Dates
- Cover date
- February 1985
- On sale
- October 30, 1984
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #261 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 0714860245702 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Canadian price edition0.75 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 0.75 CAD.
Barcode 0714860245702 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Amazing Spider-Man No. 261 Facsimile Edition (2024). A facsimile reproduces this issue with a modern cover price and barcode; check before buying.
Creators
Stories
- The Sins of My Father! · 22 pages
The Rose and Hobgoblin have captured Liz and Mary Jane and Harry has to trade their lives for his dad's old Goblin journals. Hobby is mad at only getting one journal as he knocks Harry out and takes him back to the Rose's headquarters. Harry attacks the villain using his own weapons. A fire breaks out in the warehouse trapping Mary Jane and Liz; the latter goes into labor. Spidey takes over Harry's battle with the Hobgoblin. Hobgoblin gets away as Spider-Man gets his pals out of the building. Liz and Harry head for the hospital. Spidey's black alien costume escapes from the Baxter Building.
Reprinted in
Marvel Tales (1966), Spider-Man and Zoids (1986), The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1989), Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (2003), 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. 261 Facsimile Edition (2024)