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The Amazing Spider-Man #344

Marvel · Series began 1963 · February 1991

Dates

Cover date
February 1991
On sale
December 11, 1990
Pages
36

Editions and covers (4)

Copies of #344 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

  • Direct edition$1.00 cover

    Direct

    No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

    Source ↗
  • Newsstand edition$1.00 cover

    Newsstand

    A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

    Barcode 07148602457602 · shared with another edition

    This edition’s page
  • Australian edition1.50 AUD cover

    Australian

    Printed cover price 1.50 AUD.

    Barcode 07148602457605

    This edition’s page
  • Mark Jewelers insert edition

    Mark Jewelers

    Barcode 07148602457602 · shared with another edition

    This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: Erik Larseninks: Randy Emberlinscript: David Michelinie, Stan Leecolors: Bob Sharenletters: Rick Parker

Stories

  • Hearts and Powers · 22 pages

    Spider-Man investigates a stash of chemicals used to process cocaine and runs up against Cardiac (who claims he's a good guy) and Rhino (who claims that he isn't). The owner of the chemicals, Justin Hammer, decides the best way to beat Spider-Man is to hire him.

Reprinted in

Spider-Man: Venom Returns (1993), Spider-Man: Carnage (1993), Spider-Man: Carnage (1994), Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (2013), Carnage Classic (2016), Spider-Man by David Michelinie and Erik Larsen Omnibus (2017), Spider-Man vs. Venom Omnibus (2018), Carnage Epic Collection (2022)

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

Identifiers and aliases from Wikidata (CC0).