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Amazing Spider-Man comic books issue 238

  • Issue #238A.D
    Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 238A.D
    • Paper: White
    • Label #3797320016
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    • Paper: White
    • Direct Edition.
    • Label #21-157CCF5-044
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    • Paper: White
    • Label #4304058005
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    • Paper: White
    • Label #3698409005
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    • Paper: White
    • Direct Edition
    • Label #21-05601e0-002
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    • Paper: White
    • Label #3894245009
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    • Paper: White
    • Label #2101475004
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    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Newsstand edition (not noted on label)
    • Label #4256060004
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    • Paper: White
    • Slab: Scuffing to inner well of case
    • Label #3816053002
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    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4076856022
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    IMPORTANT: Issue 238A HAS the Lakeside Skin Tattooz insert. Direct Edition. First appearance of the Hobgoblin in "Shadow of Evils Past!" Script by Roger Stern. Art by John Romita Jr. (breakdowns) and John Romita Sr. (finishes). Cover by John Romita Jr. and John Romita Sr. One of the landmark issues of the Amazing Spider-Man! And the beginning of the long secret identity mystery of the Hobgoblin! After escaping from the web-slinger, a bank robber stumbles upon an underground hideout of the (deceased) Green Goblin! Not knowing what to do with his discovery, the small-time hood shows the secret lair to an underworld associate! Unfortunately for the wondrous wall-crawler, the devious associate knows exactly what to do: resurrect the Green Goblin...with a twist! And a short time later a new super-villain is born! The Hobgoblin! Cameo appearance by Mary Jane Watson. Flashback cameo by Norman Osborn (aka the Green Goblin). (Notes: The secret identity of the original Hobgoblin takes many twists and turns over the next decade. Who actually operates as the Hobgoblin in this issue is revealed in the Spider-Man: Hobgoblin Lives (1997) Limited Series (written by Roger Stern). This issue was reprinted in Marvel Tales 257 and also in the 1992 trade paperback: the Amazing Spider-Man -- Origin of the Hobgoblin.) 32 pages. Cover price $0.60.

  • Issue #238A.N
    Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 238A.N
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    • Paper: White
    • Newsstand Edition
    • Label #4173671008
    • Paper: White
    • Newsstand Edition.
    • Label #4206096012
    • Paper: White
    • Label #3788599009
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Newsstand Edition
    • Label #23-2928A4B-002
    • Paper: White
    • Label #1251156006
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    IMPORTANT: Issue 238A HAS the Lakeside Skin Tattooz insert. Newsstand Edition. First appearance of the Hobgoblin in "Shadow of Evils Past!" Script by Roger Stern. Art by John Romita Jr. (breakdowns) and John Romita Sr. (finishes). Cover by John Romita Jr. and John Romita Sr. One of the landmark issues of the Amazing Spider-Man! And the beginning of the long secret identity mystery of the Hobgoblin! After escaping from the web-slinger, a bank robber stumbles upon an underground hideout of the (deceased) Green Goblin! Not knowing what to do with his discovery, the small-time hood shows the secret lair to an underworld associate! Unfortunately for the wondrous wall-crawler, the devious associate knows exactly what to do: resurrect the Green Goblin...with a twist! And a short time later a new super-villain is born! The Hobgoblin! Cameo appearance by Mary Jane Watson. Flashback cameo by Norman Osborn (aka the Green Goblin). (Notes: The secret identity of the original Hobgoblin takes many twists and turns over the next decade. Who actually operates as the Hobgoblin in this issue is revealed in the Spider-Man: Hobgoblin Lives (1997) Limited Series (written by Roger Stern). This issue was reprinted in Marvel Tales 257 and also in the 1992 trade paperback: the Amazing Spider-Man -- Origin of the Hobgoblin.) 32 pages. Cover price $0.60.

  • Issue #238B.D
    Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 238B.D
    • Cover detached at one staple.
    • CGC Qualified
    • Paper: White
    • Tattooz Missing.
    • Label #4480048008
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    • CGC Qualified
    • Paper: White
    • "Tattooz" Insert Missing Newsstand Edition
    • Label #4350094005
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    • CGC Qualified
    • Paper: Off white
    • "Tattooz" insert missing.
    • Label #4016558003
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    • CGC Qualified
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • "TATTOOZ" Insert Missing.
    • Label #4357813001
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    IMPORTANT: Issue 238B DOES NOT come with Lakeside Skin Tattooz (insert may be present, but tattoo is missing either way). Direct Edition. First appearance of the Hobgoblin in "Shadow of Evils Past!" Script by Roger Stern. Art by John Romita Jr. (breakdowns) and John Romita Sr. (finishes). Cover by John Romita Jr. and John Romita Sr. One of the landmark issues of the Amazing Spider-Man! And the beginning of the long secret identity mystery of the Hobgoblin! After escaping from the web-slinger, a bank robber stumbles upon an underground hideout of the (deceased) Green Goblin! Not knowing what to do with his discovery, the small-time hood shows the secret lair to an underworld associate! Unfortunately for the wondrous wall-crawler, the devious associate knows exactly what to do: resurrect the Green Goblin...with a twist! And a short time later a new super-villain is born! The Hobgoblin! Cameo appearance by Mary Jane Watson. Flashback cameo by Norman Osborn (aka the Green Goblin). (Notes: The secret identity of the original Hobgoblin takes many twists and turns over the next decade. Who actually operates as the Hobgoblin in this issue is revealed in the Spider-Man: Hobgoblin Lives (1997) Limited Series (written by Roger Stern). This issue was reprinted in Marvel Tales 257 and also in the 1992 trade paperback: the Amazing Spider-Man -- Origin of the Hobgoblin.) 32 pages. Cover price $0.60.

