(July 1997)
Marvel,
1997 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 1.95 USD; 2.75 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1997-05-21
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
- Barcode
- 759606044221 00111
- Editing
- Tom Brevoort (editor)
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock
- glossy cover; newsprint interior
- Binding
- saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- one-shot
Issue Notes
Part of Marvel's Flashback month, this is one of the few issues that was a true one-shot and not connected to an ongoing series.
This issue is considered issue #57 in "Venom" Legacy [LGY] numbering.
"Venom (2018)" #35/200 has a feature on the 200 covers of Venom, and indicates Marvel has rethought the legacy numbering for Venom. This title and "Venom Super Special" #1 were not included, but "Venom: Sign of the Boss" #1-2 were.
This issue is considered issue #57 in "Venom" Legacy [LGY] numbering.
"Venom (2018)" #35/200 has a feature on the 200 covers of Venom, and indicates Marvel has rethought the legacy numbering for Venom. This title and "Venom Super Special" #1 were not included, but "Venom: Sign of the Boss" #1-2 were.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
Krobaa, The Abyss That Walked!
Venom / comic story / 22 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- FEATURE: Eddie Brock; GUESTS: Nigel Donlevy; Cal Carlchok; Barney Bushkin; VILLAIN: Krobaa; CAMEO: Stan Lee; Clark Kent; Lois Lane
- Synopsis
- Long before he became Venom, intrepid reporter Eddie Brock is forced to face down an alien menace who has symbiotically merged with a mad scientist to spread a seed of darkness over earth.
- Reprints
-
in Venom (Panini France, 1997 series) #18 (octobre 1998)
-
Indexer Notes
Story is done in the style of an old school monster comic; Stan Lee in his intro refers to himself as the "Script-Keeper" and claims the story is from "The Vault of Unknown Creatures Unleashed."
Cal Carlchok is an homage to Carl Kolchak, the Night Stalker.
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