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Cover: Rick Leonardi

The Amazing Spider-Man #253

Jun 1984 · Marvel · 0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
“By Myself Betrayed!”
writer Tom DeFalco · artist Rick Leonardi · inker Bill Anderson · colorist Glynis Wein · letterer Joe Rosen · cover Rick Leonardi

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Cast · 2 characters

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colorist Glynis Wein
letterer Joe Rosen
cover pencils, inks Rick Leonardi

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While on the sports beat with Wendy, Peter gets involved in a scandal with a pro football quarterback who is throwing games for a new mob boss, the Rose. Peter tells Aunt May that he has dropped out of school and she flips out. Peter also discovers that Robbie is taking his new editor-in-chief position at the Bugle very seriously. Spider-Man meets and battles the Rose for the first time.

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