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Cover: Charles Vess

The Amazing Spider-Man #261

Name: The Amazing Spider-Man #261
Brand: Marvel
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Feb 1985 · Marvel · 0.60 USD; 0.30 GBP; 0.75 CAD

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“The Sins of My Father!”

Charles Vess's cover for this February 1985 Marvel issue says it all: a battered Spider-Man crouches on the floor while the menacing, cape-wrapped Hobgoblin looms over him, fist raised against a roaring backdrop of flame and debris. The title "The Sins of My Father!" promises a story with real personal stakes, and the visual tension between a hero barely holding on and a villain fully in control makes this one hard to put down. Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz are at the helm inside, rounding out a creative team firing on all cylinders during one of Spider-Man's most compelling mid-'80s runs.

writer Tom DeFalco · artist Ron Frenz · inker Josef Rubinstein · colorist Bob Sharen · letterer Joe Rosen · cover Charles Vess

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writer Tom DeFalco

artist Ron Frenz

inker Josef Rubinstein

colorist Bob Sharen

letterer Joe Rosen

cover pencils, inks Charles Vess

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The Rose and Hobgoblin have captured Liz and Mary Jane and Harry has to trade their lives for his dad's old Goblin journals. Hobby is mad at only getting one journal as he knocks Harry out and takes him back to the Rose's headquarters. Harry attacks the villain using his own weapons. A fire breaks out in the warehouse trapping Mary Jane and Liz; the latter goes into labor. Spidey takes over Harry's battle with the Hobgoblin. Hobgoblin gets away as Spider-Man gets his pals out of the building. Liz and Harry head for the hospital. Spidey's black alien costume escapes from the Baxter Building.

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