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Issue: Spider-Man: Birth of Venom #[nn]
Publication Date: March 2007
 
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
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Indicia Publisher: Marvel Publishing Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/21/2007
Volume: none
Pages: 356
ISBN: 0785124985
UPC/EAN: 978078512498652999
Price: $48.00 CAD
$29.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 46 (20 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Collects The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #252-259, 300, 315-317; Web of Spider-Man (Marvel, 1985 series) #1 and material from Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars (Marvel, 1984 series) #8; Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #274; The Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel, 1976 series) #99-100; The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #298-299 and The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #25.
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
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Binding: softcover
Publishing Format: collected edition
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17 Content Items from other Issues reprinted as/in this Issue:
FlagThe Amazing Spider-Man #252 [Direct Edition] published May 1984 was Homecoming [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Amazing Spider-Man #253 [Direct Edition] published June 1984 was By Myself Betrayed! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Amazing Spider-Man #254 [Direct Edition] published July 1984 was With Great Power... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Amazing Spider-Man #255 [Direct Edition] published August 1984 was Even a Ghost Can Fear the Night! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Amazing Spider-Man #256 [Direct Edition] published September 1984 was Introducing... Puma! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Amazing Spider-Man #257 [Direct Edition] published October 1984 was Beware the Claws of Puma! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Amazing Spider-Man #258 [Direct Edition] published November 1984 was The Sinister Secret of Spider-Man's New Costume! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Amazing Spider-Man #259 [Direct Edition] published December 1984 was All My Pasts Remembered! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMarvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #8 [Direct Edition] published December 1984 was Invasion! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagFantastic Four #274 [Direct] published January 1985 was Monster Mash Part Two [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWeb of Spider-Man #1 [Direct] published April 1985 was 'Til Death Do Us Part! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Amazing Spider-Man #298 [Direct Edition] published March 1988 was Chance Encounter! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Amazing Spider-Man #299 [Direct Edition] published April 1988 was Survival of the Hittist! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Amazing Spider-Man #300 [Direct Edition] published May 1988 was Venom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Amazing Spider-Man #315 [Direct Edition] published May 1989 was A Matter of Life and Debt! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Amazing Spider-Man #316 [Direct Edition] published June 1989 was Dead Meat [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Amazing Spider-Man #317 [Direct Edition] published July 1989 was The Sand and the Fury! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Graphic Novels

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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Ads for Spider-Man: Kraven's Last Hunt Premiere Hardcover; Spider-Man: Death of Stacys Premiere Hardcover; Spider-Man: Saga of the Sandman and Spider-Man: The Other. Includes the indicia of the book.
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Spider-Man: Birth of Venom

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Disclose Notes: Title page. Includes details from the covers of The Amazing Spider-Man #252 and 258.
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First Line: Among Spider-Man's most fantastic adventures,...
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Disclose Notes: Recap of the Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars series before the #8. Includes a detail from the first page of #2.
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Feature(s): Marvel Super Heroes
First Line: Amid the chaos, there comes a costume--!
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Feature(s): Marvel Super Heroes
Character(s): Venom Symbiote (as Black Costume)
First Line: Elsewhere...
Synopsis: When Spidey notices that Thor's costume has been restored, he is directed to a machine that spits out a small black ball which quickly covers him and becomes his new costume. Xavier contacts the heroes and tells them that Galactus has begun to eat Battleworld.
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Disclose Notes: First chronological appearance of Venom (as new Spider-Man costume). Spidey's new black costume only appears on the last two pages of the story. This issue came out 7 months after Amazing Spider-Man #252.
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First Line: Donned in his new mysterious ebony costume,...
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Disclose Notes: Recap of the end of Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars series and the events that occurred before in The Amazing Spider-Man series. Includes a detail from the first four panels of page 37 of #12.
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The Rumors are True. Introducing... the New Spider-Man!

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Disclose Notes: Cover is an homage to the cover of Amazing Fantasy (Marvel, 1962 series) #15. Lettering credit from Danny Fingeroth interview in Backissue magazine #12.
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Homecoming!

