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The Amazing Spider-Man #261

Marvel · Series began 1963 · February 1985

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Dates

Cover date: February 1985
On sale: 1984
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #261 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Direct edition60¢ cover

Direct

No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
This edition’s page
Newsstand edition60¢ cover

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 0714860245702 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Canadian price edition0.75 CAD cover

Canadian

Printed cover price 0.75 CAD.

Barcode 0714860245702 · shared with another edition
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Facsimile reprints exist

Amazing Spider-Man No. 261 Facsimile Edition (2024). A facsimile reproduces this issue with a modern cover price and barcode; check before buying.

Reprinted in

Marvel Tales (1966), Spider-Man and Zoids (1986), The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1989), Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (2003), Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (2013), Spider-Man: The Complete Alien Costume Saga (2014), Spider-Man: The Complete Black Costume Saga Omnibus (2024), Amazing Spider-Man No. 261 Facsimile Edition (2024)