The Amazing Spider-Man #298 [Direct]
(March 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
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Glenn Herdling (assistant editor); Jim Salicrup (editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)
Color
color
Dimensions
standard Silver Age, then Modern Age US
Paper Stock
Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding
saddle-stitched; #200 square bound
Publishing Format
was ongoing series

Issue Notes

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Chance Encounter! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
David Michelinie
Pencils
Todd McFarlane
Inks
Bob McLeod
Colors
Janet Jackson
Letters
Rick Parker; Ken Lopez
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; GUESTS: Mary Jane Parker; Robbie Robertson; Joy Mercado; VILLAINS: Chance; Life Foundation; CAMEO: Venom [Eddie Brock] (introduction)
Synopsis
The Life Foundation hires Chance to steal an arms shipment but Spidey gets in the way.
Reprints

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

Bullpen Bulletins / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script
Jim Salicrup
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Robert Kowalski, Richard Grece, Rick Boney, Daniel Wolpe, Richard Picard; Salicrup's Section editorial.

Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Chance Encounter!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. Chance Encounter!
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    The Spider's Web
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