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Issue: The Amazing Spider-Man #263

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Publication Date: April 1985

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Issues: #263 of 443 Issues (968 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Direct Edition

Rating: [no rating]

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

Brand: Marvel

Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group

On Sale Date: 01/02/1985

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.75 CAD
£0.30 GBP
$0.65 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)

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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

Format Notes:

Variants3

2 The Amazing Spider-Man #263 [Direct Edition]

The Amazing Spider-Man #263 [CA Cover Price]

The Amazing Spider-Man #263 [Newsstand]

Reprinted In6

1 Content Item
- The Spectacular Spider-Kid! [Story on Interior Page(s)]0

reprinted 3 times as/in other Issues.

1 Content Item
- The Spectacular Spider-Kid! [Story on Interior Page(s)]2

reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.

Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in another Issue:

Spider-Man: The Complete Black Costume Saga Omnibus #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 2004

Reprinted From0

There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.

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Cover, Front

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Title Page

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Cover, Front

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Title Page

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Indicia

Content Items (4 total)

Heads Up, Spidey! There's a New Web-Head in Town!

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Spider-Kid [Ollie Osnick]

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

The Spectacular Spider-Kid!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Spider-Kid [Ollie Osnick]; Black Cat [Felicia Hardy]; Harry Osborn; Liz Osborn; Normie Osborn (introduction); Mary Jane Watson; Blazing Skull Gang (villain)

First Line: The city is safe tonight.

Synopsis: A chubby, outcast kid who used to idolize Doc Ock now dons a Spider-Man costume and his octopus arms to make a bid to become Spider-Man’s sidekick. Things don't work out for the partnership but Spider-Man is able to help him out a bit in his personal life. Much to the relief of her husband and her friends, Liz delivers a healthy baby boy.

Reprinting

In Issue:

Marvel Tales #276 [Direct Edition] published August 1993

In Issue:

Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection #15 [unnamed variant] published January 2014

In Issue:

Spider-Man: The Complete Alien Costume Saga #2 published January 2015

In Content Item: Flag

Edderkoppen #11/1987 published November 1987
as Den utrolige vevgutten! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

L'Uomo Ragno #54 published August 1990
as Lo Spettacolare Ragno-Kid! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 22

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In-house Column on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Hype Box; Check List.

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Letters from Domingos Fonseca, W. Gregg Stamey, Jr., David Allen, Brad Damron, Brian Palmateer, T. Selby, Mike Kulndersma, Margaret A. Juergensmeyer; farwell letter from Danny Fingeroth as editor.