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The Amazing Spider-Man #252

Marvel · Series began 1963 · May 1984

first black costume

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first black costume

Dates

Cover date: May 1984
On sale: January 31, 1984
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #252 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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Canadian price edition0.75 CAD cover

Canadian

Printed cover price 0.75 CAD.

Barcode 0714860245705 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Newsstand edition60¢ cover

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 0714860245705 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page

Facsimile reprints exist

Amazing Spider-Man #252 Facsimile Edition (2019). A facsimile reproduces this issue with a modern cover price and barcode; check before buying.

Creators

pencils: Ron Frenzinks: Klaus Janson, Brett Breedingletters: Danny Fingeroth, Joe Rosenscript: Roger Stern, Tom DeFalco, Jim Shooter, Danny Fingeroth, Ed Shukincolors: Glynis Oliver

Stories

Homecoming · 22 pages
Spider-Man returns from Secret Wars and tries to get used to his new black and white symbiotic costume, which will later become Venom.

Characters

Peter ParkerSpider-Man

Reprinted in

Spider-Man Comic (1984), Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars: Battleworld (2015), Marvel Tales (1966), Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 No. 252 [Spider-Man Classics Reprint] (2000), Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (2003), Amazing Spider-Man #252 Niagara Falls Edition (2007), Spider-Man: Birth of Venom (2007), Spider-Man Family Featuring Spider-Clan (2007), Spider-Man: The Complete Alien Costume Saga (2014), Amazing Spider-Man #252 Facsimile Edition (2019), Decades: Marvel in the '80s - Awesome Evolutions (2019), Spider-Man: The Complete Black Costume Saga Omnibus (2024)