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]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Glenn Herdling (credited) (assistant editor); Jim Salicrup (credited) (editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Chance Encounter! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Todd McFarlane (signed as McFarlane)
Inks
Todd McFarlane (signed as McFarlane)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Chance [Nicholas Powell]
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

M&M's / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Chocolate fun for everyone!
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Chance Encounter! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
David Michelinie (credited)
Pencils
Todd McFarlane (credited)
Inks
Bob McLeod (credited)
Colors
JayJay Jackson (credited as Janet Jackson)
Letters
Rick Parker (credited); Ken Lopez (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Yonkers. High above what was, until today, a U.S. Treasury Department "safe" house...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Mary Jane Watson-Parker; Robbie Robertson; Joy Mercado; Chance [Nicholas Powell] (villain); Sandy Kintzler (first appearance); Life Foundation [Carlton Drake (first appearance, villain)] (villains); Venom [Eddie Brock] (cameo, introduction, shadow only)
Synopsis
The Life Foundation hires Chance to steal an arms shipment but Spider-Man gets in the way.
Reprints
Keywords
Endicott Building; Yonkers

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

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Carl Potts; Ann Nocenti; ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Quote of the month "The very least you could have done was offer me a cup of coffee before you tried to kill me!" - Hawkeye
Characters
Carl Potts; Spider-Man; Wolverine

Indexer Notes

Items, Pro File on Carl Potts, The Real Origin of the Wolfpack!, house ad for Spider-Man balloon in the Macy's Parade.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Jim Salicrup
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Welcome to the first in a series of columns that will give me, your friendly neighborhood Spider-Editor, a chance to talk to you directly...
Characters
Jim Salicrup

Indexer Notes

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

TSR Hobbies / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We're looking for a few good mutants
Characters
Wolverine

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Ad for the Marvel Super Heroes MX Series from TSR.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Chance Encounter!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. ["Chocolate fun for everyone!"]
    M&M's
  3. 2. Chance Encounter!
    Spider-Man
  4. 3. ["Quote of the month "The very least you could have done was offer me a cup of coffee before you tried to kill me!" - Hawkeye"]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  5. 4. ["Welcome to the first in a series of columns that will give me, your friendly neighborhood Spider-Editor, a chance to talk to you directly..."]
    Spider's Web
  6. 5. ["We're looking for a few good mutants"]
    TSR Hobbies
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