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
On-sale Date
1987-11-10
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 (credited) (assistant editor); Jim Salicrup (credited); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

Chance Encounter! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Todd McFarlane (signed)
Inks
Todd McFarlane (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Chance
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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 / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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

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
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
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]
    Spider's Web
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