#252

Synopsis

Spider-Man returns from Secret Wars and tries to get used to his new black and white symbiotic costume, which will later become Venom.

Reprinted in

• L'Uomo Ragno #39
• Marvel Tales #266
• Spindelmannen #11/1986
• Edderkoppen #11/1986
• L'étonnant Spider-Man #157/158
• Die Spinne #111
• Spider-Man - Le Storie Indimenticabili #1
• Biblioteca Marvel: Spiderman #42— black and white
• El Hombre Araña / El Asombroso Hombre Araña #372
• Spider-Man Family Featuring Spider-Clan #1
• Spider-Man: Birth of Venom #[nn]
• Obras Maestras #5
• Strange #196
• Spider-Man Comic #631— pages 1-4 & pages 6-10 with the last panel of page 10 replaced by the last panel of page 11. Story page 10 is a new summary/transitional page to the second half of the story in the next issue. Story pages 2-3 & 6-9 in colour with the remainder in black & white
• Spider-Man Comic #632— pages 12 and 14-22. Pages numbered 15-16, 18-19 and 22 in the original comic are in colour with the balance in black and white
• Σπάιντερ Μαν [Spider-Man] #164
• Spider-Man: The Complete Alien Costume Saga #1
• Marvel. Официальная коллекция комиксов #5
• Die offizielle Marvel-Comic-Sammlung #9
• The Amazing Spider-Man #252
• Decades: Marvel in the '80s - Awesome Evolutions #[nn]
• Marvel Comics - La collection #5
• Amazing Spider-Man #252 Niagara Falls Edition #[nn]
• Spider-Man – Sagan om den svarta dräkten #[nn]
• Marvel Archive Edition: Amazing Spider-Man - The Black Costume: Year One Gallery Edition #[nn]— new trade dress

Credits

Script

Tom DeFalco, Jim Shooter, Danny Fingeroth, Ed Shukin

Plot

Roger Stern

Pencils

Charles Vess

Inks

Charles Vess

Colours

Rachelle Rosenberg, Glynis Oliver

Letters

Joe Rosen

Breakdowns

Ron Frenz

Finished art

Brett Breeding

Original assistant editor

Bob DeNatale

Original editor

Danny Fingeroth

Original editor-in-chief

Jim Shooter

Characters

• Peter Parker
• Spider-Man
• Hulk
• Bruce Banner

Other printings & variants

• Direct
• Canadian
• Newsstand
• Facsimile Edition
• Facsimile Edition (Second Printing Foil Cover)
• Facsimile Edition (Second Printing)