The Spectacular Spider-Man #110
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeSpectacular Spider-Man #110 is the concluding chapter of 'The Death of Jean DeWolff,' a four-part arc widely regarded as one of the most psychologically mature Spider-Man stories of the Copper Age, pushing the character well beyond his comfort zone by depicting him nearly beating an unmasked, unarmed villain to death before Daredevil intervenes. The issue delivers a landmark status quo shift for both heroes: Daredevil uses the callout moment during a prison-transfer riot to confirm he knows Peter Parker's identity as Spider-Man, and in the aftermath the two heroes exchange their secrets — a mutual unmasking that would shape how the characters related to each other for years. The Sin-Eater's unmasking in this arc also planted the seed that would grow into Venom: journalist Eddie Brock had publicly named the wrong man as the Sin-Eater, and when Spider-Man's capture of the real culprit (NYPD Sergeant Stan Carter) destroyed Brock's career, his resulting obsessive hatred of Spider-Man became the emotional engine behind his later merger with the alien symbiote in Amazing Spider-Man #300. The arc's street-level, noir-inflected tone — centering on a cop as the killer and on Spider-Man's barely-suppressed rage — helped establish that superhero comics could tackle morality and institutional failure with genuine weight.
In "The Death of Jean DeWolff Conclusion: All My Sins Remembered," Peter David and Rich Buckler deliver a gripping finale to one of Spider-Man’s most intense arcs, as the web-slinger races to stop a vigilante from killing the man he believes is Jean DeWolff’s killer. With New York reeling from the truth about the cop behind the crimes, Spider-Man must face off against Daredevil and then shield the suspect from a furious mob during his prison transfer—leading to a shocking moment when Daredevil finally reveals Spider-Man’s secret identity. The cover by Rich Buckler and Joe Rubinstein captures the tension perfectly, while the story’s emotional weight is matched by its bold narrative choices.
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The story was written by Peter David — then only in his second professional comics assignment — and penciled by Rich Buckler, with inks split across Brett Breeding, Josef Rubinstein, Kyle Baker, and Pat Redding across the four issues. Editor James Owsley (later Christopher Priest) shepherded the arc under Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter; the graphic depiction of Jean DeWolff's shotgun murder in issue #107 reportedly caused unease within Marvel editorial over its raw violence, marking a notable moment in the era's push against the genre's traditional restraints. Issue #110 was released on newsstands in October 1985 with a January 1986 cover date, and it was also the last issue of the series to carry the 65-cent cover price before a price increase. The complete arc was collected in a trade paperback in December 1990 and later reprinted in a Marvel Premiere Classic hardcover in 2011.
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- Title: 'All My Sins Remembered' — Part 4 of 4 of 'The Death of Jean DeWolff' story arc (Spectacular Spider-Man #107–110).
- Written by Peter David (only his second professional comics assignment); penciled by Rich Buckler; cover by Rich Buckler and Joe Rubinstein; edited by James Owsley (Christopher Priest).
- Key plot beat: Daredevil reveals his secret identity (Matt Murdock) to Spider-Man, and confirms he knows Spider-Man is Peter Parker — a mutual unmasking that established a new tier of trust between the two characters.
- Spider-Man's near-lethal beating of the unmasked, unarmed Sin-Eater (Sgt. Stan Carter) — stopped only by Daredevil's intervention — represented a darker, morally complex portrayal of Spider-Man rarely seen at the time.
- The exposure of Stan Carter as the real Sin-Eater in this arc is the in-continuity catalyst for Eddie Brock's career destruction and eventual transformation into Venom, as later established in Amazing Spider-Man #300.
- Stan Carter (the Sin-Eater) is confirmed as an NYPD sergeant and former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent — the revelation that the killer was a cop himself caused public outrage depicted in the issue's riot sequence.
- This was the last 65-cent issue of the series; cover date January 1986, on-sale date October 15, 1985.
- The full arc was collected in trade paperback (December 1990, ISBN 0-87135-704-6) and in a Marvel Premiere Classic hardcover (July 2011), with the hardcover also including the sequel 'Return of the Sin-Eater' from Spectacular Spider-Man #134–136.
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Reprinted in Die Spinne Comic - Taschenbuch #29 (1986), Nova #106 (1986), Edderkoppen #3/1989 (1989), Spindelmannen #3/1989 (1989), The Amazing Spider-Man, The Death of Jean DeWolff #[nn] (1990), L'Uomo Ragno #66 (1991), Wizard Spider-Man Masterpiece Edition #[nn] (2006), Essential Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #5 (2011), Spider-Man: The Death of Jean DeWolff #[nn] (2011), Spider-Man: The Death of Jean DeWolff #[nn] (2013), Spider-Man: The Road to Venom #[nn] (2020), Edderkoppen #54, El Hombre Araña / El Asombroso Hombre Araña #358, Hämähäkkimies #3/1989, Kóngulóarmaðurinn #3/1989, Peter Parker de spektakulaire Spiderman #35, Σπάιντερ Μαν [Spider-Man] #477, Spiderman #137
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