Set Description:
CGC Amazing Spider-Man Comics that I own.
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Amazing Spider-Man 252 |
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Amazing Spider-Man 252 Signature |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
1405213001
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Owner Comments
May, 1984
"Homecoming!"
Tom DeFalco & Roger Stern - Writers
Ron Frenz - Penciler
Ron Frenz & Klaus Janson - Cover Artists
Brett Breeding - Inker
Glynis Wein - Colorist
Joe Rosen - Letterer
Danny Fingeroth - Editor
James Shooter - Editor-in-Chief
Synopsis:
Spider-Man comes back from the Secret Wars planet with a new costume. He brings Curt Connors to his flat and returns to his apartment in Chelsea. Peter makes a phone call to his Aunt May and tries to reach the Black Cat by phone too unsuccessfully.
Notes:
- Signed (and Excelsior) by: Stan Lee on 07/30/2016
- Signed by: Roger Stern on 08/21/2016
- Stan Lee CGC Label
- This cover is an homage to the cover for Amazing Fantasy Vol 1 15.
Trivia:
The cover of this issue is one of the 32 that appear in the comic collection from the 2000 video game Spider-Man
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| Slot: |
Amazing Spider-Man 258 |
| Item: |
Amazing Spider-Man 258 Signature |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
2776914001
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| Slot: |
Amazing Spider-Man 285 |
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Amazing Spider-Man 285 Signature |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
1953484012
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Owner Comments
Feburary, 1987
"The Arranger Must Die!"
Tom DeFalco & Jim Owsley - Writers
Alan Kupperberg - Penciler
Mike Zeck & Bob McLeod - Cover Artists
Jim Fern - Inker
Bob Sharen - Colorist
Rick Parker - Letterer
Jim Salicrup & Adam Blaustein - Editors
Jim Shooter - Editor-in-Chief
Synopsis:
Having survived an assassination attempt on him by the Arranger, Hammerhead has come to the Rose to seek an alliance and destroy their mutual enemy. The Rose considers the idea as their operations have never been in conflict. However, Hammerhead has the idea that he would be the leader of this new organization and would make the Rose his second in command. The Rose tells Hammerhead that he would consider the offer. Before leaving, Hammerhead warns the Rose to make up his mind soon, as he will not be able to maintain his neutrality as soon the gang war will soon affect him as well. After Hammerhead leaves, the Rose and his lieutenants agree that siding with Hammerhead could be beneficial especially if he and the Arranger kill each other, however, the prospect of being second in command under Hammerhead is unappealing. That's when they get a phone call informing them that one of the Rose's gambling operations was hit by the Blue Boys. The Rose tells his men to contact the Hobgoblin to deal with the Blue Boys. Going into his private room, the Rose laments about being dragged down to the level of the other crime bosses. Attempting to figure out how to navigate this situation, the Rose decides the best way to do this is without his mask.
Notes:
-Signed By: Michael Zeck on 09/14/2018
-Signed By: Bob McLeod on 09/14/2018
-There are multiple references to the Kingpin being absent from the New York City crime scene. This was after his minions lost confidence in him due to his obsessions with Daredevil, as seen in Daredevil #233.
Quotes:
"What's the difference between you and them?!" -Spider-Man
"The difference is I'm right and they're dead!" -The Punisher
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Amazing Spider-Man 293 |
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Amazing Spider-Man 293 Signature |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
1432418002
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Owner Comments
October, 1987
"Crawling"
J.M. DeMatteis - Writer
Mike Zeck - Penciler
Mike Zeck & Bob McLeod - Cover Artists
Bob McLeod - Inker
Janet Jackson - Colorist
Rick Parker - Letterer
Jim Salicrup - Editor
Jim Shooter - Editor-in-Chief
Synopsis:
After burying Spider-Man in the ground, Kraven dons a copy of Spider-Man's costume. On the rainy streets of New York, Vermin claims the life of a young woman. Mary Jane waits for her newlywed husband and becomes worried. Kraven, calling himself "the Spider," jumps across the buildings of New York, seeking to become a "better" Spider-Man. To complete his metamorphosis with the Spider, Kraven drinks from a "sacred essence" of herbs and roots.
Vermin sees a picture of Spider-Man on the newspaper and starts to remember how the masked vigilante humiliated him. Vermin decides to come out of hiding, but retreats at the sight of a spider. Mary Jane goes out to search for her husband. Two men street call her names and run after her. The Spider saves her by brutally attacking the two men, although MJ realizes this "Spider-Man" is not Peter.
