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The Spectacular Spider-Man #257
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Spider-Man swings straight toward the reader in this eye-catching 1998 cover, fist forward and web-line trailing behind him against a warm golden cityscape — pure kinetic energy captured in classic red-and-blue. The bold "Identity Crisis!" banner signals that something significant is brewing for Peter Parker as this multi-part storyline kicks off. With J. M. DeMatteis writing and Luke Ross on interior art, The Spectacular Spider-Man #257 opens a story arc that clearly has the wall-crawler at a crossroads.
writer J. M. DeMatteis · artist Luke Ross · inker Dan Green · inker Al Milgrom · colorist John Kalisz · letterer RS · letterer KS · letterer Comicraft · cover John Romita
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CGC 9.8 · 21 in census $63*
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CGC 9.2 · 1 in census $30*
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Cast · 12 characters
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writer J. M. DeMatteis
artist Luke Ross
inker Dan Green
inker Al Milgrom
colorist John Kalisz
letterer RS
letterer KS
letterer Comicraft
cover pencils, inks John Romita
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Reprinted in Spider-Man: Identity Crisis #[nn] (2012)
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