This poor sap was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #315
Published: c. January, 1989?
Cover Date: May, 1989
“A Matter of Life and Debt!”
Writer: David Michelinie
Artist: Todd McFarlane
Inker: Todd McFarlane
Letterer: Rick Parker
Colorist: Bob Sharen
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on Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #60 (Legacy #954): “Hit The Road, Zeb” or “All [REDACTED] Things Must Come To An End”: “Yep, as I predicted, Paul is here to stay. Marvel want Peter and MJ apart, and Paul is the story…” Nov 4, 17:43 on Panel(s) of the Day #1610 (Mary Jane Monday!): “Wow, Peter actually said, “I done blame her.”” Nov 4, 13:28 on Panel of the Day #1609 (Splash Page Sunday!): “Who knew Peter had a skirt in his closet made out of webbing?” Nov 4, 07:43 on Panel(s) of the Day #1608 (Ditko!): “Peter is so upset that he forgot his own hyphen. Twice! And he also referred to himself as “The” Spiderman.” Nov 4, 04:28 on Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #60 (Legacy #954): “Hit The Road, Zeb” or “All [REDACTED] Things Must Come To An End”: “@Joshua Nelson: At this point I don’t expect Marvel to have Peter tell Aunt May that he’s Spider-Man. If they…” Nov 3, 00:40 on Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #60 (Legacy #954): “Hit The Road, Zeb” or “All [REDACTED] Things Must Come To An End”: “@Kenneth: I wasn’t even thinking about her health but you’re right. But just from the years of May making wheatcakes…” Nov 3, 00:36 on Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #60 (Legacy #954): “Hit The Road, Zeb” or “All [REDACTED] Things Must Come To An End”: “@Dark Mark: Yeah, this issue really felt like an epilogue and not the final issue of a story. One issue…” Nov 3, 00:35 on Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #60 (Legacy #954): “Hit The Road, Zeb” or “All [REDACTED] Things Must Come To An End”: “Well…it’s over. Like most, I have not liked this run. At all. There are plenty of things I can critique…” Nov 2, 18:13 on Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #60 (Legacy #954): “Hit The Road, Zeb” or “All [REDACTED] Things Must Come To An End”: “Would anyone who had both heart attacks and cancer eat pizza? Especially at the age Aunt May is? Then again…” Nov 2, 06:24
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It was definitely a three month difference in the 80’s, i remember being a teenager checking the comic rack and it was a three month difference. First web of spider-man, then Amazing, and Spectacular was last, and then the month would change.
@Andrew: Your info about cover dates is correct, but I’ve found that from the early ’70s until around the late ’80s, there could sometimes be at least a 3 month difference between the cover dates and when the issues hit the stands. An issue of Marvel Age from around this time apparently lists January for the shipping and newsstand dates of this issue. Nowadays it does seem that comics are back to the two month difference.
In their drive to make Venom a sympathetic anti-hero, it seems old, brutal scenes like this with him killing civilians in cold blood is swept under the carpet and forgotten.
Also, small note… if cover date is May, then it was probably published in March (not Jan) as books are always dated 2 months ahead of release.