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The Spectacular Spider-Man #147

Name: The Spectacular Spider-Man #147
Brand: Marvel
Availability: InStock

Feb 1989 · Marvel · 1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.50 GBP

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“When the Bugle Blows”

★ 1st appearance — Demogoblin

About this Issue

Spectacular Spider-Man #147 is the narrative seed for one of the more unusual villain concepts Marvel planted during the late 1980s: the demonic Hobgoblin. By working the Inferno crossover's demonic-invasion premise directly into Spider-Man's rogues gallery, writer Gerry Conway permanently altered Jason Macendale's trajectory as a villain — fusing him with an unnamed demon from Limbo that would eventually separate into the distinct character Demogoblin in Web of Spider-Man #86 (1992). That two-step origin, planted here and completed years later, is a relatively rare example of a crossover tie-in issue generating a new villain with its own sustained publication history. The issue also delivers one of the more memorable odd-couple pairings in the Spider-Man corner of the Inferno event: a wounded Peter Parker fighting side-by-side with his loudest media critic, J. Jonah Jameson, to defend the Daily Bugle from demonic attackers.

writer Gerry Conway · artist, inker Sal Buscema · colorist Sharen · colorist John Wilcox · letterer Rick Parker · cover Sal Buscema

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History

The issue sits in the middle of Marvel's company-wide Inferno crossover (late 1988–early 1989), an event centered on the X-Men titles but extended into the Spider-Man line to show how the demonic invasion of New York rippled across the broader Marvel Universe. Gerry Conway scripted the story — titled 'When the Bugle Blows!' — while Sal Buscema provided both pencils, inks, and the cover, making it a rare single-artist package. The issue picks up directly from Amazing Spider-Man #312, where Macendale's Hobgoblin had just been defeated by Spider-Man and Harry Osborn's Green Goblin, and it threads into Web of Spider-Man #48 for Macendale's next confrontation in his new demonic state. Tom DeFalco served as Editor-in-Chief at Marvel during this period.

Trivia · 8 facts

Published February 1989 (cover date) by Marvel Comics; on-sale October 25, 1988.
Written by Gerry Conway; pencils, inks, and cover art all by Sal Buscema — a rare full solo-artist issue.
First (cameo/unnamed) appearance of the demon who will later be known as Demogoblin: the entity merges with Jason Macendale Jr. (Hobgoblin) after Macendale bargains with N'astirh at the Empire State Building for greater power.
The demon does not receive the name 'Demogoblin' or a separate physical form until Web of Spider-Man #86 (March 1992), where Howard Mackie and Alex Saviuk completed the character's full debut.
Story title is 'When the Bugle Blows!'; the Inferno crossover's demonic siege provides the backdrop for Spider-Man and J. Jonah Jameson fighting side-by-side to defend the Daily Bugle Building.
Continues from Amazing Spider-Man #312 and feeds directly into Web of Spider-Man #48 within the Inferno reading order.
Exists in at least three print formats: Direct Edition, Newsstand Edition, and a Mark Jewelers advertising-insert variant.
The issue was later collected in the X-Men: Inferno Crossovers hardcover (2010) and trade paperback editions from Marvel, which gathered the non-X-Men Inferno tie-ins including Spectacular Spider-Man #146–148.