Notes:
- Signed By: J.M. DeMatteis on 04/30/2017
- Signed By: Mike Zeck on 04/30/2017
- Signed By: Bob McLeod on 04/30/2017
- Signed By: Jim Salicrup on 04/30/2017
- Signed By: Rick Parker on 04/30/2017
- Part 2 of "Kraven's Last Hunt"
- Continued in Comic: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 1 131
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Amazing Spider-Man 294 |
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Amazing Spider-Man 294 Signature |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
1432418006
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Owner Comments
November, 1987
"Thunder"
J.M. DeMatteis - Writer
Mike Zeck - Penciler
Mike Zeck & Bob McLeod - Cover Artists
Bob McLeod - Inker
Janet Jackson - Colorist
Rick Parker - Letterer
Jim Salicrup - Editor
Jim Shooter - Editor-in-Chief
Synopsis:
Spider-Man has emerged from his grave, discovering that Kraven's drug kept him immobilized there for two weeks. Spider-Man arrives and confronts the Hunter. Kraven refuses to fight, saying that by "killing" and impersonating the web-slinger, he has proven his superiority.
Re-donning his own costume, he leads Spider-Man to the caged Vermin, then releases him, goading him into attacking Spider-Man. At first Spider-Man fights back but then backs off, refusing to play Kraven's game. However Vermin overwhelms him. Kraven forces Vermin off Spider-Man and lets him flee. Promising to never hunt again. Kraven helps the wounded Spider-Man up, urging him to follow Vermin. Feeling release, Kraven shoots himself with a hunting rifle, falling back into a coffin, dead.
Notes:
- Signed By: J.M. DeMatteis on 04/30/2017
- Signed By: Mike Zeck on 04/30/2017
- Signed By: Bob McLeod on 04/30/2017
- Signed By: Jim Salicrup on 04/30/2017
- Signed By: Rick Parker on 04/30/2017
- Part 5 of "Kraven's Last Hunt"
- Concluded in Comic: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 1 132
Trivia:
"Death" of Kraven The Hunter
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Amazing Spider-Man 297 |
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Amazing Spider-Man 297 Signature |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
1608203001
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Owner Comments
February, 1988
"I'll Take Manhattan!"
David Michelinie - Writer
Alex Saviuk - Penciler
Vince Colletta - Inkers
Alex Saviuk - Cover Artist
Janet Jackson - Colourist
Rick Parker - Letterer
Jim Salicrup - Editor
Tom DeFalco - Editor in Chief
Synopsis:
Spider-Man tests his new web-shooters and accidentally webs up a man walking his dog. Arriving home, Peter must jump in the shower to keep a visiting Aunt May from seeing him in costume. At a New Jersey airfield. Ock murders Eddie, a chopper pilot, having his man Martin take his place. At the Bugle, Joe Robertson overhears Peter complaining of his financial problems and suggests he find better paying work. Spidey disrupts a high society penthouse robbery but accidentally destroys a priceless Senkevich painting in the process. Meanwhile, Ock attacks a military base and steals a canister containing a deadly bacillus. Hearing of this, Spidey tracks Ock to a World Trade Center office and attacks, causing Ock to go catatonic. Discovering that only Ock has the code phrases to stop Martin from releasing the bacillus tram the helicopter, Spidey allows the tentacles to defeat him. Seeing this, Ock shakes his catatonia. Badly beaten-up, Spidey convinces him to recall the helicopter so that he will have living witnesses to his triumph. At home, Peter comforts himself that suffering a humiliating defeat saved millions of lives.
Notes:
Signed by: Alex Saviuk on 05/27/2018.
Trivia:
Cover is a homage to Amazing Spider-Man #53.
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Amazing Spider-Man 298 |
| Item: |
Amazing Spider-Man 298 Signature |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
1404524008
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Owner Comments
March, 1988
"Chance Encounter"
David Michelinie - Writer
Todd McFarlane - Penciler
Todd McFarlane - Cover Artist
Bob McLeod - Inker
Janet Jackson - Colorist
Rick Parker, Ken Lopez - Letterers
Jim Salicrup - Editor
Tom DeFalco - Editor-in-Chief
Synopsis:
Chance murders government witness Orin Concardi for Roland Treece who recommends him to Life Foundation head Carlton Drake. From her Cloisters photo shoot, MJ leaves a phone message for Peter that they may get a condo at the exclusive Bedford Towers. At the Bugle. Peter makes a deal with Joy Mercado to shoot pictures and take notes of a foreign arms shipment at Pier 17. Back at their apartment, Peter greets Mary Jane as a scantily clad Chippendale dancer, except MJ has Sandy with her. Drake contacts Chance, hiring him to steal the Pier 17 shipment. When Chance attacks, Spider-Man engages him, forcing him to flee, though the munitions are successfully stolen. Spider-Man tags him with a spider-tracer. Back at the Life Foundation, Drake renders Chance unconscious. As Pete returns to MJ, a man in a South Bronx building vows revenge on Spider-Man as a black substance oozes over his hands.
