The Amazing Spider-Man #264 [Newsstand]
(May 1985)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.65 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1985
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
0714860245705
Editing
Keith Williams (credited) (assistant editor); Christopher Priest (credited as Jim Owsley) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #264 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
William Johnson (signed as WJ)
Inks
Joe Rubinstein (signed as JR)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Red 9
Reprints
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Red 9 and Red Tape! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Craig Anderson (credited)
Pencils
Paty Cockrum (credited as Paty)
Inks
Paty Cockrum (credited as Paty)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited)
Letters
Phil Felix (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Whoo-wheee!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Philmont Magee; Doctor Rattamun; Mr. Blodgett; Cheryl Swanson; Wendall; Mindy; Judge Benjamin Handley; Red 9 (villain)
Synopsis
Spider-Man has his hands full with a hopped up Texas teenager in a souped up super suit who’s itching to prove himself by taking our hero down. At the same time, he also cuts through a mile of red tape to bring an old man back to life (on paper at least).
Reprints

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

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

Script
Jim Shooter (signed as Shooter); ?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Deep in the heart of Texas...
Feature Logo
Bullpen Bulletins [groovy]

Indexer Notes

Hype Box; Check List.

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

Spider's Web / letters page / 0.8 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Adrian E. Mazar, Brian Nelson, Chris Sesomas, R. D. Zeigwell, Kenneth Kamiel, and Pieter Cohen.

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

statement of ownership / 0.2 page (report information)

Script
Ed Shukin
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Total No. Copies Printed (net press run): Average no. of copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 461,591. Single issue nearest to filing date: 430,678.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. Red 9 and Red Tape!
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. ["Deep in the heart of Texas..."]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Spider's Web
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
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