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Cover of The Amazing Spider-Man #317
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CATALOG RECORD

The Amazing Spider-Man #317

Marvel · Series began 1963 · July 1989

Dates

Cover date
July 1989
On sale
March 14, 1989
Pages
36

Values

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Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #317 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 07148602457607

    This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: Todd McFarlaneinks: Todd McFarlanescript: David Michelinie, Stan Lee, Dwayne McDuffiecolors: Bob Sharenletters: Rick Parker

Stories

  • The Sand and the Fury! · 22 pages

    Venom shows up on Aunt May's doorstep and Spider-Man goes to the Fantastic Four for help. Spider-Man tries to woo back the alien costume in an effort to defeat it.

Publisher’s description

Spider-Man vs. Venom…at Aunt May’s house! And in this case, Spidey doesn’t have the home turf advantage. Spider-Man may not be able to defeat Eddie Brock, but can he take out his alien symbiote instead?

Reprinted in

Spider-Man Vs. Venom (1990), The Very Best of Spider-Man (1994), Wizard Spider-Man Masterpiece Edition (2006), Spider-Man: Birth of Venom (2007), Amazing Spider-Man by David Michelinie & Todd McFarlane Omnibus (2011), Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (2013), Spider-Man vs. Venom Omnibus (2018), Marvel-Verse: Venom (2020), Venom Epic Collection (2020), Venom by Michelinie and McFarlane Gallery Edition (2021), Venom: The Saga of Eddie Brock (2024)

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Identifiers and aliases from Wikidata (CC0).

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