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Key factsKey issue
- 1st appearance of Eddie Brock
- 1st appearance of Venom
- 1st appearance of Sandy Kintzler
This is the regular first-print edition (Cover A). Collect the 1 variant cover on their own pages.
Market value
Market value (all grades)
- Low
- $94.40
- Mid
- $125
- High
- $205
Updated 12 Oct 2026
- Graded copies for sale
- $30.00 - $700
- 20 graded copies for sale, Updated 10 Oct 2026
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The Life Foundation hires Chance to steal an arms shipment but Spider-Man gets in the way.
Cover date
March 1, 1988
On sale date
November 10, 1987
Pages
36
Cover price
$0.75 / CA$0.95 / £0.40
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Editor
Tom DeFalco
Price history
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Characters
Eddie Brock (1st appearance); Sandy Kintzler (1st appearance); Venom (1st appearance); Spider-Man; Carlton Drake; Chance; Hal (modelling company photographer); Joy Mercado; Mary Jane Watson-Parker; Mr. MacVay (Life Foundation employee); Nicholas Powell; Orin Concardi (mobster, death); Peter Parker; Robbie Robertson; Stephanie (Chance's date)
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