Dates
- Cover date
- January 1984
- On sale
- October 4, 1983
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #248 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.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition60¢ cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0714860245701 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Canadian price edition0.75 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 0.75 CAD.
Barcode 0714860245701 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- And He Strikes Like a Thunderball · 11 pages
Spider-Man battles Thunderball whose powers are being amped up by the Wrecker's mystic crowbar.
- The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man! · 11 pages
Spider-Man visits a young boy who is one of his biggest fans. He shows him his powers, tells him his origin and even reveals his secret identity. Peter's secrets are safe, however, as Timothy Harrison is dying of leukemia.
Characters
Reprinted in
Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (2003), The Best of Marvel Comics (1987), The Very Best of Spider-Man (1994), The Essential Spider-Man (1996), Wizard Spider-Man Masterpiece Edition (2006), Marvel 75th Anniversary Omnibus (2014), Spider-Man (2021)