The Spectacular Spider-Man #2 (1977) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

Identification plate

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Kraven Is the Hunter!	cover	1	pencils: Al Milgrom; inks: Frank Giacoia; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Joe Rosen	Kraven the Hunter, Sergei Kravinoff, Peter Parker, Anton Miguel Rodriguez, Spider-Man, Tarantula
1	Kraven Is the Hunter!	comic story	17	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Sal Buscema, Mike Esposito; inks: Mike Esposito, Dave Hunt; colors: Don Warfield; letters: Irv Watanabe, John Costanza, Gaspar Saladino	Spider-Man; Tarantula (villain); Kraven (villain); Curt Connors; Richard Gorman (introduction); Glory Grant; Robbie Robertson; Kingpin (flashback); Otto; Aunt May; Anna Watson; J. Jonah Jameson
2	-	letters page	1	pencils: Sal Buscema, John Romita; inks: Mike Esposito, John Romita
3	Of Ugsome Usurpers, Utopic Uncos, and Unearthly Utterances!	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee

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

Collection	Year
Essential Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #1 ISBN 0-7851-1682-6	2005	On eBay ›
Comic Reader #136	1976	On eBay ›

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