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Issue: The Amazing Spider-Man #238
Publication Date: March 1983
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Issues: #238 of 443 Issues (968 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Edition
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 11/30/1982
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.75 CAD
£0.25 GBP
$0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Came with a Lakeside Skin Tattooz insert stapled into the book inside the front cover and outside the first wrap.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted In26
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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In the Shadow of Evils Past!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): Andy Yanchus
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hobgoblin [Roderick Kingsley]; Spider-Man (only the costume)
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagL'Étonnant Spider-Man #141/142 published March 1983
In Issue: FlagSuper Spider-Man TV Comic #524 published March 1983
In Issue: FlagΣπάιντερ Μαν [Spider-Man] #150 published January 1984
In Issue: FlagSpider-Man and Zoids #10 published May 1986
In Issue: FlagHomem-Aranha #47 published May 1987
In Issue: FlagBiblioteca Marvel: Spiderman #39 published September 2005
In Issue: FlagMarvel Héroes #44 published January 2013
In Issue: FlagAmazing Spider-Man #6 published ?
In Content Item: FlagSpiderman #15 published July 1983
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]Portada
In Content Item: FlagDie Spinne #95 published December 1983
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSpindelmannen #1/1986 published January 1986
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEdderkoppen #1/1986 published January 1986
as Skygger fra fortiden [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEl Asombroso Hombre Araña #322 published June 1986
as ¡Sombra de un Pasado Maligno! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagL'Uomo Ragno #27 published June 1989
as L'ombra crudele del passato [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Amazing Spider-Man #3/1990 published August 1990
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSpider-Island: Emergence of Evil - Jackal & Hobgoblin #1 [unnamed variant] published October 2011
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagKóngulóarmaðurinn #1/1986 published ?
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Take your imagination to a new level.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Shadow of Evils Past

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Anna Watson; Green Goblin (flashback); Hobgoblin [Roderick Kingsley] (first appearance); Lance Bannon; Mary Jane Watson; May Parker; Nathan Lubensky; Robbie Robertson; Betty Brant; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Georgie
First Line: It's funny how just a few sheets of paper can change the way people look at things.
Synopsis: After narrowly escaping from Spider-man, a small-time criminal named Georgie accidentally discovers one of Norman Osborn's Green Goblin lairs. Georgie takes the information to Roderick Kingsley (whose identity is concealed from the reader) who, after killing Georgie, begins to test the equipment they found.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagΣπάιντερ Μαν [Spider-Man] #150 published January 1984
In Issue: FlagL'Uomo Ragno #27 published June 1989Italy
In Issue: FlagThe Amazing Spider-Man: The Origin of the Hobgoblin #[nn] published December 1993
In Issue: FlagMarvel Héroes #44 published January 2013
In Content Item: FlagSpiderman #15 published July 1983
as ¡Sombras del pasado! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEdderkoppen #1/1986 published January 1986
as Skygger fra fortiden [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEl Asombroso Hombre Araña #322 published June 1986
as ¡Sombras de un Pasado Maligno! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #257 [Direct] published January 1992
as Shadow of Evils Past! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSpider-Island: Emergence of Evil - Jackal & Hobgoblin #1 [unnamed variant] published October 2011
as Shadow of Evil Pasts [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
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Behind the Candy Counter

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Chew
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The ad is located between pages 3 and 4 of the story.
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Dreadstar; Oedi; Syzygy Darklock; Willow
First Line: Michelinie here, Jim.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The Hype Box; The Mighty Marvel Checklist.

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