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The Amazing Spider-Man #262

Marvel · Series began 1963 · March 1985

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Dates

Cover date: March 1985
On sale: December 4, 1984
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #262 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 0714860245703 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Canadian price edition0.75 CAD cover

Canadian

Printed cover price 0.75 CAD.

Barcode 0714860245703 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page

Facsimile reprints exist

Amazing Spider-Man No. 262 Facsimile Edition (2025). A facsimile reproduces this issue with a modern cover price and barcode; check before buying.

Creators

pencils: Eliot R. Brown, Bob Layton, Sergio Aragonés, Archie Goodwin, Rick Leonardiinks: Eliot R. Brown, Ron Zalme, Bob Layton, Carlos Garzón, Sergio Aragonés, Archie Goodwin, Terry Austincolors: Eliot R. Brown, Christie Scheelescript: Bob Layton, Archie Goodwin, Danny Fingerothletters: Rick Parkerediting: Danny Fingeroth, Tom DeFalco, Bob DeNatale

Stories

Trade Secret · 21 pages
A sleazy photographer snaps a picture of Peter changing out of his Spider-Man costume and Spider-Man has to stop him before he can peddle his secret identity to the criminal underworld.

Characters

Peter ParkerSpider-ManBen UrichBen Parker

Reprinted in

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. 262 Facsimile Edition (2025)