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    $260 Amazing Spiderman #238 CGC 8.0 Newsstand Edition 1st Hobgoblin No TATTOOZ 1983
    $275 The Amazing Spider-Man 238 CGC 7.5 **1st app Hobgoblin w/tattooz insert
    $350 Amazing Spider-Man #238 CGC 8.0 1st Appearance Hobgoblin Green Label Newsstand
    $350 Amazing Spider-Man # 238 CGC 7.0 OWW (Marvel, 1983) 1st Hobgoblin, Looks 9.4+
    $450 M4811: Amazing Spider-man #238, Vol 1, 8.5 Graded CGC
    $500 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 238 CGC 8.5 OW/W DIRECT EDITION WITH TATTOOS 1ST HOBGOBLIN!
    $520 Amazing Spider-Man #238 CGC 9.2! Newsstand Edition! 1st Hobgoblin! Custom Label!
    $600 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #238 CGC 8.0*1983, MARVEL*1ST HOBGOBLIN*SIGNED ROMITA JR.
    $625 Amazing Spider-Man #238 1983 CGC 9.6 (1st app of Hobgoblin)(Chip on Back Case)
    $649 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #238 CGC 9.4 FIRST APPEARANCE OF HOBGOBLIN NEWSSTAND KEY
    $650 Amazing Spider-Man #238 CGC 9.4 Newsstand 1st Appearance App Of Hobgoblin 1983
    $669 Amazing Spiderman 238 cgc 9.4 With Tatooz White Pages Marvel 1983
    $995 Amazing Spider-Man # 238 CGC 9.6 OW/W (Marvel, 1983) 1st appearance Hobgoblin
    $1,095 Amazing Spider-Man #238 CBCS 9.6 1st Hobgoblin Newsstand with Tattooz Insert
    $1,150 Amazing Spider-Man #238 CBCS 9.4 1st appearance of the HobGoblin, Tattooz intact
    $1,650 Amazing Spider-Man #238 CGC 9.8 1st App Of Hobgoblin.. With " Tatooz" Insert
    $2,000 the Amazing Spider-Man #238 1983 1st Appearance of the Hobgoblin CGC 9.8 !
    $2,200 1983 Marvel Comics Amazing Spider-Man 238 CGC 9.8. 1st Appearance of Hobgoblin
    $5,300 Spider Man #238 - CGC 9.8 - 1st Hobgoblin - Newsstand Ed

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  • Issue #238B.N
    Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 238B.N
    • CGC Qualified
    • Paper: White
    • "Tattooz" Missing. Incomplete.
    • Label #2002901012
    • Cover detached at one staple and loose at other.
    • CGC Qualified
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • "Tattooz" insert missing. Newsstand Edition.
    • Label #4356894002
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    IMPORTANT: Issue 238B DOES NOT come with Lakeside Skin Tattooz (insert may be present, but tattoo is missing either way). Newsstand Edition. First appearance of the Hobgoblin in "Shadow of Evils Past!" Script by Roger Stern. Art by John Romita Jr. (breakdowns) and John Romita Sr. (finishes). Cover by John Romita Jr. and John Romita Sr. One of the landmark issues of the Amazing Spider-Man! And the beginning of the long secret identity mystery of the Hobgoblin! After escaping from the web-slinger, a bank robber stumbles upon an underground hideout of the (deceased) Green Goblin! Not knowing what to do with his discovery, the small-time hood shows the secret lair to an underworld associate! Unfortunately for the wondrous wall-crawler, the devious associate knows exactly what to do: resurrect the Green Goblin...with a twist! And a short time later a new super-villain is born! The Hobgoblin! Cameo appearance by Mary Jane Watson. Flashback cameo by Norman Osborn (aka the Green Goblin). (Notes: The secret identity of the original Hobgoblin takes many twists and turns over the next decade. Who actually operates as the Hobgoblin in this issue is revealed in the Spider-Man: Hobgoblin Lives (1997) Limited Series (written by Roger Stern). This issue was reprinted in Marvel Tales 257 and also in the 1992 trade paperback: the Amazing Spider-Man -- Origin of the Hobgoblin.) 32 pages. Cover price $0.60.

