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This is the regular first-print edition (Cover A). Collect the 2 variant covers on their own pages.
Spider-Man returns from Secret Wars and tries to get used to his new black and white symbiotic costume, which will later become Venom.
Cover date
May 1, 1984
On sale date
January 31, 1984
Pages
36
Cover price
$0.60 / £0.25 / CA$0.75
Editor
Jim Shooter
Credits
Penciller
Inker
Colorist
Letterer
Cover Artist
Characters
Peter Parker; Spider-Man; Aunt May Parker; Billy Connors; Black Cat [Felicia Hardy]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]]; Colossus (cameo, in photo); Curt Connors [Lizard]; Cyclops (cameo, in photo); Hawkeye; Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (cameo, in photo); Invisible Girl (cameo, in photo); Iron Man [James Rhodes]; J. Jonah Jameson; Justin; Martha Connors; Mockingbird (cameo, in photo); Mr. Fantastic (cameo, in photo); Nathan Lubensky; Nightcrawler (cameo, in photo); Robbie Robertson; Scarlet Witch (cameo, in photo); She-Hulk (cameo, in photo); Storm (cameo, in photo); The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; The Thing (cameo, in photo); Thor; Venom symbiote (introduction, as the black costume); Wasp; Weezie; Wolverine (cameo, in photo)
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Collected in
- Spider-Man Comic #631
- Spider-Man Comic #632
- Marvel Tales #266
- Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 No. 252 [Spider-Man Classics Reprint] #[nn]
- Marvel Milestones: Venom & Hercules #[nn]
- Spider-Man Family Featuring Spider-Clan #1
- Spider-Man: Birth of Venom #[nn]
- Amazing Spider-Man #252 Niagara Falls Edition #[nn]
- Spider-Man: The Complete Alien Costume Saga #1
- Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars: Battleworld #[1]
- Decades: Marvel in the '80s - Awesome Evolutions #[nn]
- Amazing Spider-Man #252 Facsimile Edition #1
- Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man #24
- Spider-Man: The Complete Black Costume Saga Omnibus #[nn]
- Marvel Archive Edition: Amazing Spider-Man - The Black Costume: Year One Gallery Edition #[nn]