The Amazing Spider-Man #239 (1983) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Now Strikes the Hobgoblin	cover	1	pencils: John Romita Jr.; inks: Al Milgrom	Hobgoblin, Roderick Kingsley, Peter Parker, Spider-Man
2	Now Strikes the Hobgoblin!	comic story	22	script: Roger Stern; pencils: John Romita Jr.; inks: Frank Giacoia; colors: Glynis Wein; letters: Diana Albers	Liz Allan, Lance Bannon, Jean DeWolff, Doctor Octopus, Felicia Hardy, Hobgoblin, Roderick Kingsley, Madame Web, Otto Octavius, Harry Osborn, Peter Parker, Amy Powell, Spider-Man, Cassandra Webb
4	-	letters page	1	script: Tom DeFalco; pencils: John Romita Jr.	Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Vulture
5	-	in-house column	1	script: Jim Shooter	Thor; Crusader

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 0.60 USD; barcode 0714860245704
Canadian	price 0.75 CAD; barcode 0714860245704

Collection	Year
Marvel Tales #258	1992	On eBay ›
Origin of the Hobgoblin #[nn] ISBN 0-87135-917-0	1992	On eBay ›

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