WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Orwell Taylor (The Jury, Marvel) — introduction
Dates
- Cover date
- February 1993
- On sale
- December 29, 1992
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition$2.95 cover
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition$2.95 cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07148601202301 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Australian edition4.50 AUD cover
Australian
Printed cover price 4.50 AUD.
Barcode 07148601202301 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: Mark Bagley, Rick Parkerinks: Sam de la Rosa, Al Milgrom, Rick Parkerscript: David Michelinie, Joey Cavalieri, Barry Duttercolors: Marie Javins, Rick Parkerletters: Richard Starkings, Rick Parker
Stories
- Part One: Dark Soul Drifting · 22 pages
Venom moves to San Francisco to try out his new protection of innocents racket. Venom and Spider-Man save a group of homeless folk.
Characters
Peter ParkerSpider-ManEddie BrockVenomBen UrichTom DeFalcoAnne WeyingMark GruenwaldOrwell Taylor
Reprinted in
Venom: Lethal Protector (1995), Spider-Man Family (2007), Marvel Firsts: The 1990s Omnibus (2015), Marvel Firsts: The 1990s (2016), Venomnibus (2018), Venom Epic Collection (2020), Spider-Man by Michelinie & Bagley Omnibus (2024)