The Amazing Spider-Man #299 [Direct]
(April 1988)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1987-12-08
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Glenn Herdling (credited) (assistant editor); Jim Salicrup (credited) (editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Side-By-Side With Chance! (Table of Contents)

Spider-Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Todd McFarlane (signed as McFarlane)
Inks
Todd McFarlane (signed as McFarlane)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Chance [Nicholas Powell]
Reprints
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Survival of the Hittist! (Table of Contents: 1)

Spider-Man / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
David Michelinie (credited)
Pencils
Todd McFarlane (credited)
Inks
Bob McLeod (credited)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited)
Letters
Rick Parker (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ever have one of those days...?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Chance [Nicholas Powell] (villain); The Life Foundation [Carlton Drake; other unidentified members] (villains); Mary Jane Watson-Parker; Estelle (the Parkers' cleaning lady); Eddie Murphy (cameo); Paul Schaffer (cameo); Robbie Robertson; Annie Deitz; Venom [Eddie Brock] (cameo)
Synopsis
Spider-Man tracks down Chance but ends up teaming up with him against the Life Foundation. Venom comes a' calling.
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Keywords
Chelsea Apartments; Empire State University; New Jersey

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Spider's Web / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jim Salicrup
Pencils
Todd McFarlane
Inks
Todd McFarlane
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sensational! Disgusting! Gross! Genius!
Characters
Jim Salicrup; Spider-Man

Indexer Notes

Salicrup's Section. Letters from readers: Bill Climer, Robert Kowalski, Charles David Haskell, Matthew Hovious, and Tim Dwyer.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Dungeons & Dragons / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Side-By-Side With Chance!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. Survival of the Hittist!
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. ["Sensational! Disgusting! Gross! Genius!"]
    Spider's Web
  4. 3. ["Quote of the month: "Happy Holidays, you guys!" - the Marvel Bullpen"]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  5. 4. ["The future is here for millions of AD&D game players."]
    Dungeons & Dragons
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