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Cover: Sal Buscema

The Spectacular Spider-Man #198

Mar 1993 · Marvel · 1.25 USD; 1.60 CAD; 0.85 GBP

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“Castles in the Air! [Part 2 of 3]”

Marking the X-Men's 30th anniversary in 1993, this crossover issue promises "all-out action against Professor Power" as Spider-Man swings into the fray alongside the X-Men. Sal Buscema's cover captures the energy of the team-up beautifully, with a massive armored villain at center, Beast crouching at the ready on the right, Cyclops charging in on the left, Psylocke and Iceman flanking from behind, and Spider-Man leaping in from above — quite the assembled force. Part two of a three-part story by J. M. DeMatteis and Buscema, this issue delivers the kind of superhero collision that makes Marvel's shared universe so much fun.

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

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Full credits

writer J. M. DeMatteis

artist, inker Sal Buscema

colorist Bob Sharen

letterer Joe Rosen

cover pencils, inks Sal Buscema

Reprints

Reprinted in Nova #194 (1994), Die Spinne Comic - Taschenbuch #71 (1996), Spider-Man #14 (1997), Marvel Héroes #115 (2023), Spectacular Spider-Man by DeMatteis and S. Buscema Omnibus #[nn] (2025), Peter Parker de spektakulaire Spiderman #123

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