Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 258

Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 #258 November, 1984 Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter Cover Artists Ron Frenz Josef Rubinstein Publisher Marvel Comics "The Sinister Secret of Spider-Man's New Costume!" Writers Tom DeFalco Pencilers Ron Frenz Inkers Josef Rubinstein Colourists Bob Sharen Letterers Joe Rosen Editors Danny Fingeroth Previous Issue Next Issue Amazing Spider-Man #257 Amazing Spider-Man #259

Appearing in "The Sinister Secret of Spider-Man's New Costume!"

Featured Characters:

•  Spider-Man (Peter Parker) 

Supporting Characters:

• Black Cat
• Mary Jane Watson

Adversaries:

• Hobgoblin
• Rose
• Mister Johnston
• Mister Varley
• Spider-Man's Black Suit (First revealed as a Symbiote)

Other Characters:

•  Human Torch (Johnny Storm) 
•  Reed Richards 
• H.U.B.E.R.T.
• Jenna Taylor
• Puma (Thomas Fireheart)
• Gayle Watson (In a photograph only)
• Joe Robertson (Only in flashback)
• Aunt May (Only in flashback)

Locations:

• New York City
  • Manhattan
    • Peter Parker's Apartment
    • Baxter Building
• Heartsdale, New Mexico

Items:

• Spider-Man's Web-Shooters
• Spider-Man's Belt Camera
• Pumpkin Bomb

Vehicles:

• Goblin Glider
• Fantasti-Car MK I (Flying Bathtub)
  
  

Synopsis for "The Sinister Secret of Spider-Man's New Costume!"

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Notes

• This is the issue Mister Fantastic informs Peter that his black costume is a living symbiote.

• Mary Jane tells Peter that she knows he is Spider-Man and that she has known for years.

• This issue is reprinted in comics and books, see references for more info.

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