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The Amazing Spider-Man #257

Marvel · Series began 1963 · October 1984

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Dates

Cover date: October 1984
On sale: June 12, 1984
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #257 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 0714860245710 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Canadian price edition0.75 CAD cover

Canadian

Printed cover price 0.75 CAD.

Barcode 0714860245710 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page

Facsimile reprints exist

Amazing Spider-Man #257 Facsimile Edition (2024). A facsimile reproduces this issue with a modern cover price and barcode; check before buying.

Creators

pencils: Ron Frenz, Jim Starlininks: Joe Rubinsteinscript: Tom DeFalco, Danny Fingerothcolors: Christie Scheeleletters: Joe Rosen

Stories

Beware the Claws of Puma! · 22 pages
Puma is about to eviscerate Spider-Man but the Black Cat swings in to the rescue. Spidey and the Cat make it back to his apartment. The Black Cat takes off but Mary Jane shows up to hang out. As the Puma strikes Peter pushes Mary Jane out the door. Spidey and Puma fight but the assassin breaks off the attack when he witnesses Spider-Man save civilians. The Kingpin discovers that the Rose has put out an unauthorized contract on Spidey's life. Fireheart returns home. Hobgoblin contacts Rose. Peter finds Mary Jane still at his apartment where she tells him that she already knows he is Spider-Man.

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), Spider-Man: The Complete Black Costume Saga Omnibus (2024), Amazing Spider-Man #257 Facsimile Edition (2024)