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Issue: Venom: Sign of the Boss #1

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Publication Date: September 1997

Issue #1

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Issues: #1 of 2 Issues (4 Printings)

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Variant: Newsstand

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

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Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics

On Sale Date: 1997

Volume: 1

Pages: 38

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 00928103740809

Price: $2.70 CAD
$1.99 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
6 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Modern Age US

Paper Stock: glossy cover; Baxter interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: limited series

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Venom: Sign of the Boss #1 [Direct Edition]

Venom: Sign of the Boss #1 [Newsstand]

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Content Items (6 total)

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Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

First Line: Let him go, or--

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Pages: 1

Notes: Gatefold cover.

Most covers cut off the signatures at the bottom, but they can be seen in the reprint book "Venom: Tooth and Claw".

Venom

Character Profile on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

First Line: Bonded together with a symbiotic alien...

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside gatefold cover. Profiles on Venom, Daryll Smith, Ghost Rider, Danny Ketch and Melissa Maro. Includes a main illustration of Venom from the cover of Venom: License to Kill (Marvel, 1997 series) #1, plus a headshot illustration on each of the five profiles taken from story panels of the following issues:

Venom & Daryll Smith - Venom: License to Kill (Marvel, 1997 series) #1
Ghost Rider - Ghost Rider (Marvel, 1990 series) #87
Danny Ketch - Ghost Rider (Marvel, 1990 series) #86
Melissa Maro - Venom: Sign of the Boss #1 (this issue)

Previously in... Venom

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Genres: superhero

First Line: Venom was offered a deal by a covert government agency...

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside front cover. Recap of the previous four issues. Includes illustrations taken from Venom: On Trial (Marvel, 1997 series) #3 and Venom: License to Kill (Marvel 1997 series) #2.

Design by Comicraft (JG/JM/CSL)

Sign of the Boss

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Agent Jones (introduction); President Franco Santera (introduction); Mariana Santera (introduction)

First Line: Venom man! Venom man! Friendly symbiote Venom man!

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Pages: 22

Notes: Storyline continued from Venom: License to Kill (Marvel, 1997 series) #3.

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The Venom Fan Art Page

Illustration on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Penciller(s): various (see notes)

Inker(s): various (see notes)

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

First Line: A gallery of awesome art, submitted by loyal fans of Venom!

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Notes: Illustrations of Venom and his foes sent in by readers David Ellisor, Malcolm Young, Mario Mora, Christopher Mashburn & Eduardo Andrade.