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Cover: Sal Buscema & Jimmy Palmiotti

The Spectacular Spider-Man #230

Jan 1996 · Marvel · 1.50 USD; 2.10 CAD

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“Brother's Keeper”

The cover of this January 1996 issue says it all: a massive, dripping, gray-skinned creature looms over a flattened Spider-Man, pinning the wall-crawler face-down beneath its crushing bulk while the tagline promises "Death By—" whatever horror this thing represents. Sal Buscema and Jimmy Palmiotti deliver a wonderfully unsettling image that makes the "Return of…" banner feel genuinely ominous. "Brother's Keeper," written by Todd DeZago with interior art by Buscema and Palmiotti, looks to put Spider-Man through a seriously rough day.

writer Todd DeZago · artist Sal Buscema · artist, inker Jimmy Palmiotti · colorist John Kalisz · colorist Malibu · letterer Clem Robins · cover Sal Buscema, Jimmy Palmiotti

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Full credits

writer Todd DeZago

artist Sal Buscema

artist, inker Jimmy Palmiotti

colorist John Kalisz

colorist Malibu

letterer Clem Robins

cover pencils Sal Buscema

cover inks Jimmy Palmiotti

Reprints

Reprinted in Spider-Man #7 (1997), Der sensationelle Spider-Man #1 (1998), Spider-Man: The Complete Ben Reilly Epic #2 (2011), Spider-Man: Ben Reilly Omnibus #1 (2018)

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