The Amazing Spider-Man #253 [Newsstand]

(June 1984)

[Atari Presents Moon Patrol] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Atari Video Games and Systems / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

By Myself Betrayed! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Tom DeFalco (credited)

Pencils

Rick Leonardi (credited)

Inks

Bill Anderson (credited)

Colors

Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)

Letters

Joe Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Time is running out for the Mammoths, Bill!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Aunt May Parker; Wendy Thorton (first appearance); Robbie Robertson; Betty Leeds; Nathan Lubensky; Rose (first appearance, villain); Black Cat (cameo, flashback); Uncle Ben Parker (cameo, flashback); Ray Nesters; Tony Nesters; Bob Clayton; Johnston; Varley

Synopsis

While on the sports beat with Wendy, Peter gets involved in a scandal with a pro football quarterback who is throwing games for a new mob boss, the Rose. Peter tells Aunt May that he has dropped out of school and she flips out. Peter also discovers that Robbie is taking his new editor-in-chief position at the Bugle very seriously. Spider-Man meets and battles the Rose for the first time.

Reprints

• in Die Spinne (Condor, 1980 series) #112
• in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #196 (Avril 1986) [Moins 2 pages [Minus 2 pages]]
• 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) #40 (16 Gennaio 1990)
• in Obras Maestras (Planeta DeAgostini, 1991 series) #5 - Spiderman: La Saga del Traje Alienígena (Julio 1992)
• in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #267 (November 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)
• in The Amazing Spider-Man No. 253 Facsimile Edition (Marvel, 2024 series) (April 2024)

Keywords

football; Forest Hills

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