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Cover: Sal Buscema

The Spectacular Spider-Man #190

Jul 1992 · Marvel · 1.25 USD; 1.50 CAD; 0.85 GBP

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“The Horns of a Dilemma!”

The Rhino has Spider-Man in a crushing bear hug on Sal Buscema's striking cover for this July 1992 issue — and the cover copy teases a deliciously twisted situation: the Rhino doesn't want to kill Spider-Man, yet somehow things will get worse before they get better. "The Horns of a Dilemma!" promises exactly the kind of morally tangled, action-packed storytelling that J. M. DeMatteis brought to this title, with Buscema's clean, powerful linework making every ounce of the wall-crawler's desperate struggle feel immediate and real.

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

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Cast · 2 characters

Aleksei Sytsevich Spider-Man

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writer J. M. DeMatteis

artist, inker Sal Buscema

colorist Bob Sharen

letterer Joe Rosen

letterer Chris Eliopoulos

cover pencils, inks Sal Buscema

Reprints

Reprinted in The Exploits of Spider-Man #9 (1993), Nova #189 (1993), The Amazing Spider-Man #10/1993 (1993), Marvel Héroes #115 (2023), Spectacular Spider-Man by DeMatteis and S. Buscema Omnibus #[nn] (2025), Spectacular Spider-Man by DeMatteis and S. Buscema Omnibus #[nn] (2025), Peter Parker de spektakulaire Spiderman #115

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