The Amazing Spider-Man #275 [Direct]
(April 1986)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.25 USD; 0.50 GBP; 1.50 CAD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1985-12-31
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel 25th Anniversary
Editing
Adam Blaustein (credited) (assistant editor); Christopher Priest (credited as Jim Owsley) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

The Return of the Hobgoblin! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Ron Frenz; Steve Ditko
Inks
Joe Rubinstein; Steve Ditko
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Hobgoblin [Roderick Kingsley]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

A page of Amazing Fantasy #15 is showing through the blue hole behind Spider-Man and Hobgoblin.

The Choice and The Challenge! (Table of Contents: 1)

Spider-Man / comic story / 37 pages (report information)

Script
Tom DeFalco (credited); Stan Lee
Pencils
Ron Frenz (credited); Steve Ditko
Inks
Joe Rubinstein (credited as Josef Rubinstein) (finished art); Steve Ditko
Colors
Nel Yomtov (credited); Andy Yanchus (credited)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I've waited long enough!
Feature Logo
Spider-Man [eyes]
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Aunt May Parker; Uncle Ben Parker (flashback); Nathan Lubensky; Mary Jane Watson; Arthur Chekov; Flash Thompson; Sha Shan; Crusher Hogan (flashback); Liz Allan (flashback); Betty Leeds; Robbie Robertson; Ned Leeds; Hobgoblin [Roderick Kingsley] (villain); Rose (villain); Kingpin (villain); Arranger (villain); Green Goblin [Norman Osborn] (cameo flashback); Gwen Stacy (cameo flashback); Jean DeWolff (cameo flashback); Sin-Eater (cameo flashback)
Synopsis
The Hobgoblin prepares to bring down Spider-Man. Peter and Aunt May bring Nathan home from the hospital. Peter tells Mary Jane that he is through being Spider-Man and tells her his origin story. Flash smacks his girlfriend around and busts Ned Leeds in the chops when he confronts him about the affair Flash is having with his wife. Hobgoblin takes Sha Shan as a hostage. Mary Jane convinces Peter that he can't quit with the Hobgoblin on the loose so Spidey faces his old foe. Spidey is able to rescue Sha Shan but is brought down by Hobby's new chest plate with a deadly random pattern blaster.
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Keywords
Central Park

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

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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

Spider's Web / letters page / 1.8 pages (report information)

Script
Tom DeFalco
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from The Reader, Christopher Kirshon, Kevin J. Frey, Jeff Mitchell, Jim Puga, Larry Baranski, Heath Vinyard, Jeff Ham, Ray Herbert and Cliff Crawford, Brian Edgar, Carl Zeitler, Michael Schafer, Jonathan Romeo, Matthew Paul, Michael Pointer, and Jimmy Walker.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

statement of ownership / 0.2 page (report information)

Script
Thomas Costello

Indexer Notes

Total No. Copies Printed (net press run): Average no. of copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 498,367. Single issue nearest to filing date: 476,932.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Return of the Hobgoblin!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. The Choice and The Challenge!
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. ["Dear Santa, I've been a pretty good boy this year, if you don't count August."]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Spider's Web
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
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  • Eric Rom
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