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The Amazing Spider-Man #273

Marvel · Series began 1963 · February 1986

Dates

Cover date
February 1986
On sale
October 29, 1985
Pages
36

Values

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Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #273 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

  • Direct edition75¢ 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 edition75¢ cover

    Newsstand

    A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

    Barcode 0714860245702 · shared with another edition

    This edition’s page
  • Canadian price edition0.95 CAD cover

    Canadian

    Printed cover price 0.95 CAD.

    Barcode 0714860245702 · shared with another edition

    This edition’s page

Story arc: Secret Wars II

This is part 33 of 44. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

  1. Secret Wars II (1985) #1
  2. The New Mutants (1983) #30
  3. Captain America (1968) #308
  4. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #196
  5. Iron Man (1968) #197
  6. Secret Wars II (1985) #2
  7. Fantastic Four (1961) #282
  8. Web of Spider-Man (1985) #6
  9. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #268
  10. Secret Wars II (1985) #3
  11. Daredevil (1964) #223
  12. The Avengers (1963) #260
  13. The Incredible Hulk (1968) #312
  14. Secret Wars II (1985) #4
  15. Alpha Flight (1983) #28
  16. Dazzler (1981) #40
  17. The Avengers (1963) #261
  18. Rom (1979) #72
  19. Secret Wars II (1985) #5
  20. Fantastic Four (1961) #285
  21. The Thing (1983) #30
  22. Doctor Strange (1974) #74
  23. Secret Wars II (1985) #6
  24. Micronauts (1984) #16
  25. Power Pack (1984) #18
  26. Cloak and Dagger (1985) #4
  27. Power Man and Iron Fist (1981) #121
  28. Secret Wars II (1985) #7
  29. Thor (1966) #363
  30. The Defenders (1972) #152
  31. The New Mutants (1983) #36
  32. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #202
  33. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #273
  34. Secret Wars II (1985) #8
  35. The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #111
  36. Fantastic Four (1961) #288
  37. The Avengers (1963) #265
  38. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #274
  39. Secret Wars II (1985) #9
  40. The New Mutants (1983) #37
  41. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #203
  42. The Avengers (1963) #266
  43. Quasar (1989) #8
  44. Dazzler Omnibus (2024) #nn

Creators

pencils: Ron Frenzinks: Joe Rubinsteinscript: Tom DeFalco, Jim Shootercolors: Bob Sharenletters: Joe Rosen

Stories

  • To Challenge the Beyonder! · 23 pages

    Puma arrives in New York to fulfill his destiny: to kill the Beyonder. He contacts former foe Spider-Man for help and the pair investigate a new cult that seems to have been started by the Beyonder. Spider-Man is disgusted when the cosmic entity is nowhere to be found and leaves Puma to his own devices. Puma meets the Beyonder who blinks him instantly to Japan. Puma flies back to New York City and tries to convince Spider-Man that the Beyonder has to be stopped immediately.

Publisher’s description

The Puma wants to kill the Beyonder. But will Spidey let him?

Characters

Peter ParkerSpider-ManLoganWolverineSteve RogersCaptain AmericaBruce BannerThorHulkThor OdinsonMary Jane WatsonMay ParkerFlash ThompsonBetty BrantBen UrichKang the ConquerorNathaniel RichardsAbsorbing ManCrusher CreelNed LeedsBeyonderBulldozerHenry CampThomas FireheartPumaNathan LubenskyMamie MugginsLance BannonKathryn CushingArthur Chekov

Reprinted in

Spider-Man and Zoids (1986), Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (2003), Secret Wars II Omnibus (2009), Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars: Battleworld (2015)

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Identifiers and aliases from Wikidata (CC0).

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