- "I don't get it, Pete, what's your problem with Fred? He has baseball stories, and he has super villain stories. He's a hit at parties!"
- ―Randy Robertson
| "A Trivial Pursuit (Part 1)" | |
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| The Amazing Spider-Man | |
| Title: | "A Trivial Pursuit (Part 1)" |
| Volume: | 5 |
| Number: | 6 |
| Cover price: | $3.99 |
| Cover date: | November, 2018 |
| Publisher: | Marvel Comics |
| Credits | |
| Chief: | C.B. Cebulski |
| Writers: | Nick Spencer |
| Pencilers: | Humberto Ramos |
| Inkers: | Victor Olazaba |
| Cover artists: | Humberto Ramos |
| Cover inker: | Humberto Ramos |
| Cover colorist: | Edgar Delgado |
| Colorists: | Edgar Delgado |
| Letterers: | VC's Joe Caramagna |
| Assistants: | Kathleen Wisneski |
| Editors: | Nick Lowe |
| Navigation | |
| Previous: | Amazing Spider-Man #5 |
| Next: | Amazing Spider-Man #7 |
"A Trivial Pursuit (Part 1)" is the title to the sixth issue of the fifth Amazing Spider-Man ongoing comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The story was written by Nick Spencer with artwork by Humberto Ramos and inks by Victor Olazaba. It was colored by Edgar Delgado and lettered by Joe Caramagna of Virtual Calligraphy. The story was edited by Nick Lowe with Kathleen Wisneski as assistant editor. This issue shipped with a November, 2018 cover date and carries a cover price of $3.99 per copy (US).
Appearances[]
Featured characters
Supporting characters
Villains
- Answer, The, Aaron Nicholson
- Beetle, Janice Lincoln
- Black Ant, Eric O'Grady LMD
- Boomerang, Fred Myers
- Electro, Francine Frye
- Kingpin, Wilson Fisk
- Shocker, Herman Schultz
- Speed Demon, James Sanders
- Taskmaster, Tony Masters
- Vulture, Adrian Toomes
Minor characters
- Deke
- Dougie
- Electro, Maxwell Dillon (In flashback only)
- Rhino, Aleksei Sytsevich (In flashback only)
- Wesley Welch
Bar With No Name patrons
- 8-Ball III
- Answer, The, Aaron Nicholson
- Brothers Grimm, Barton Grimes
- Brothers Grimm, Percy Grimes
- Cyclone, Pierre Fresson
- Kangaroo, Brian Hibbs
- Killer Shrike
- Living Brain II
- Looter, Norton Fester
- Man-Bull, William Taurens
- Melter III
- Mirage, Desmond Charne
- Overdrive
- Scorcher, Steven Hudak
- Spot, Johnny Ohnn
- Squid, Donald Callahan
- Trapster III
- White Rabbit, Lorina Dodson
Organizations
- Brothers Grimm
- Hydra (Referenced only)
- Sinister Six
Races & Animals
Locations
- Washington, D.C. (In flashback only)
Items
- Boomerangs
- Daily Bugle newspaper
- Life Model Decoys
- Pistol
- Robots
- Spider-tracer
- Webs (Referenced only)
Vehicles
- Sports car
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarriers (In flashback only)
Powers
Miscellaneous
Notes & Trivia[]
Peter Parker at the Bar With No Name.
- The character of Spider-Man was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15 in August, 1962 in a story titled "Spider-Man!" The character has since gone on to become one of the most well-known and enduring super-heroes of all time, having appeared in numerous comic book titles, as well as feature films, animated projects and video games.
- This issue is Legacy number Amazing Spider-Man #807, which redirects to this page.
- The tagline to this issue is "Date Night!"
- This issue shipped with a variant cover featuring Cosmic Ghost Rider by Paul Renard.
- This issue gives special thanks to Antonio Ruiz.
- Anthony Gambino is credited as designer on this issue.
- Additional credits include Dan Buckley as president of Marvel Comics and Alan Fine as executive producer.
- Dougie is the first character to appear in this issue.
- This issue includes a flashback to events from the "Secret Empire" storyline.
- Fred Myers is wearing a Captain America t-shirt in this issue.
- Reference is made to Webs in this issue, which is the photo-journalistic book that Peter Parker wrote many years ago.
- Fred Myers recounts an incident when he allegedly fought Spider-Man during a time that he had Captain Universe powers.
- Peter Parker refers to the Bar With No Name II as the "more wretched hive of scum and villainy", which is a line of dialogue taken from Star Wars and spoken by Ben Kenobi when describing the Mos Eisley Cantina.
- Reference is made to events that took place in the Amazing Spider-Man/Guardians of the Galaxy Free Comic Book Day special edition.
- Reference is made to the Spider-mobile in this issue.