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Character(s): Venom Symbiote (first appearance, as Black Costume); She-Hulk; Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing; Invisible Girl; Cyclops; Colossus; Wolverine; Storm; Nightcrawler; Mockingbird; Scarlet Witch (all photos)
First Line: Well, what's the verdict?
Synopsis: Spider-Man returns from Secret Wars and tries to get used to his new black and white symbiotic costume, which will later become Venom.
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First Line: This is the easy part...!
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By Myself Betrayed!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Venom Symbiote (as Black Costume); Wendy Thorton (first appearance); Betty Leeds
First Line: This is running out for the Mammoths, Bill!
Synopsis: While on the sports beat with Wendy, Peter gets involved in a scandal with a pro football quarterback who is throwing games for a new mob boss, the Rose. Peter tells Aunt May that he has dropped out of school and she flips out. Peter also discovers that Robbie is taking his new editor-in-chief position at the Bugle very seriously. Spidey meets and battles the Rose for the first time.
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First Line: Back off, wall-crawler! The battle van is mine!
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With Great Power...

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Character(s): Venom Symbiote (as Black Costume); Betty Leeds; Wendy Thorton
First Line: At last!
Synopsis: Spider-Man watches as the authorities pull Hobgoblin's wrecked battle van from the Hudson River. When the van is stolen in broad daylight, Spidey tracks it down and finds it has been taken by Jack O' Lantern. Spidey battles Jack but this causes him to miss a dinner set up by Nathan where he was supposed to be making nice with Aunt May who is still furious over Peter dropping out of school.
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Even a Ghost... ...Can Fear the Night!

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Even a Ghost Can Fear the Night

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Character(s): Venom Symbiote (as Black Costume); Super Apes; Jack O' Lantern [Jason Macendale Jr.] (flashback); Iron Man [James Rhodes] (flashback); Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]] (flashback); Black Cat [Felicia Hardy] (flashback)
First Line: Silent as a living shadow, he swings through the night.
Synopsis: The Black Fox is on his final burglary, the one that will allow him to retire, but unfortunately, he has chosen the residence of the Red Ghost and his Super Apes. The Red Ghost compels the Fox to work with his Apes in carrying out the robbery of a jewelry store to fund his latest invention, the Cosmicizer. Spidey intervenes, follows the Apes home and blows up the Ghost's pet project. All but forgotten, the Black Fox merrily makes off with the jewels.
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First Line: Injured... helpless... ...and stalked by Puma!
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Introducing... Puma!

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Character(s): Venom Symbiote (as Black Costume); Jenna Taylor; Betty Leeds
First Line: Hi there!
Synopsis: Spidey takes down another one of the Rose's operations and the mob boss calls in wealthy businessman and super powered assassin Thomas Fireheart a.k.a. The Puma to kill the web slinger. Exhausted, Peter crawls into bed for a good night's sleep but his alien costume seems to have other ideas. Robbie commends Peter on his nice photos (they were taken by the Black Cat) but Pete is so tired that he barely notices. Spidey is ambushed by the Puma and pulls his left arm out of its socket. With Spider-Man down and writing in pain, the Puma prepares to pounce.
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Beware the Claws of Puma!

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Character(s): Venom Symbiote (as Black Costume); Jenna Taylor; Hobgoblin [Ned Leeds]
First Line: Spider-Man is still helpless! Unconscious --!
Synopsis: The Puma is about to eviscerate Spider-Man but the Black Cat swings in to the rescue. Spidey and the Cat make it back to his apartment. The Black Cat takes off but MJ shows up to hang out. As the Puma strikes Peter pushes MJ out the door. Spidey and the Puma fight but the assassin breaks off the attack when he witnesses Spider-Man save civilians. The Kingpin discovers that the Rose has put out an unauthorized contract on Spidey's life. Fireheart returns home. Hobgoblin contacts Rose. Peter finds MJ still at his apartment where she tells him that she already knows he is Spider-Man.
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Character(s): Peter Parker; Spider-Man Red Costume; Spider-Man Black Costume
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The Sinister Secret of Spider-Man's New Costume!

