Gruenwald
3	-	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Mike Zeck, Marie Severin; inks: Marie Severin	Shang Chi; John Belushi

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

Edition	How to tell
Whitman	See the GCD record for identification notes.

Collection	Year
The Essential Spider-Man #9 ISBN 978-0-7851-3074-1	2009	On eBay ›

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Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
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