CATALOG RECORD
The Amazing Spider-Man #300
first Venom
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
first Venom
- Venom (Eddie Brock) — first full appearance
Dates
- Cover date
- May 1988
- On sale
- January 12, 1988
- Pages
- 52
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #300 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07148602457605
This edition’s page
Amazing Spider-Man No. 300 Facsimile Edition (2023). A facsimile reproduces this issue with a modern cover price and barcode; check before buying.
Creators
Stories
- Venom · 40 pages
Spider-Man’s old alien costume has merged with reporter Eddie Brock who thinks his career was ruined by Spider-Man and the symbiote of the two, Venom, takes on the web slinger. At Mary Jane’s request, Spider-Man returns to the blue and red costume as she now finds his black duds way too creepy.
Publisher’s description
The return of Eddie Brock! And red-and-blue Spider-Man! Is Venom still holding an irrational grunge against the wall-crawler? This is a symbiote smack down you won’t want to miss!
Characters
Reprinted in
Spider-Man Vs. Venom (1990), The Amazing Spider-Man (1992), Spider-Man Visionaries (2001), Amazing Spider-Man No. 300 [Spider-Man II Wal-Mart Movie Edition] (2006), Spider-Man: Birth of Venom (2007), Amazing Spider-Man #300 Niagara Falls Edition (2007), Amazing Spider-Man Family (2008), Amazing Spider-Man by David Michelinie & Todd McFarlane Omnibus (2011), Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (2013), Marvel's Mightiest Heroes (2014), Spider-Man vs. Venom Omnibus (2018), True Believers: Venom vs Spider-Man (2018), Amazing Spider-Man: Venom 3D (2019), Venom Epic Collection (2020), Venom by Michelinie and McFarlane Gallery Edition (2021), Spider-Man (2021), Amazing Spider-Man No. 300 Facsimile Edition (2023), Venom: The Saga of Eddie Brock (2024)