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The Amazing Spider-Man #253

Marvel · Series began 1963 · June 1984

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Dates

Cover date: June 1984
On sale: March 6, 1984
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #253 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 0714860245706 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Canadian price edition0.75 CAD cover

Canadian

Printed cover price 0.75 CAD.

Barcode 0714860245706 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page

Facsimile reprints exist

The Amazing Spider-Man No. 253 Facsimile Edition (2024). A facsimile reproduces this issue with a modern cover price and barcode; check before buying.

Creators

pencils: Rick Leonardiinks: Rick Leonardi, Bill Andersonscript: Tom DeFalco, Jim Shooter, Virginia Romitacolors: Glynis Oliverletters: Joe Rosen

Stories

By Myself Betrayed! · 23 pages
While on the sports beat with Wendy, Peter gets involved in a scandal with a pro football quarterback who is throwing games for a new mob boss, the Rose. Peter tells Aunt May that he has dropped out of school and she flips out. Peter also discovers that Robbie is taking his new editor-in-chief position at the Bugle very seriously. Spider-Man meets and battles the Rose for the first time.

Reprinted in

Marvel Tales (1966), Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (2003), Spider-Man: Birth of Venom (2007), Spider-Man: The Complete Alien Costume Saga (2014), The Amazing Spider-Man No. 253 Facsimile Edition (2024), Spider-Man: The Complete Black Costume Saga Omnibus (2024)