The Amazing Spider-Man #316 [Direct]
(June 1989)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly except fortnightly June, July and August
On-sale Date
1989-02-14
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 (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Todd McFarlane (signed)
Inks
Todd McFarlane (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Venom is back!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Venom [Eddie Brock]
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #316 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for The Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #316 [Newsstand]
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Dead Meat (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
David Michelinie (credited)
Pencils
Todd McFarlane (credited)
Inks
Todd McFarlane (credited)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited)
Letters
Rick Parker (credited)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Black Cat [Felicia Hardy]; Mary Jane Parker; Aunt May Parker; Glory Grant; Venom [Eddie Brock] (villain); Nick Katzenberg; Wally
Synopsis
Venom tries to hunt down Spider-Man and runs into the Black Cat. Venom discovers where Spider-Man lives.
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; Glenn Herdling
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Characters
Jim Salicrup

Indexer Notes

Letters from John Britt, Tim Callahan, Charles Rhett Anderson, and Shane Demmitt; The Return of Salicrup's Section.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Venom is back!"]
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. Dead Meat
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Spider's Web
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