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- 1st cameo appearance of the Taskmaster
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- Mary Jane Watson accepts Peter's second marriage proposal
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- Cameo appearance of Eddie Brock, in shadows with the symbiote creeping over his hands
- 1st 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 5 symbiote seeds that could be extracted from the Venom symbiote
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- 2nd cameo appearance of Venom
- Undervalued book that features a full page cameo of Venom, one of the most famous depictions of the character that was later reproduced as a high-ratio variant in Venom #1 (2016)
- Scarce Newsstands in 9.8 graded copies valued exponentially higher than this Direct Edition, as high as 6x
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- 1st full appearance of Venom.
- Classic and often swiped cover.
- A fourth week atop the Hot 10 for this all-time classic with one of the greatest covers in comics history.
-  This most graded comic in CGC history continues to climb to dizzier and dizzier heights and again the Newsstand Edition is where it's at.
- Old @x has been singing the praises of Newsstand since the first countdown of the new Hot 10 (so listen good and don't skip the Daredevil #1 entry below).
- This week we saw Newsstands continue to separate from the direct editions but unlike other Copper Age Newsstands we started seeing a separation in all grades.
- A CGC 9.6 Newsstand edition ended at $2,850 on eBay this week (up from $1,900).
- A 9.2 Newsstand edition hit $950 (up from $700), while a 9.0 Newsstand edition ended even higher at $1,050.
- Even a middle grade 7.5 Newsstand edition showed a premium at $525 (up from $450).
- The direct market editions are also super hot with 9.4's breaking $1,000 for the first time.
- CGC 9.8 copies meanwhile continue to hover the $5k mark.
- When the Venom movie was released in 2018, this book went into orbit.
- It subsequently cooled and prices retreated but a new wave of demand spurred by Knull becoming one of the most popular characters introduced in recent years, an ever expanding Symbiote mythology in the books and the upcoming Venom movie sequel have sent it beyond 2018 prices.
- Â An all time classic cover, a massive 1st app, a superstar artist at the peak of his powers. ASM 300 has so many things going for it that it's always in demand but now it's also the top of the hottest books in comics.
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- 3rd appearance of Venom
- 1st full cover appearance of Venom
- Classic cover art by Todd McFarlane.
- With Venom's first full appearance in #300 continuing to rocket into the blue-chip comic stratosphere fans are moving their attention to #316. But why #316?.
- The mid-1980's were a dark, dark time for Marvel's then flagship title The Amazing Spider-Man
- The successes of The Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns opened Marvel's eyes to an audience with an appetite for darker storytelling
- A prime example is Kraven's Last Hunt which ended (spoiler alert!) in suicide...
- Just five issues later, along comes Venom
- Brutal and dangerous, he emerged from the shadows like a serial killer, proudly wearing his dark soul as a second skin while saying "honey, I'm home," to a dumbstruck Mary Jane. Creepy!
- Issue #300 (what a cover!), culminated the Venom storyline with the suit and its host separated and defeated.
- But this defeat did not dampen readers desire to see more. Michelinie and McFarlane kept fans waiting for a full year before reintroducing Venom in The Amazing Spider-Man #315 and giving him center stage in #316
- And they unshackled Venom. He suffocates a rat to death in the first few panels. Later when he gets a hold of the Black Cat he savagely smashes her face into the floorboards, followed by a rain of splinters and spray of blood
- When he battles Spider-Man, he tears cattle carcasses in half trying to get at him and even dumps a vat of cattle intestines and blood onto the web-slinger
- The issue was confirmation that Spider-Man had changed and the era of Venom was here.
- So what happened this week? Well, Halloween scared up a 9.8 CGC newsstand sale of $1,349, demolishing the previous newsstand high of $675 in August 2020
- This new record had no time to enjoy the spotlight because the very next day, a $1,700 newsstand sale made a statement that this first full cover appearance of Venom is a true key.
- Especially as encapsulation becomes more prevalent and covers become the major way to interact with keys.
- Now is a good time to consider first cover appearances for the potential that they have in the era of comic slabbing.
- Â Last week posted a new high sale of $595 for a Direct Edition copy of #316 graded 9.8. This week made the sale a distant memory with 4 sales on November 1st ranging between $610 and $750, only to be overshadowed by a crushing $995 sale
- Some call the sale in question but consider that for collectors who are looking to purchase an unsigned 9.8 graded copy of The Amazing Spider-Man #316. There is only one copy listed on eBay at the time of writing.
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- 1st full appearance of Carnage, one of a race of extraterrestrial parasites known as the Symbiotes
- Carnage is the offspring of Venom
- Carnage will make his on-screen debut in Venom 2: Let There Be Carnage, played by Woody Harrelson
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- Debut of Scourge of the Underworld's white costume in a story
- *Scourge appeared in numerous disguises over the course of a year following his introduction
- *the first actual appearance of the white, skull costume was in The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #11 (1986), then again in #19 (1987)
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- 2nd full appearance of Carnage
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- 5-page preview of Spider-Man 2099, considered by some to be the first appearance
- 20th Anniversary of Spider-Man (1962-1992)
- Hologram cover
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- First solo title series featuring Venom
- Red holofoil cover
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- Gold holofoil cover
- 1st appearance of Ann Weying, Eddie Brock’s ex-wife who later becomes She-Venom
- 1st appearance of Carl Brock, Eddie's father
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- 1st appearance of Demolitia, a new vigilante using Bloodsport's tech
- Cover swipe of Bloodsport's 1st appearance in Superman #4 (1987)
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- 1st team appearance of The League of Supermen, genetically modified people who each possess one of Superman's powers: Fly-Boy, Shield, Juan de Playa, Sara Shane, See-Through, Pounder and Heat
- 1996 Annuals crossover event: 'Legends of the Dead Earth' - an out-of-continuity story that followed the DC heroes who migrated to different planets after the Earth expired
- DC Universe logo
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