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Issue: Venom: Sign of the Boss #2

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Publication Date: October 1997

Issue #2

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Issues: #2 of 2 Issues (4 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Direct Edition

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

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Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics

On Sale Date: 08/27/1997

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 75960604428300211

Price: $2.80 CAD
$1.99 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)

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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

Format Notes:

Variants2

2 Venom: Sign of the Boss #2 [Direct Edition]

Venom: Sign of the Boss #2 [Newsstand]

Reprinted In3

Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in 3 other Issues:

Venomnibus #2 published January 2018

Venom: Tooth and Claw #[nn] published January 2018

Venom Epic Collection #7 published January 2024

Reprinted From0

There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.

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Title Page

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Indicia

Content Items (5 total)

Against the Power of Ghost Rider

Illustration on Cover, Front

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Colorist(s): ?

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Gatefold cover.

Most covers cut off the signatures at the bottom, but they are on the back and shoulder of a background character. They can be seen better in the reprint book "Venom: Tooth and Claw".

Venom

Character Profile on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): President Franco Santera; Agent Jones

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

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Inside gatefold cover. Profiles on Venom, Ghost Rider, President Franco Santera, Daryll Smith, Agent Jones, 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 seven 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
Franco Santera, Agent Jones & Melissa Maro - Venom: Sign of the Boss (Marvel, 1997 series) #1.

Previously... in Venom

Reprise on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Agent Jones

First Line: Venom has been assigned to protect President Franco Santera...

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Pages: 1

Notes: Recap of the story in the previous issue. Includes illustrations taken from panels in the previous issue.

Design by Comicraft's John Marasigan

Sign of the Boss: Act Two

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): President Franco Santera (villain); Melissa Santera; Agent Jones; Sister Maryann

First Line: Gck... get offa us!

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Pages: 22

Notes: Storyline continues in Venom: The Finale (Marvel, 1997 series) #1.

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In-house Column on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 1