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Cover: Sal Buscema

The Spectacular Spider-Man #176

May 1991 · Marvel · 1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.60 GBP

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“The Love of Power”

Sal Buscema's cover for The Spectacular Spider-Man #176 makes a striking first impression: a radiant, energy-wreathed figure identified by the cover copy as Corona looms at the center, while a dynamic Spider-Man lunges forward in the foreground and a imperiled Mary Jane Watson appears in distress behind them. Marvel's May 1991 entry in this series promises the birth of a terrifying new villain alongside all-out Spidey action — and with Kurt Busiek writing and Buscema on interior art as well, "The Love of Power" looks like a genuinely compelling chapter in Peter Parker's world.

writer Kurt Busiek · artist, inker Sal Buscema · colorist Bob Sharen · letterer Chris Eliopoulos · cover Sal Buscema

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Full credits

writer Kurt Busiek

artist, inker Sal Buscema

colorist Bob Sharen

letterer Chris Eliopoulos

cover pencils, inks Sal Buscema

Reprints

Reprinted in Nova #175 (1992), Die Spinne Comic - Taschenbuch #58 (1993), Edderkoppen #6/1993 (1993), The Amazing Spider-Man #6/1993 (1993), O Homem-Aranha #5 (1995), El Hombre Araña / El Asombroso Hombre Araña #524, Peter Parker de spektakulaire Spiderman #101

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