The Amazing Spider-Man #257 [Direct]
(October 1984)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.30 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1984-06-12
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Danny Fingeroth (credited) (editor); Bob DeNatale (credited) (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #49, with newsstand on-sale date of 1984-07-03.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Spider-Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ron Frenz (signed as F)
Inks
Joe Rubinstein (signed as R)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Puma
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #257 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for The Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #257 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for The Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #257 [Canadian]
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Beware the Claws of Puma! (Table of Contents: 1)

Spider-Man / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Tom DeFalco (credited)
Pencils
Ron Frenz (credited)
Inks
Joe Rubinstein (credited as Josef Rubinstein)
Colors
Christie Scheele (credited)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Spider-Man is still helpless!
Feature Logo
Spider-Man [eyes]
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Black Cat [Felicia Hardy]; Jenna Taylor; Mary Jane Watson; The Rose (villain); Puma [Thomas Fireheart] (villain); Kingpin (villain); Arranger (villain); Hobgoblin [Ned Leeds] (cameo)
Synopsis
Puma is about to eviscerate Spider-Man but the Black Cat swings in to the rescue. Spidey and the Cat make it back to his apartment. The Black Cat takes off but Mary Jane shows up to hang out. As the Puma strikes Peter pushes Mary Jane out the door. Spidey and Puma fight but the assassin breaks off the attack when he witnesses Spider-Man save civilians. The Kingpin discovers that the Rose has put out an unauthorized contract on Spidey's life. Fireheart returns home. Hobgoblin contacts Rose. Peter finds Mary Jane still at his apartment where she tells him that she already knows he is Spider-Man.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Spider's Web / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Danny Fingeroth
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Scott Erbe, Cale Rightmire, Ron Lamarre, Russell G. Smidt & Daniel J. Van Oss, Craig Shaw, and Michael Tisdale.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. Beware the Claws of Puma!
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. ["Jim Starlin tried to kill me!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Spider's Web
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  • Chris Boyko
  • Steve Coates
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  • Björn Eklöf
  • Mark Gordon
  • Del Gruber
  • Ralf Haring
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  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Eric Rom
  • Terry Staats
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore
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