#268

Synopsis

The Beyonder has turned a downtown building and all of its contents into solid gold and the government scrambles to keep this fact a secret in order to keep the world from plunging into an economic crisis. The building is being carved up and the gold dropped into a deep sea chasm to take it out of play. Spider-Man helps Agent Anderson foil a plot by the Kingpin to steal a load of the gold for himself. Peter, however, has taken a solid gold notebook he found in the trash home with him and tries to figure out what to do with it.

Reprinted in

• L'Uomo Ragno #59
• Marvel Tales #278
• Spindelmannen #10/1989
• Edderkoppen #10/1989— pages 2 and 23 (panel 3-6) removed
• L'étonnant Spider-Man #173
• Die Spinne #127
• De spectaculaire Spider-Man [De spektakulaire Spiderman] #73
• El Hombre Araña / El Asombroso Hombre Araña #388
• Secret Wars #20
• Homem-Aranha #85
• Strange #204— Moins 2 pages/Minus 2 pages
• Záhadný Spider-Man #34
• Σπάιντερ Μαν [Spider-Man] #220
• Essential Web of Spider-Man #1
• Hämähäkkimies #10/1989
• Edderkoppen #61
• Secret Wars II Omnibus #[nn]
• Kóngulóarmaðurinn #10/1989
• Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection #15
• Marvel Héroes #77
• Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars: Battleworld #[4]
• Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man #25
• Web of Spider-Man Omnibus #1

Credits

Script

Tom DeFalco, Jim Shooter, Christopher Priest

Pencils

John Byrne, Ron Frenz, Morrie Kuramoto

Inks

John Byrne, Morrie Kuramoto

Colours

Bob Sharen

Letters

Joe Rosen

Editing

Christopher Priest

Assistant editor

Keith Williams

Editor-in-chief

Jim Shooter

Finished art

Joe Rubinstein

Characters

• Spider-Man
• Peter Parker
• Firelord
• Ned Leeds
• Robbie Robertson
• Betty Brant
• J. Jonah Jameson
• Arranger
• Wilson Fisk
• Charles Anderson
• Beyonder
• Kingpin
• Pyreus Kril
• Oswald Silkworth

Other printings & variants

• Newsstand
• Canadian