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246November 1983
$0.60; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD

The Amazing Spider-Man #246

Marvel · November 1983 · on sale 1983-08-02

First appearance: Gayle Watson2 variants
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Identification plate

Series
The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue
#246
Publication date
November 1983
Key date
1983-11-00
On-sale date
1983-08-02
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$0.60; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Gayle Watson - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: John Romita Jr.; inks: Dan GreenJ. Jonah Jameson, Marla Madison Jameson, Peter Parker, Spider-Man
2The Daydreamers!comic story22script: Roger Stern; pencils: John Romita Jr.; inks: Dan Green; colors: Bob Sharen; letters: Joe RosenAbomination, Absorbing Man, Black Cat, Emil Blonsky, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Cobra, Crusher Creel, Victor Von Doom, Dormammu, Doctor Doom, Doctor Octopus, Ben Grimm, Felicia Hardy
5-in-house column1script: Jim Shooter
6-letters page1script: Danny Fingeroth

Plus 6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandprice 0.60 USD; barcode 0714860245711
Canadianprice 0.75 CAD; barcode 0714860245711

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Series context

Sources

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