(September 1997)

Marvel, 1997 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.99 USD; 2.80 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1997-07-30
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Barcode
759606044283 00111
Editing
Tom Brevoort (credited) (editor); Bob Harras (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

Gatefold cover.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Venom / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tom Derenick (signed as T Derenick)
Inks
Chris Ivy (signed as Christopher Ivy (2 lines))
Colors
Tom Smith (signed as Tom Smith)
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Let him go, or--
Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Most covers cut off the signatures at the bottom, but they can be seen in the reprint book "Venom: Tooth and Claw".

Cover Thumbnail for Venom: Sign of the Boss (Marvel, 1997 series) #1 Cover Thumbnail for Venom: Sign of the Boss (1997 series) #1 [Newsstand]
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Previously in Venom (Table of Contents: 1)

Venom / recap / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Synopsis
Recaps of characters in the story and the "Venom: License to Kill" mini-series.

Indexer Notes

Design by Comicraft (JG/JM/CSL)

Sign of the Boss (Table of Contents: 2)

Venom / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Ivan Velez Jr. (credited)
Pencils
Tom Derenick (credited)
Inks
Chris Ivy (credited)
Colors
Tom Smith (credited)
Letters
Ken Lopez (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Venom man! Venom man! Friendly symbiote Venom man!
Genre
superhero
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Let him go, or--"]
    Venom
  2. 1. Previously in Venom
    Venom
  3. 2. Sign of the Boss
    Venom
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