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The Amazing Spider-Man #253

Marvel · Series began 1963 · June 1984

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Dates

Cover date: June 1984
On sale: February 28, 1984
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #253 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.
This edition’s page
Newsstand edition60¢ cover

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 0714860245706 · shared with another edition
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Canadian price edition0.75 CAD cover

Canadian

Printed cover price 0.75 CAD.

Barcode 0714860245706 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page

Facsimile reprints exist

The Amazing Spider-Man No. 253 Facsimile Edition (2024). A facsimile reproduces this issue with a modern cover price and barcode; check before buying.

Publisher’s description

For his latest journalist assignment, Peter goes to a football game to snap pictures. He discovers that scandal involving the Rose is underway! Peter decides to break the news to Aunt May about graduate school. Can Spidey deal with upsetting the ones he loves?

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), The Amazing Spider-Man No. 253 Facsimile Edition (2024), Spider-Man: The Complete Black Costume Saga Omnibus (2024)