The Amazing Spider-Man #254 [Direct]

(July 1984)

With Great Power... (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Tom DeFalco (credited)

Pencils

Rick Leonardi (credited)

Inks

Joe Rubinstein (credited as Josef Rubinstein)

Colors

Christie Scheele (credited)

Letters

Joe Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

At last!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Aunt May Parker; Nathan Lubensky; Betty Leeds; Wendy Thorton; Robbie Robertson; Jack O' Lantern [Jason Macendale Jr.] (villain); Roderick Kingsley [Hobgoblin] (cameo); Black Cat [Felicia Hardy] (cameo flashback)

Synopsis

Spider-Man watches as the authorities pull Hobgoblin's wrecked battle van from the Hudson River. When the van is stolen in broad daylight, Spider-Man tracks it down and finds it has been taken by Jack O' Lantern. Spider-Man battles Jack but this causes him to miss a dinner set up by Nathan where he was supposed to be making nice with Aunt May who is still furious over Peter dropping out of school.

Reprints

• in Die Spinne (Condor, 1980 series) #113
• in Spindelmannen (Semic, 1984 series) #12/1986 ([December] 1986)
• in Edderkoppen (Semic, 1984 series) #12/1986 (uke 52 1986)
• in L'Uomo Ragno (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #41 (30 Gennaio 1990)
• in Obras Maestras (Planeta DeAgostini, 1991 series) #5 - Spiderman: La Saga del Traje Alienígena (Julio 1992)
• in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #268 (December 1992)
• in Spider-Man: Birth of Venom (Marvel, 2007 series) ([March] 2007)
• in Spider-Man: The Complete Alien Costume Saga (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 (2014)

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

Script

Jim Shooter (signed as Shooter); ?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Price increase?

Indexer Notes

Hype Box; Check List.

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

Script

Danny Fingeroth

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Bob, ya done us proud.

Indexer Notes

Letters from Lon Vennard, Bill Turner, Jake Horsley & Bishop Burton, Bill Chappell, Patsy Harrell, Pat Floss, Jordan Marsh, Steven Getman and Stan Lee.