Notes:
- Signed by: Todd McFarlane on 08/24/2013
- Signed by: David Michelinie on 08/24/2013
- 1st Todd McFarlane Amazing Spider-Man
- 1st Eddie Brock in Cameo
Trivia:
- A copy of this issue was torn up in the 1988 film Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
- The cover of this issue is one of the 21 that appears in the comic gallery from the Sega CD version of the video game The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin.
Quotes:
"The darkness that blankets this city is nothing. Nothing! Not compared to the shroud that Spider-Man pulled over me! He stole my life... shattered it... then cast it aside like yesterday's news! So it is only fitting, only fair, that I do the same to him! And I will. Very... very... soon!" -Venom
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Amazing Spider-Man 299 |
| Item: |
Amazing Spider-Man 299 Signature |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
1404524007
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Owner Comments
April, 1988
"Survival of the Hittist!"
David Michelinie - Writer
Todd McFarlane - Penciler
Todd McFarlane - Cover Artist
Bob McLeod - Inker
Bob Sharen - Colorist
Rick Parker - Letterer
Jim Salicrup - Editor
Tom DeFalco - Editor-in-Chief
Synopsis:
Spidey stops the truck that triggers his spider-sense but once the driver says he's working for Carlton Drake, a policeman chases Spidey off. However, the truck contains Carlton Drake, Life Foundation members, and an unconscious Chance. At home, Peter meets Estelle, MJ's maid. As the truck arrives at Sanctum Maximus, the Foundation's fortified New Jersey hideout, Pete and MJ go clubbing and chat with Eddie Murphy and Paul Shaffer whom MJ knows. Drake tells Chance they want the secret of his weaponry. The next day, Peter researches Drake and discovers the hideout's location. There, Spidey discovers the stolen munitions and a shackled Chance, who tells him the Life Foundation is a radical survivalist group. Spidey releases him, and the pair unite to beat back the Foundations' private army. Drake and the Board escape while Chance ignites the munitions, destroying the Sanctum. Meanwhile, MJ comes home to find a burly man in a black Spidey suit waiting for her.
Notes:
- Signed by: Todd McFarlane on 08/24/2013
- Signed by: David Michelinie on 08/24/2013
- Venom Cameo Appearance
Trivia:
A copy of this issue was featured in the bowling alley scene in the feature film Elvira Mistress of the Dark. The comic was torn in half during the scene.
Quotes:
"Hi, honey... I'm home!" -Venom
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| Slot: |
Amazing Spider-Man 300 |
| Item: |
Amazing Spider-Man 300 Signature |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
1404524001
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Owner Comments
May, 1988
"Venom"
David Michelinie - Writer
Todd McFarlane - Penciler
Todd McFarlane - Cover Artist
Bob McLeod - Inker
Bob Sharen - Colorist
Rick Parker - Letterer
Jim Salicrup - Editor
Tom DeFalco - Editor-in-Chief
Synopsis:
After 'Venom' surprised Mary Jane at her apartment last issue she is in total shock. Peter comes back and tries to help her get her thoughts together. He knows that Mary Jane is quite a tough woman, so whatever did this to her must have been really horrible.
Mary Jane can't stay at the apartment that night because it scares her so much so her and Peter stay in a hotel that night. She then tells Peter that they can move into the luxury Beford Towers. Mary Jane has the idea to get some pre- move pictures so Peter swings (literally) over to his old Chelsea Street apartment to get his camera...and the Fantastic Four's sonic blaster for the symbiote.
As he's walking out, someone's following him. So he ducks into an alley and swings off as Spider-Man to get away.
While Peter is having dinner at Aunt May's, we go to Our Lady Of The Saints Church where a man talking to himself until a security guard tells him to stop because he broke in. But all of a sudden the black symbiote comes over the man and he kills the guard despite not wanting to. "But nothing can in the way of our plans! Nothing will!" he says.
Meanwhile, at the new Parker residence, some of their friends are helping out moving stuff into their new apartment. Peter's talking to Robbie Robertson out on the balcony when he see's the symbiote swinging past and rushes off!
