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The Amazing Spider-Man #238

Marvel · Series began 1963 · March 1983

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Dates

Cover date: March 1983
On sale: November 30, 1982
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #238 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.
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Newsstand edition60¢ cover

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 0714860245703 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Canadian price edition0.75 CAD cover

Canadian

Printed cover price 0.75 CAD.

Barcode 0714860245703 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page

Facsimile reprints exist

Amazing Spider-Man No. 238 Facsimile Edition (2022). A facsimile reproduces this issue with a modern cover price and barcode; check before buying.

Creators

pencils: John Romita Jr., Jim Starlininks: John Romitascript: Roger Stern, Jim Shootercolors: Andy Yanchusletters: Joe Rosen

Stories

Shadow of Evils Past · 22 pages
After narrowly escaping from Spider-man, a small-time criminal named Georgie accidentally discovers one of Norman Osborn's Green Goblin lairs. Georgie takes the information to Roderick Kingsley (whose identity is concealed from the reader) who, after killing Georgie, begins to test the equipment they found.

Characters

Roderick KingsleyHobgoblin

Reprinted in

Marvel Tales (1966), Super Spider-Man TV Comic (1981), Origin of the Hobgoblin (1992), The Essential Spider-Man (1996), Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (2003), Spider-Man: Origin of the Hobgoblin (2011), Spider-Island: Emergence of Evil - Jackal & Hobgoblin (2011), Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (2013), Amazing Spider-Man No. 238 Facsimile Edition (2022)