The Spectacular Spider-Man #52 (1981) for Sale - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel, 1976 series)
Issue: #52
Publication date: March 1981
Key date: 1981-03-00
On-sale date: 1980-12-23
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Price: $0.50
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

Death on record for: Gideon Mace.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Frank Miller; inks: Bob Wiacek	Hector Ayala, White Tiger
1	The Day of the Hero Killers!	comic story	22	script: Roger Stern; pencils: Rick Leonardi; inks: Jim Mooney; colors: Ben Sean; letters: Jim Novak	Hector Ayala, Blackbyrd, Nathan Byrd, Holly Gillis, J. Jonah Jameson, Gideon Mace Death, Peter Parker, Robbie Robertson, Spider-Man, White Tiger

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	barcode 0714860219903

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Marvel Limited: Frank Miller's Spider-Man #[nn] ISBN 0-7851-0054-7	1994	On eBay ›
Essential Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #2 ISBN 0-7851-2042-4	2006	On eBay ›

Reading the story costs a fraction of owning the issue. Both routes are on every file.

Before you buy

Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
Canadian and Whitman editions exist for many bronze books; match the barcode area to the plate.
Look for Mark Jewelers inserts and date stamps - they affect collector preference, not authenticity.

Series context

‹ #5152 of 265#53 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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