  • Issue #238
    Amazing Spider-Man Facsimile Edition (2019) 238
    • Paper: White
    • Label #4413007024
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    Written by Roger Stern. Art by John Romita Sr. Cover by John Romita Sr; John Romita Jr. From the shadow of evil past comes a terrifying new foe! When a bank robber flees from Spider-Man and disappears into the sewers, he finds the long-hidden secret hideout of the wall-crawler's one-time arch-enemy: the Green Goblin! Norman Osborn's secrets could be worth more than the contents of any bank vault - and soon, a shadowy figure takes possession of the costume, the weapons and, of course, the jet-glider! But this mystery menace can't resist putting his own horrific spin on the pernicious persona. The Green Goblin is no more - in his place now stands the Hobgoblin! And so begins one of the most acclaimed Spidey epics of all, courtesy of writer Roger Stern and legendary father-and-son artistic team of John Romita Sr. and John Romita Jr.! It's one of the all-time great Marvel comic books, boldly re-presented in its original form, ads and all! 32 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #238AMJ
    Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) Mark Jewelers 238AMJ

    Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. Issue 238A HAS the Lakeside Skin Tattooz insert with the tattoo inside. First appearance of the Hobgoblin (Ned Leeds) in "Shadow of Evils Past!" Script by Roger Stern, pencils by John Romita Jr., inks by John Romta Sr. Green Goblin cameo. Romita Jr./Romita Sr. cover. Cover price $0.60.

  • Issue #238A
    Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) Canadian Price Variant 238A
    • Paper: White
    • Canadian Edition.
    • Label #1620650001

    Canadian edition with $0.75 cover price.. IMPORTANT: Issue 238A HAS the Lakeside Skin Tattooz insert. First appearance of the Hobgoblin in "Shadow of Evils Past!" Script by Roger Stern. Art by John Romita Jr. (breakdowns) and John Romita Sr. (finishes). Cover by John Romita Jr. and John Romita Sr. One of the landmark issues of the Amazing Spider-Man! And the beginning of the long secret identity mystery of the Hobgoblin! After escaping from the web-slinger, a bank robber stumbles upon an underground hideout of the (deceased) Green Goblin! Not knowing what to do with his discovery, the small-time hood shows the secret lair to an underworld associate! Unfortunately for the wondrous wall-crawler, the devious associate knows exactly what to do: resurrect the Green Goblin...with a twist! And a short time later a new super-villain is born! The Hobgoblin! Cameo appearance by Mary Jane Watson. Flashback cameo by Norman Osborn (aka the Green Goblin). (Notes: The secret identity of the original Hobgoblin takes many twists and turns over the next decade. Who actually operates as the Hobgoblin in this issue is revealed in the Spider-Man: Hobgoblin Lives (1997) Limited Series (written by Roger Stern). This issue was reprinted in Marvel Tales 257 and also in the 1992 trade paperback: the Amazing Spider-Man -- Origin of the Hobgoblin.) 32 pages. Cover price $0.75.

  • Issue #238B
    Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) Canadian Price Variant 238B
    • INCOMPLETE. Piece missing from interior (affects art and story). Cover detached at one staple. Paper loss on back cover.
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    Canadian edition with $0.75 cover price. IMPORTANT: Issue 238B DOES NOT come with Lakeside Skin Tattooz insert. First appearance of the Hobgoblin in "Shadow of Evils Past!" Script by Roger Stern. Art by John Romita Jr. (breakdowns) and John Romita Sr. (finishes). Cover by John Romita Jr. and John Romita Sr. One of the landmark issues of the Amazing Spider-Man! And the beginning of the long secret identity mystery of the Hobgoblin! After escaping from the web-slinger, a bank robber stumbles upon an underground hideout of the (deceased) Green Goblin! Not knowing what to do with his discovery, the small-time hood shows the secret lair to an underworld associate! Unfortunately for the wondrous wall-crawler, the devious associate knows exactly what to do: resurrect the Green Goblin...with a twist! And a short time later a new super-villain is born! The Hobgoblin! Cameo appearance by Mary Jane Watson. Flashback cameo by Norman Osborn (aka the Green Goblin). (Notes: The secret identity of the original Hobgoblin takes many twists and turns over the next decade. Who actually operates as the Hobgoblin in this issue is revealed in the Spider-Man: Hobgoblin Lives (1997) Limited Series (written by Roger Stern). This issue was reprinted in Marvel Tales 257 and also in the 1992 trade paperback: the Amazing Spider-Man -- Origin of the Hobgoblin.) 32 pages. Cover price $0.75.