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Issue: The Amazing Spider-Man #252

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Publication Date: May 1984

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Issues: #252 of 443 Issues (939 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Newsstand

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

Brand:

Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group

On Sale Date: 01/31/1984

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0714860245705

Price: $0.60 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
5 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue

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Notes: On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #40, with shipping date of 1984-01-24.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Silver Age, then Modern Age US

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched; #200 square bound

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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3 The Amazing Spider-Man #252 [Direct Edition]

The Amazing Spider-Man #252 [CA Cover Price]

The Amazing Spider-Man #252 [Newsstand]

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Content Items (5 total)

The Rumors Are True. Introducing... The New Spider-Man!

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]

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Pages: 1

Notes: Cover is an homage to the cover of Amazing Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series) #15. Lettering credit from Danny Fingeroth interview in Backissue magazine #12.

Homecoming

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Venom symbiote (introduction, as the black costume); Curt Connors [Lizard]; Billy Connors; Matha Connors; Black Cat [Felicia Hardy]; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson; Aunt May Parker; Nathan Lubensky; The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Thor; Iron Man [James Rhodes]; Hawkeye; Wasp; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]]; She-Hulk (cameo, in photo); Mr. Fantastic (cameo, in photo); Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (cameo, in photo); The Thing (cameo, in photo); Invisible Girl (cameo, in photo); Cyclops (cameo, in photo); Colossus (cameo, in photo); Wolverine (cameo, in photo); Storm (cameo, in photo); Nightcrawler (cameo, in photo); Mockingbird (cameo, in photo); Scarlet Witch (cameo, in photo)

Synopsis: Spider-Man returns from Secret Wars and tries to get used to his new black and white symbiotic costume, which will later become Venom.

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Pages: 22

Notes: Continued from Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars (Marvel, 1984 series) #12. 1st in black costume which later becomes Venom. Predates Secret Wars #8 by 7 months. Next chronological Spidey in black duds in Marvel Team-Up #141.

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In-house Column on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 1

Notes: The Hype Box; The Mighty Marvel Checklist.

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 0.75

Notes: Letters from Eric James Baich, Keith Dooley, David P. McVann, Jason Clark, Roy G. Pender, Andrew Reitberger, and J. Jonah Jameson.

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Statement of Ownership on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Pages: 0.25