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The Spectacular Spider-Man #2 cover
Cover: Al Milgrom & Frank Giacoia

The Spectacular Spider-Man #2

Jan 1977 · Marvel · 0.30 USD
📊 ~89,979 copies sold its debut month
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“Kraven Is the Hunter!”

From January 1977, this second issue of Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man throws our wall-crawler headlong into a chaotic urban brawl, as the cover — penciled by Al Milgrom and inked by Frank Giacoia — shows Spider-Man caught between the red-clad Tarantula on one side and the bare-chested, leopard-skin-clad Kraven the Hunter on the other, a snarling big cat leaping alongside him while panicked bystanders look on from below. The bold tagline "Kraven Is the Hunter!" leaves no doubt about who's calling the shots in this confrontation. Gerry Conway's writing paired with Sal Buscema and Mike Esposito's interior art makes this a thoroughly satisfying chapter in Spidey's Bronze Age adventures.

writer Gerry Conway · artist Sal Buscema · artist, inker Mike Esposito · inker Dave Hunt · colorist Don Warfield · letterer Irv Watanabe · letterer John Costanza · letterer Gaspar Saladino · cover Al Milgrom, Frank Giacoia

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artist, inker Mike Esposito
inker Dave Hunt
colorist Don Warfield
letterer Irv Watanabe
letterer John Costanza
cover pencils Al Milgrom
cover inks Frank Giacoia

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Tarantula and his new partner are sent to kidnap Richard Gorman. Spider-Man later arrives and captures Kraven.

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