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The Amazing Spider-Man #255

Marvel · Series began 1963 · August 1984

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Dates

Cover date: August 1984
On sale: April 10, 1984
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #255 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 0714860245708 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Canadian price edition0.75 CAD cover

Canadian

Printed cover price 0.75 CAD.

Barcode 0714860245708 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page

Facsimile reprints exist

The Amazing Spider-Man No. 255 Facsimile Edition (2024). A facsimile reproduces this issue with a modern cover price and barcode; check before buying.

Creators

pencils: Ron Frenz, Bill Sienkiewiczinks: Joe Rubinstein, Bill Sienkiewiczscript: Tom DeFalco, Jim Shooter, Danny Fingerothcolors: Glynis Oliver, Bill Sienkiewiczletters: Joe Rosen

Stories

Even a Ghost Can Fear the Night! · 22 pages
The Black Fox is on his final burglary, the one that will allow him to retire, but unfortunately, he has chosen the residence of the Red Ghost and his Super Apes. The Red Ghost compels the Fox to work with his Apes in carrying out the robbery of a jewelry store to fund his latest invention, the Cosmicizer. Spider-Man intervenes, follows the Apes home and blows up the Ghost's pet project. All but forgotten, the Black Fox merrily makes off with the jewels.

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. 255 Facsimile Edition (2024), Spider-Man: The Complete Black Costume Saga Omnibus (2024)