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Cover: John Byrne

The Amazing Spider-Man #296

Jan 1988 · Marvel · 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.40 GBP
“Force of Arms”
writer David Michelinie · artist Alex Saviuk · inker Vince Colletta · colorist Bob Sharen · letterer Rick Parker · cover John Byrne

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Full credits

colorist Bob Sharen
letterer Rick Parker
cover pencils, inks John Byrne

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Otto Octavius is undergoing intense psychotherapy but nightmares about Spider-Man cause his arms to break free and return to their master. Spider-Man gets Ock's shrink to claim he is writing a tell-all book about the villain to draw him out. Spider-Man and Ock battle but the bad guy gets away.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).

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