THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #252 - A key Copper issue from Marvel published May 1984.
This is a significant issue: 1st Appearance of the Venom Symbiote; becomes Black Costume.; 1st full Appearance of black alien costume, later to become Venom.; This cover is a homage to the cover for Amazing Fantasy Volume 1 #15..
✦ CREATIVE TEAM
Writer: Roger Stern
Writer: Tom DeFalco
Penciler: Ron Frenz
Inker: Brett Breeding
Letterer: Joe Rosen
Editor: Danny Fingeroth
Editor: Jim Shooter
Editor: Venom Symbiote
Cover_artist: Klaus Janson
Cover_artist: Ron Frenz
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✦ DETAILS
Publisher: Marvel
Era: Copper
Volume: Volume 1
Edition: DIRECT EDITION
Significance: 1st full Appearance of Black Spider-Man costume and Venom Symbiote
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✦ NOTABLE FACTS
1st Appearance of the Venom Symbiote; becomes Black Costume.
1st full Appearance of black alien costume, later to become Venom.
This cover is a homage to the cover for Amazing Fantasy Volume 1 #15.