The Amazing Spider-Man #257 Signature Series: Stan Lee (Marvel, 1984) CGC VF- 7.5 White pages....
Auction amount: $432.00
Sold: Jun 24, 2025
The Amazing Spider-Man #257 Values
Publisher: Marvel, 1984
About The Amazing Spider-Man #257
Second appearance of Puma. Black Cat, Hobgoblin, Rose, and Kingpin appearances.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Pencils: Ron Frenz [as RF] (signed)
Inks: Joe Rubinstein [as JR] (signed)
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Black Cat [Felicia Hardy]; Jenna Taylor; Mary Jane Watson; The Rose (villain); Puma [Thomas Fireheart] (villain); Kingpin (villain); Arranger (villain); Hobgoblin [Ned Leeds] (cameo)
Synopsis: Puma is about to eviscerate Spider-Man but the Black Cat swings in to the rescue. Spidey and the Cat make it back to his apartment. The Black Cat takes off but Mary Jane shows up to hang out. As the Puma strikes Peter pushes Mary Jane out the door. Spidey and Puma fight but the assassin breaks off the attack when he witnesses Spider-Man save civilians. The Kingpin discovers that the Rose has put out an unauthorized contract on Spidey's life. Fireheart returns home. Hobgoblin contacts Rose. Peter finds Mary Jane still at his apartment where she tells him that she already knows he is Spider-Man.
Pages: 22.000
Script: Tom DeFalco
Pencils: Ron Frenz
Inks: Joe Rubinstein [as Josef Rubinstein]
Letters: Joe Rosen
Reprints: Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #271 (March 1993)
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
GoCollect Price Guide Report for this comic
CGC Census Report*
| Grade | NG | PG | CVR | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 10.0 | Total |
|
Universal |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 41 | 57 | 82 | 111 | 133 | 231 | 289 | 242 | 0 | 0 | 1253 |
|
Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
|
Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
|
CGCxJSA |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 22 | 43 | 58 | 88 | 116 | 135 | 242 | 296 | 250 | 0 | 0 | 1300 |
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