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Cover: Sal Buscema

The Spectacular Spider-Man #181

Oct 1991 · Marvel · 1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.65 GBP

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“The Child Within, Part 4 of 6: Guilt”

Part 4 of the "Child Within" saga finds Spider-Man at the center of a psychological storm, as this Sal Buscema cover depicts him lunging forward while ghostly figures — including a looming Green Goblin and the gravestones of Mary and Richard Parker — press in around him. The cover copy puts the stakes plainly: Web-Slinger vs. Green Goblin, with Spider-Man's very sanity as the prize. J. M. DeMatteis and Sal Buscema were clearly crafting something more emotionally raw than your average slugfest in this 1991 chapter.

writer J. M. DeMatteis · artist, inker Sal Buscema · colorist Bob Sharen · letterer Chris Eliopoulos · cover Sal Buscema

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Full credits

writer J. M. DeMatteis

artist, inker Sal Buscema

colorist Bob Sharen

letterer Chris Eliopoulos

cover pencils, inks Sal Buscema

Reprints

Reprinted in Die Spinne Comic - Taschenbuch #59 (1993), Nova #180 (1993), Marvel Héroes #115 (2023), Spectacular Spider-Man by DeMatteis and S. Buscema Omnibus #[nn] (2025), Peter Parker de spektakulaire Spiderman #106, Örümcek Adam #144, Σπάιντερ Μαν [Spider-Man] #587

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