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Publishers / Marvel / The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) / #243
243August 1983
$0.60; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD

The Amazing Spider-Man #243

Marvel · August 1983 · on sale May 3, 1983

2 variants
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Identification plate

Series
The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue
#243
Publication date
August 1983
Key date
August 1983
On-sale date
May 3, 1983
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$0.60; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Options!cover1pencils: John Romita Jr.; inks: John BeattyPeter Parker, Amy Powell, Spider-Man, Mary Jane Watson
2Options!comic story22script: Roger Stern; pencils: John Romita Jr.; inks: Dave Simons; colors: Bob Sharen; letters: Joe RosenLance Bannon, Curt Connors, Felicia Hardy, Roger Hochberg, Peter Parker, Amy Powell, Spider-Man, Ben Urich, Mary Jane Watson
4-in-house column1script: Jim Shooter
5-letters page1script: Tom DeFalcoThe Watcher [Uatu]

Plus 2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandprice 0.60 USD; barcode 0714860245708
Canadianprice 0.75 CAD; barcode 0714860245708

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Series context

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