- Script
- Roger Stern (credited) (plot); Tom DeFalco (credited) (script)
- Pencils
- Ron Frenz (credited) (breakdowns)
- Inks
- Brett Breeding (credited) (finished art)
- Colors
- Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
- Letters
- Joe Rosen (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, what's the verdict?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Venom symbiote (introduction, as the black costume); Curt Connors [Lizard]; Billy Connors; Martha Connors; Black Cat [Felicia Hardy]; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson; Aunt May Parker; Nathan Lubensky; The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Thor; Iron Man [James Rhodes]; Hawkeye; Wasp; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]]; She-Hulk (cameo, in photo); Mr. Fantastic (cameo, in photo); Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (cameo, in photo); The Thing (cameo, in photo); Invisible Girl (cameo, in photo); Cyclops (cameo, in photo); Colossus (cameo, in photo); Wolverine (cameo, in photo); Storm (cameo, in photo); Nightcrawler (cameo, in photo); Mockingbird (cameo, in photo); Scarlet Witch (cameo, in photo); Weezie; Justin
- Synopsis
- Spider-Man returns from Secret Wars and tries to get used to his new black and white symbiotic costume, which will later become Venom.
- Reprints
- in Σπάιντερ Μαν [Spider-Man] (Kabanas Hellas, 1977 series) #164
- in Die Spinne (Condor, 1980 series) #111 (August 1984)
- in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #196 (Avril 1986)
- in Spindelmannen (Semic, 1984 series) #11/1986 ([November] 1986)
- in Edderkoppen (Semic, 1984 series) #11/1986 (uke 48 1986)
- in L'Uomo Ragno (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #39 (30 Dicembre 1989)
- in Obras Maestras (Planeta DeAgostini, 1991 series) #5 - Spiderman: La Saga del Traje Alienígena (Julio 1992)
- in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #266 (October 1992)
- in Biblioteca Marvel: Spiderman (Panini España, 2005 series) #42 (Diciembre 2005) [black and white]
- in Spider-Man Family Featuring Spider-Clan (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 (January 2007)
- in Spider-Man: Birth of Venom (Marvel, 2007 series) ([March] 2007)
- in Spider-Man - Le Storie Indimenticabili (Panini, 2007 series) #1 ([4 Maggio] 2007)
- in Amazing Spider-Man #252 Niagara Falls Edition (Marvel, 2007 series) (November 2007)
- in Die offizielle Marvel-Comic-Sammlung (Hachette [DE], 2013 series) #9 - Spider-Man: Die Geburt von Venom (Juni 2013)
- in Marvel. Официальная коллекция комиксов (Ашет Коллекция [Hachette], 2014 series) #5 - Человек-Паук: Веном
- in Spider-Man: The Complete Alien Costume Saga (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 (2014)
- in Decades: Marvel in the '80s - Awesome Evolutions (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
- in Amazing Spider-Man #252 Facsimile Edition (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (June 2019)
- Keywords
- Central Park
Continued from Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars (Marvel, 1984 series) #12. 1st in black costume which later becomes Venom. Predates Secret Wars #8 by 7 months. Next chronological Spidey in black duds in Marvel Team-Up #141.
- Script
- Danny Fingeroth
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If any of you are having this comic read to you over the phone, you may not have noticed that Spidey is sporting a brand new costume!
- Reprints
Letters from Eric James Baich, Keith Dooley, David P. McVann, Jason Clark, Roy G. Pender, Andrew Reitberger, and J. Jonah Jameson.
- Script
- Ed Shukin
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
Total No. Copies Printed (net press run): Average no. copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 470,527. Single issue nearest to filing date: 472,133.