The Amazing Spider-Man #344 [Direct]
(February 1991)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1990-12-11
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved By the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Editing
Dan Cuddy (credited) (assistant editor); Jim Salicrup (credited); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor-in-chief)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Erik Larsen (signed as Erik Larsen [stacked name])
Inks
Randy Emberlin (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Is He Hero or Villain?! Introducing Cardiac!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Cardiac; Rhino
Reprints

Hearts and Powers (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
David Michelinie (credited)
Pencils
Erik Larsen (credited)
Inks
Randy Emberlin (credited)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited)
Letters
Rick Parker (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Location: a warehouse.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Cardiac (introduction); Mary Jane Parker; Rhino (villain); Justin Hammer (villain); Cletus Kasady (introduction, cameo, becomes Carnage in ASM #361); Eddie Brock [Venom] (villain)
Synopsis
Spider-Man investigates a stash of chemicals used to process cocaine and runs up against Cardiac (who claims he's a good guy) and Rhino (who claims that he isn't). The owner of the chemicals, Justin Hammer, decides the best way to beat Spider-Man is to hire him.
Reprints

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

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

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

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Larry Feldman, Joe Kucharski III, Chris Connelly, Robert Coover, and Steve Berry.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Is He Hero or Villain?! Introducing Cardiac!"]
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. Hearts and Powers
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Spider's Web
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