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The Spectacular Spider-Man #85

Marvel · Series began 1976 · December 1983

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Dates

Cover date: December 1983
On sale: September 13, 1983
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #85 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 0714860219912 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Canadian price edition0.75 CAD cover

Canadian

Printed cover price 0.75 CAD.

Barcode 0714860219912 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: Al Milgrominks: Al Milgrom, Jim Mooneyscript: Bill Mantlo, Roger Sterncolors: Bob Sharenletters: Diana Albers

Stories

The Hatred of the Hobgoblin · 22 pages
Spider-Man and Black Cat share dinner and then a fight with Hobgoblin. But during the fight Black Cat's inexperience at fighting crime gets in the way, and Hobgoblin escapes.

Characters

Peter ParkerSpider-ManMary Jane WatsonFlash ThompsonFelicia HardyBlack CatBetty BrantHarry OsbornLiz AllanRoderick KingsleyHobgoblinSha ShanLydia Hardy

Reprinted in

Origin of the Hobgoblin (1992), Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (2003), Essential Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (2005), Spider-Man: Origin of the Hobgoblin (2011), Marvel Masterworks: The Spectacular Spider-Man (2017)