Dates
- Cover date
- February 1984
- On sale
- November 1, 1983
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #249 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 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
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- Secrets! · 22 pages
Peter attends a party at Harry's place. Harry gets a delivery and runs off after opening it. Peter tracks him down and discovers that Harry is being blackmailed by the Hobgoblin. Peter goes with Harry to the blackmail meeting where he discovers Kingpin. There is a whole room of prominent businessmen who are being squeezed by Hobgoblin, including J. Jonah Jameson. Hobgoblin arrives to make his demands and is confronted by Spider-Man. Spider-Man is hit by a new and improved goblin gas that knocks him down and robs him of his spider sense. The Kingpin steps in to lend a hand.
Characters
Reprinted in
Marvel Tales (1966), Origin of the Hobgoblin (1992), Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (2003), Spider-Man: Origin of the Hobgoblin (2011)