Spider-Woman #3 for Sale - First Appearance of Stinger - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Spider-Woman (Marvel, 1999 series)
Issue: #3
Publication date: September 1999
Key date: 1999-09-00
On-sale date: 1999
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $1.99; 2.99 CAD
Pages: 36
Barcode: 75960604760400311
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Stinger - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Mainframe - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Shadraq - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Gray Dolman - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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	Introducing the Freakish Fiends-- --Flesh and Bones!	cover	1	pencils: Bart Sears; inks: Bart Sears	Bess Bliss, Donna Bliss, Bones, Flesh, Martha Franklin, Spider-Woman
1	Skin & Bones!	comic story	22	script: John Byrne; pencils: Bart Sears; inks: Randy Elliott, Raymond Kryssing; colors: Mike Atiyeh; letters: Richard Starkings, Comicraft's Liz Agraphiotis	Bess Bliss, Donna Bliss, Bones, Julia Carpenter, Gray Dolman First, Jessica Drew, Flesh, Jerry Franklin, Martha Franklin, Greg Herd, J. Jonah Jameson, Marla Madison Jameson, Madame Web, Morris Maxwell
2	-	in-house column	0.8	script: Stan Lee	Stan Lee
3	Bullpen Bits #9	comic story	0.2	script: Chris Giarrusso; pencils: Chris Giarrusso; inks: Chris Giarrusso; colors: Chris Giarrusso; letters: Chris Giarrusso	Bruce Banner, Daredevil, Hulk, Logan, Matt Murdock, Wolverine
4	Next Issue	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Bart Sears; inks: Bart Sears	Gray Dolman First, Martha Franklin, Shadraq First, Spider-Woman
5	Got Milk? Trading Cards	insert or dust jacket	4	pencils: Adam Kubert; inks: Adam Kubert; colors: Paul Mounts	Doctor Doom, Victor Von Doom, J2, Cassandra Lang, Mainframe First, Kevin Masterson, May Parker, Spider-Girl, Stinger First, Thunderstrike, Zane Yama

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	barcode 75960604760409

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Series context

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Sources

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

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