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Cover: Gil Kane & John Romita

The Amazing Spider-Man #90

Name: The Amazing Spider-Man #90
Brand: Marvel
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Nov 1970 · Marvel · 0.15 USD

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“And Death Shall Come!”

About this Issue

The Amazing Spider-Man #90 (November 1970) is the issue in which Captain George Stacy — Gwen's father, a respected NYPD officer, and one of Spider-Man's most steadfast defenders — dies shielding a child from chimney debris dislodged during Spider-Man's rooftop brawl with Doctor Octopus. His dying revelation that he had long known Peter Parker's secret identity adds a layer of devastating dramatic irony that ranks the scene among the most emotionally resonant in Marvel's Silver-to-Bronze Age transition. The death demonstrated, for perhaps the first time in superhero comics, that a warmly developed supporting character could be killed as collateral damage in a superhero fight — a storytelling risk that permanently raised the stakes of the Spider-Man series and paved the road to Gwen Stacy's own death three years later. The issue's cultural reach has only grown: its precise scenario was canonized as 'Event ASM-90' in the 2023 animated film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, where the death of a police captain close to Spider-Man is designated a fixed point in the multiverse that every Spider-Person must endure.

writer Stan Lee · artist Gil Kane · inker John Romita · letterer Sam Rosen · cover Gil Kane, John Romita

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History

The story — titled 'And Death Shall Come!' — was written by Stan Lee and is the concluding chapter of a three-part Doctor Octopus arc spanning issues #88–90, making it the first Spider-Man storyline fully penciled by Gil Kane, who had recently migrated from a long tenure at DC Comics. Kane's layouts were inked by John Romita Sr., whose finishing touch is widely credited by readers for the seamlessness of the collaboration; the cover was also a Kane-Romita joint. Lee served simultaneously as writer and editor-in-chief, and the issue appeared on newsstands in August 1970 with a November 1970 cover date, placing it squarely at the dawn of what historians now call the Bronze Age — a period many point to this very issue as helping to inaugurate.

Trivia · 8 facts

Death of Captain George Stacy: George Stacy sacrifices his life to push a young child clear of falling chimney bricks dislodged during Spider-Man's battle with Doctor Octopus, and dies of his injuries — the defining story event of the issue.
Secret-identity deathbed reveal: With his final words, George Stacy tells Peter Parker — not Spider-Man — to look after Gwen, confirming he had quietly deduced Peter's dual identity on his own, a revelation that amplifies Peter's guilt.
Creative team: Written by Stan Lee (also editor); pencils by Gil Kane; inks by John Romita Sr.; letters by Sam Rosen; cover by Gil Kane and John Romita Sr.
Gil Kane's Spider-Man debut arc: Issues #88–90 constitute Kane's very first Spider-Man storyline, marking the beginning of his run alternating with Romita that would carry the title into the mid-1970s.
Story title and cover date: 'And Death Shall Come!' — cover-dated November 1970, on sale August 1970; retail cover price 15¢.
Harry Osborn cameo: Harry Osborn appears briefly in this issue, with Peter checking on his sleeping roommate before heading out to confront Doctor Octopus.
Reprints: The story was reprinted in Marvel Tales #71 (September 1976), in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1975), in the Spider-Man: The Death of Captain Stacy one-shot (Marvel, August 2000), and collected in The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Vol. 3 (2017) and The Folio Society's Spider-Man (2021), among international editions.
Multiverse adaptation: The death of a police captain close to Spider-Man — drawn directly from this issue's scenario — is designated 'Event ASM-90' in Sony's Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023), where it is portrayed as a mandatory 'canon event' that all Spider-People across the multiverse must experience.