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Issue: The Amazing Spider-Man #298
Publication Date: March 1988
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Issues: #298 of 443 Issues (968 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Edition
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MarvelView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics
On Sale Date: 11/10/1987
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.95 CAD
£0.40 GBP
$0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age, then Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched; #200 square bound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted In24
reprinted 7 times as/in other Issues.
reprinted 16 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in another Issue:
FlagAmazing Spider-Man Epic Collection #18 published January 2018
Disclose Reprinted From0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
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Chance Encounter!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Chance [Nicholas Powell]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagSpider-Man Visionaries #[nn] published October 2001
In Issue: FlagAmazing Spider-Man by David Michelinie & Todd McFarlane Omnibus #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 2011
In Content Item: FlagEl Asombroso Hombre Araña #442 published May 1989
as ¡Encuentro con el Azar! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSpiderman #188 published August 1989
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSpider-Man Vs. Venom #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 1990
as Contents [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEdderkoppen #78 published January 1991
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEdderkoppen #3/1991 published March 1991
as Edderkoppen ...møter Chance! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagL'Uomo Ragno #89 published February 1992
as Incontro Casuale [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Omnibus : Spider-Man par McFarlane #[nn] published October 2012
as Chance Encounter! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHomem-Aranha #104 published ?
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagΣπάιντερ Μαν [Spider-Man] #470 published ?
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagA Csodálatos Pókember #67 published ?
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSpindelmannen #3/1991 published ?
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Chocolate fun for everyone!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Chance Encounter!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Mary Jane Watson-Parker; Robbie Robertson; Joy Mercado; Chance [Nicholas Powell] (villain); Sandy Kintzler (first appearance); Life Foundation [Carlton Drake (first appearance, villain)] (villains); Venom [Eddie Brock] (cameo, introduction, shadow only)
First Line: Yonkers. High above what was, until today, a U.S. Treasury Department "safe" house...
Synopsis: The Life Foundation hires Chance to steal an arms shipment but Spider-Man gets in the way.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagObras Maestras #11 published February 1994
In Issue: FlagSpider-Man Visionaries #[nn] published October 2001
In Issue: FlagSpider-Man: Birth of Venom #[nn] published March 2007
In Issue: FlagAmazing Spider-Man by David Michelinie & Todd McFarlane Omnibus #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 2011
In Issue: FlagΣπάιντερ Μαν [Spider-Man] #470 published ?
In Content Item: FlagEl Asombroso Hombre Araña #442 published May 1989
as ¡Encuentro con el Azar! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSpider-Man Vs. Venom #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 1990
as It All Began in Amazing Spider-Man #298 [Story on Interior Page(s)]1 page only
In Content Item: FlagEdderkoppen #3/1991 published March 1991
as Sjansespill [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagL'Uomo Ragno #89 published February 1992
as Incontro Casuale [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Omnibus : Spider-Man par McFarlane #[nn] published October 2012
as Chance Encounter! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
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In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Carl Potts; Spider-Man; Wolverine
First Line: Quote of the month "The very least you could have done was offer me a cup of coffee before you tried to kill me!" - Hawkeye
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Items, Pro File on Carl Potts, The Real Origin of the Wolfpack!, house ad for Spider-Man balloon in the Macy's Parade.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jim Salicrup
First Line: Welcome to the first in a series of columns that will give me, your friendly neighborhood Spider-Editor, a chance to talk to you directly...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Robert Kowalski, Richard Grece, Rick Boney, Daniel Wolpe, Richard Picard; Salicrup's Section editorial.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Wolverine
First Line: We're looking for a few good mutants
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad for the Marvel Super Heroes MX Series from TSR.

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