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The Amazing Spider-Man #256

Marvel · Series began 1963 · September 1984

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Dates

Cover date: September 1984
On sale: May 8, 1984
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #256 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 0714860245709 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Canadian price edition0.75 CAD cover

Canadian

Printed cover price 0.75 CAD.

Barcode 0714860245709 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page

Facsimile reprints exist

Amazing Spider-Man No. 256 Facsimile Edition (2024). A facsimile reproduces this issue with a modern cover price and barcode; check before buying.

Creators

pencils: Ron Frenzinks: Joe Rubinsteinscript: Tom DeFalco, Jim Shooter, Danny Fingerothcolors: Christie Scheeleletters: Joe Rosen

Stories

Introducing... Puma! · 22 pages
Spider-Man takes down another one of the Rose's operations and the mob boss calls in wealthy businessman and super powered assassin Thomas Fireheart a.k.a. The Puma to kill the web slinger. Exhausted, Peter crawls into bed for a good night's sleep but his alien costume seems to have other ideas. Robbie commends Peter on his nice photos (they were taken by the Black Cat) but Peter is so tired that he barely notices. Spider-Man is ambushed by the Puma and pulls his left arm out of its socket. With Spider-Man down and writhing in pain, the Puma prepares to pounce.

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), Symbiote Spider-Man: Marvel Tales (2021), Amazing Spider-Man No. 256 Facsimile Edition (2024), Spider-Man: The Complete Black Costume Saga Omnibus (2024)