The Very Best of Spider-Man #[nn] for Sale - First Appearance of Manslaughter Marsdale - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The Very Best of Spider-Man (Marvel, 1994 series)
Issue: #[nn]
Publication date: October 1994
Key date: 1994-10-00
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $15.95; 21.55 CAD
Pages: 180
Barcode: 978078510045451595
ISBN: 0-7851-0045-8

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Manslaughter Marsdale - 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	-	cover	1	pencils: Steve Lightle; inks: Steve Lightle	Eddie Brock, Green Goblin, Norman Osborn, Peter Parker, Spider-Man, Gwen Stacy, Venom
1	Title Page and Credits	credits, title page	3	letters: typeset
2	Intro	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Stan Lee
3	Spider-Man!	comic story	11	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Liz Allan, Sally Avril, The Burglar, Crusher Hogan, Ben Parker, May Parker, Peter Parker, Maxwell Shiffman, Spider-Man, Flash Thompson
4	The Final Chapter!	comic story	20	script: Steve Ditko, Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Betty Brant, Curt Connors, Frederick Foswell, J. Jonah Jameson, Kraven the Hunter, Sergei Kravinoff, Ben Parker, May Parker, Peter Parker, Spider-Man
5	Spider-Man No More!	comic story	20	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Johnny Romita; inks: Mickey Dimeo; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Betty Brant, The Burglar, Wilson Fisk, Frederick Foswell, J. Jonah Jameson, Kingpin, Harry Osborn, Ben Parker, May Parker, Peter Parker, Patch, Spider-Man, Gwen Stacy, Miles Warren
6	The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man!	comic story	11	script: Roger Stern; pencils: Ron Frenz; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Christie Scheele; letters: Joe Rosen; editing: Bob DeNatale	Ben Parker, May Parker, Peter Parker, Spider-Man
7	Whatever Happened to Crusher Hogan?	comic story	22	script: Tom DeFalco; pencils: Ron Frenz; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Nel Yomtov; letters: Joe Rosen; editing: Jim Owsley	Lance Bannon, Betty Brant, Crusher Hogan, Ned Leeds, Nathan Lubensky, Manslaughter Marsdale First, May Parker, Peter Parker, Spider-Man, Mary Jane Watson
8	The Sand and the Fury!	comic story	22	script: David Michelinie; pencils: Todd McFarlane; inks: Todd McFarlane; colors: Bob Sharen; letters: Rick Parker; editing: Jim Salicrup	Eddie Brock, Ben Grimm, May Parker, Peter Parker, Spider-Man, The Thing, Venom, Mary Jane Watson
9	Fathers and Sins	comic story	31	script: David Michelinie; pencils: Mark Bagley; inks: Randy Emberlin; colors: Bob Sharen; letters: Rick Parker; editing: Danny Fingeroth	Billy Connors, Curt Connors, Martha Connors, Lizard, Mary Parker, May Parker, Peter Parker, Richard Parker, Spider-Man, Mary Jane Watson
10	The Osborn Legacy	comic story	34	script: J. M. DeMatteis; pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Sal Buscema; colors: Bob Sharen; letters: Rick Parker; editing: Danny Fingeroth	Green Goblin, Molten Man, Harry Osborn, Liz Allan, Normie Osborn, May Parker, Peter Parker, Mark Raxton, Spider-Man, Mary Jane Watson
11	Afterword	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Danny Fingeroth

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Hero Killers ISBN 978-1-302-95104-7	2023	On eBay ›

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Sources

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

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