"And Who Shall Claim a Kingly Crown?" The Final Chapter Part 1 of 4. Final issue of the series. At last it's time for the Gathering! And the five anxious participants are: Norman Osborn, Morris Maxwell, Mattie Franklin, Madame Web, and Override! Each will receive one of the five gifts! Three of the five gifts everyone wants: Immortality, Knowledge, and Power! But two of the gifts nobody wants: Madness and Death! Upon whom will fortune shine? And to whom will the fates be cruel? Meanwhile across town Alison Mongrain desperately tries to reach Peter Parker to tell him a shocking secret! But if Joe Robertson can't stop the Molten Man, Alison will never get her chance! Could someone long thought dead... actually be alive? Story continues in Spider-Man (1990) 97. Cameo appearance by Mary Jane Watson. (Notes: This issue completes thefirst volume of the Amazing Spider-Man title that ran for 35 years. The second volume of the Amazing Spider-Man series begins with issue #1 in January 1999. This issue features a gatefold cover. The Final Chapter storyline was reprinted in 2013 in the trade paperback: Spider-Man The Gathering of Five. The letters page includes a statement of ownership: average print run 219,917; average paid circulation 119,547.)
