Dates
- Cover date
- December 1984
- On sale
- August 14, 1984
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #259 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.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition60¢ cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0714860245712 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Canadian price edition0.75 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 0.75 CAD.
Barcode 0714860245712 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Amazing Spider-Man No. 259 Facsimile Edition (2024). A facsimile reproduces this issue with a modern cover price and barcode; check before buying.
Creators
Stories
- All My Pasts Remembered! · 22 pages
As Peter struggles with the fact that Mary Jane knows he is Spider-Man, she opens up for the first time and tells him her family's history full of heartbreak, abuse and abandonment. Mr. Fantastic tries to communicate telepathically with Spider-Man's alien costume but has no success. Hobgoblin demands a cut of crime operations all over the city to sweeten his new business deal with the Rose. He then sets his sights on Harry Osborn. Learning that the Hobgoblin is still alive, Peter dons his classic red and blue costume as Spider-Man and prepares to face his old foe.
Characters
Reprinted in
Marvel Tales (1966), Spider-Man and Zoids (1986), The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1989), Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (2003), Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (2005), Spider-Man: Birth of Venom (2007), Spider-Man / Mary Jane: ... You Just Hit the Jackpot (2009), Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (2013), Spider-Man: The Complete Alien Costume Saga (2014), Spider-Man: The Complete Black Costume Saga Omnibus (2024), Amazing Spider-Man No. 259 Facsimile Edition (2024)