Amazing Spider-Man #298 (1988) First Print
Amazing Spider-Man #298 is an issue of the Amazing Spider-Man series from Marvel, released March 1, 1988. Written by David Michelinie with artwork by Todd McFarlane. Notable appearances include Carlton Drake, Venom. This page represents the regular first-print edition. Separate pages are available for the 2 incentive, retailer-exclusive and later-printing variant covers.
CHANCE ENCOUNTER Put together an arms shipment, terrorists, and the high-rolling mercenary called Chance, and what have you got? You've got pretty big trouble for everyone's favorite wall-crawler in "Chance Encounter"!
Key Facts
- 1st cameo appearance of Venom, creeping over Eddie Brock's hands
- First cover art by Todd McFarlane on the Amazing Spider-Man title
- 1st team appearance of the Life Foundation led by Carlton Drake
- 1st appearance of Carlton Drake who discovered there were five symbiote seeds that could be extracted from the Venom symbiote
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