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The Spectacular Spider-Man #23 cover
Cover: Keith Pollard & Frank Giacoia

The Spectacular Spider-Man #23

Oct 1978 · Marvel · 0.35 USD
📊 ~48,776 copies sold its debut month
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“Guess Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb!”

This October 1978 issue puts Spider-Man right in the thick of it, as the cover — penciled by Keith Pollard and inked by Frank Giacoia — shows him caught in a swirling vortex alongside the blue-and-gold-costumed Cyclone and the white-clad Moon Knight. The banner proudly bills Moon Knight as "Marvel's TV Sensation," making this a genuinely fun snapshot of the character's rising profile at the time. With a story titled "Guess Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb!" and that three-way clash front and center, issue #23 has plenty of energy to offer any fan of late-'70s Marvel action.

writer Bill Mantlo · artist Jim Mooney · inker Mike Esposito · colorist Phil Rache · letterer Joe Rosen · cover Keith Pollard, Frank Giacoia

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Fine) $9
CGC 9.8 · 61 in census $90*
CGC 9.6 · 62 in census $37*
CGC 9.4 · 32 in census $30*
CGC 9.2 · 26 in census $30*
CGC 9.0 · 13 in census $30*
CGC 8.5 · 8 in census $30*
Show all 18 grades
CGC 8.0 · 7 in census $30*
CGC 7.5 · 12 in census $30*
CGC 7.0 · 4 in census $30*
CGC 6.5 · 4 in census $30*
CGC 6.0 · 8 in census $30*
CGC 5.5 · 1 in census $30*
CGC 5.0 none in existence
CGC 4.5 · 1 in census $30*
CGC 4.0 · 1 in census $30*
CGC 3.5 none in existence
CGC 3.0 none in existence
CGC 2.5 · 1 in census $30*
* estimate — limited direct-sales data at this grade
Our model’s value — refined as new sales data arrives · CGC census counts shown where available

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Full credits

artist Jim Mooney
colorist Phil Rache
letterer Joe Rosen
cover pencils Keith Pollard
cover inks Frank Giacoia

Reprints

Reprinted in Die Spinne Comic - Album #1 (1979), Edderkoppen Superseriealbum #1 (1979), Spindelmannen superseriealbum #1 (1979), Spider-Man Comic #318 (1979), Spider-Man Comic #319 (1979), Nova #20 (1979), L'Uomo Ragno [Collana Super-Eroi] #274 (1980), Edderkoppen #7/1982 (1982), Spindelmannen #7/1982 (1982), El Hombre Araña / El Asombroso Hombre Araña #238 (1984), L'Uomo Ragno Classic #60 (1996), Essential Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #1 (2005), Essential Moon Knight #1 (2006), Moon Knight Epic Collection #1 (2014), Marvel Masterworks: The Spectacular Spider-Man #2 (2019), Moon Knight Omnibus #1 (2020), The Spectacular Spider-Man Omnibus #1 (2022), Σπάιντερ Μαν [Spider-Man] #271

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