The Amazing Spider-Man #261 [Direct]
(February 1985)

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
1984-10-30
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

This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Charles Vess (signed)
Inks
Charles Vess (signed)
Colors
Charles Vess (signed)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Hobgoblin [Roderick Kingsley]
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The Sins of My Father! (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) (finisher)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Good evening, ladies!
Feature Logo
Spider-Man [eyes]
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Harry Osborn; Liz Osborn; Mary Jane Watson; Hobgoblin [Roderick Kingsley] (villain); Rose (villain); Green Goblin [Norman Osborn] (cameo flashback)
Synopsis
The Rose and Hobgoblin have captured Liz and Mary Jane and Harry has to trade their lives for his dad's old Goblin journals. Hobby is mad at only getting one journal as he knocks Harry out and takes him back to the Rose's headquarters. Harry attacks the villain using his own weapons. A fire breaks out in the warehouse trapping Mary Jane and Liz; the latter goes into labor. Spidey takes over Harry's battle with the Hobgoblin. Hobgoblin gets away as Spider-Man gets his pals out of the building. Liz and Harry head for the hospital. Spidey's black alien costume escapes from the Baxter Building.
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Keywords
Baxter Building

[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); ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Feature Logo
Bullpen Bulletins [groovy]

Indexer Notes

Hype Box; Check List.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. The Sins of My Father!
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist
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