The Amazing Spider-Man #258 [Canadian]
(November 1984)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1984
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
0714860245711
Editing
Danny Fingeroth (credited) (editor); Bob DeNatale (credited) (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #258 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

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

Pencils
Ron Frenz
Inks
Joe Rubinstein
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Peter Parker; Spider-Man Red Costume; Spider-Man Black Costume
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The Sinister Secret of Spider-Man's New Costume! (Table of Contents: 1)

Spider-Man / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Tom DeFalco (credited)
Pencils
Ron Frenz (credited)
Inks
Joe Rubinstein (credited as Josef Rubinstein)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
All in all, it's been a rotten week for Peter Parker.
Feature Logo
Spider-Man [eyes]
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Black Cat [Felicia Hardy]; Mary Jane Watson; Thomas Fireheart [Puma]; Jenna Taylor; Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; H.U.B.E.R.T.; Hobgoblin [Ned Leeds] (villain); Rose (villain); Aunt May Parker (cameo flashback); Robbie Robertson (cameo flashback); Jack O' Lantern [Jason Macendale Jr.] (cameo flashback)
Synopsis
Peter is floored by Mary Jane’s revelation that she knows he is Spider-Man. The Black Cat shows up at his pad and Mary Jane takes off. Peter decides to have Mr. Fantastic check it out the black costume. Reed Richards discovers that Spider-Man's black costume is an alien that is trying to bond with him symbiotically. He uses a sonic blaster to separate Spider-Man from his costume. Spider-Man swings home in an old Fantastic Four uniform with a paper bag for a mask. Mary Jane drops by to talk. Hobgoblin has a little proposition for the Rose.
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Keywords
Baxter Building; black costume; paper bag

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

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. The Sinister Secret of Spider-Man's New Costume!
    Spider-Man
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    Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist
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