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Character(s): Venom Symbiote (as Black Costume); Jenna Taylor; Hobgoblin [Ned Leeds]
First Line: All in all, It's been a rotten week for Peter Parker.
Synopsis: Peter is floored by MJ's revelation that she knows he is Spider-Man. The Black Cat shows up at his pad and MJ takes off. His new costume takes him for a spin around the city in his sleep. Peter has a nightmare about his black costume. He decides to have Mr. Fantastic check it out. Reed Richards discovers that Spider-Man's black costume is an alien that is trying to bond with him symbiotically. He uses a sonic blaster to separate Spidey from his costume. Spidey swings home in an old FF uniform with a paper bag for a mask. MJ drops by to talk. Hobgoblin has a little proposition for the Rose.
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The Original is Back!

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Disclose Notes: Cover art is an homage to the cover of Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #126, which is itself an homage to Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #39.
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All My Pasts Remembered!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mary Jane Watson (origin, also in flashback); Philip Watson (flashback); Madeline Watson (flashback); Gayle Watson (flashback); Frank Brown; Timothy Byrnes; Hobgoblin [Roderick Kingsley]; The Rose [Richard Fisk]; Venom Symbiote (as Black Costume); Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]]; Aunt May Parker (flashback); Anna Watson (flashback); Harry Osborn (flashback); Liz Osborn (flashback)
First Line: I'm real glad we finally got this chance to talk, Peter.
Synopsis: As Peter struggles with the fact that MJ knows he is Spider-Man, she opens up for the first time and tells him her family's history full of heartbreak, abuse and abandonment. Mr. Fantastic tries to communicate telepathically with Spidey's alien costume but has no success. Hobgoblin demands a cut of crime operations all over the city to sweeten his new business deal with the Rose. He then sets his sights on Harry Osborn. Learning that the Hobgoblin is still alive, Peter dons his classic red and blue costume as Spidey prepares to face his old foe.
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First Line: Spider-Man's alien costume was captured,...
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Disclose Notes: Recap of The Spectacular Spider-Man series circa #100. Includes a detail from panel 11, page 38 of #100.
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Venom Symbiote (as Black Costume)
First Line: Epilog:
Synopsis: Spidey's black costume escapes.
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Character(s): Venom Symbiote (as Black Costume)
First Line: Meanwhile, on the night-dark streets of Manhattan,...
Synopsis: The alien costume escaped from the Baxter Building.
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Character(s): Venom Symbiote (as Black Costume)
First Line: Shortly...
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'Til Death Do Us Part!

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Character(s): Venom Symbiote (as Black Costume); Vulturions (first appearance)
First Line: I'm just being paranoid!
Synopsis: Spider-Man tries to remove his alien costume while fighting off the Vulture-inspired Vulturions.
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First Line: Thought the symbiote was gone,...
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Disclose Notes: Recap of the events before the introduction of Venom in The Amazing Spider-Man series. Includes a detail of the last page of Web of Spider-Man #18.
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First Line: Epilogue:
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First Line: But at that moment, on Chelsea street...
Synopsis: Venom comes a' calling.
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Venom

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Character(s): Sin Eater (flashback)
First Line: Her name is Mary Jane Watson-Parker.
Synopsis: Spidey'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 MJ's request, Spidey returns to the blue and red costume as she now finds his black duds way too creepy.
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First Line: Hydro-Man Wins At Last!!
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A Matter of Life and Debt

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First Line: Government Service: Another term for "Job Security".
Synopsis: Venom breaks out of the Vault. Peter discovers that Aunt May's boyfriend has been stealing from her to pay off gambling debts.
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The Truckstop of Doom!

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Character(s): Chuck; Jake; Ellen; Bobby; Spangle; Pablo; Smiley
First Line: Rural Missouri, just off I-44
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Disclose Notes: This story takes place between The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #315 and 316.
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Venom is Back!

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Dead Meat

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First Line: New York City: A long-forsaken subway tunnel where a luckless,...
Synopsis: Venom tries to hunt down Spidey and runs into the Black Cat. Venom discovers where Spider-Man lives.
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First Line: Has Venom become kinder and gentler?
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The Sand and the Fury

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First Line: At the forest hills boarding house owned and run by May Parker --
Synopsis: 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.
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Venom

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Disclose Notes: Spider-Man black costume design by Leonardi.
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The Marvel Masterworks Library

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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Ad for Marvel Masterworks volumes.
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The Origin of Venom!

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Disclose Notes: Back cover of the book. Includes a detail from the cover of Web of Spider-Man #1.

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