Spidey follows the symbiote to an abandoned building where they fight for a bit until Venom reveals his identity as Eddie Brock! An origin story follows that tells of Brock being a journalist for the Daily Globe and writing articles about the Sin Eater a few months back. He says he got a call from a man claiming to be the Sin Eater! Of course, Brock writes a story about it but when Spider-Man reveals that really Stan Carter was the Sin Eater Brock was fired, The Globe was a laughing stock and his peers questioned his ethics. And Brock blamed Spider-Man for all this, if he hadn't of butted in, none of this would've happened...
Then, just as he was about to commit suicide, he was asking for forgiveness at the Lady Of Our Saints Church when the symbiote fell down onto him! They were joined...and he knew everything about Spider-Man! So now Brock had the power to destroy his most hated enemy.
Back in the present, Spider-Man is just about to jump for the sonic blaster when they start fighting again! Spider-Man thinks he's knocked out Venom with a steel girder so he decides to go off, think of a new plan when all of a sudden he's swung back into the building by Venom and knocked out!
When he wakes up, Spider-Man finds himself in a huge web ball inside the bell of Our Lady Of Saints Church! Venom is going to kill him with extreme sound from the bell. The clapper starts and only Spider-Man's super-strength saves him the first few times, but he can't keep it up for any longer. So he holds on to the bell and that rips him out of the web ball! So now it's for Round Two with Venom.
They start fighting on the roof of the church when Spidey devises a plan. The symbiote must have a limited amount of webbing; and it must of used most of it to make the huge web ball, so if Spidey kicked Venom off he would shoot webbing up to save him, but if cut the webbing (with a bit of sharp roofing he found), Venom's webbing reserves would deplete! So he goes ahead with the plan and it works. Brock falls but is still alive, along with the symbiote. So Spidey takes them both (they're knocked out) to the Fantastic Four headquarters where they are kept in a special tank until a special prison cell can be made for them at the Vault.
And soon, Peter is at home talking to Mary Jane. She says she doesn't like Peter wearing the black costume, it brings back the terror of Venom sneaking up on her, and Peter agrees. So, Peter ditches the black costume and put's on the good ol' Red And Blues! And as the last page says: "The Legend Begins Anew!".
Notes:
- Signed by: Todd McFarlane on 08/24/2013
- Signed by: David Michelinie on 08/24/2013
- Origin & 1st Full appearance of Venom
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Amazing Spider-Man 301 |
| Item: |
Amazing Spider-Man 301 Signature |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
1404524009
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Owner Comments
June, 1988
"The Sable Gauntlet!"
David Michelinie - Writer
Todd McFarlane - Penciler
Todd McFarlane - Cover Artist
Bob McLeod - Inker
Gregory Wright - Colorist
Rick Parker - Letterer
Jim Salicrup - Editor
Tom DeFalco - Editor-in-Chief
Synopsis:
Supposedly, Franz Kraus hired Silver Sable to test a security system. But when Kraus turns out to be a neo-Nazi, Spider-Man smells a rat!
Notes:
- Signed by: Todd McFarlane on 08/24/2013
- Signed by: David Michelinie on 08/24/2013
- Rumor has it that there was a staple problem with the vast majority of this print run. As of the most recent CGC census report: Of the 500 books that have been submitted for CGC grading, only 49 have received the grade of 9.8.
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Amazing Spider-Man 302 |
| Item: |
Amazing Spider-Man 302 Signature |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
1240380002
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Owner Comments
July, 1988
"(Mid)American Gothic!"
David Michelinie - Writer
Todd McFarlane - Penciler
Todd McFarlane - Cover Artist
Todd McFarlane - Inker
Gregory Wright - Colorist
Rick Parker - Letterer
Jim Salicrup - Editor
Tom DeFalco - Editor-in-Chief
Synopsis:
Spider-Man meets Wes Cassady a construction foreman who gained powers after being bitten by a radioactive Jack Rabbit.
Notes:
- Signed by: Todd McFarlane on 12/13/2016
- This issue contains a letters page, The Spider's Web. Letters are published from Tom Dohman, Dave Pfeil, Chris Stencil, Jack Sutor, Vincent Schmitt, Mike Aragona, Jermoy Mson, Jason Russell, and David Metz. The letters page also contains Salicrup's Section with a letter from Tim L. Lyman and a response from Jim Salicrup.
Quotes:
“New York is my home. My friends are here. My career is, too. I don't know if I could give all that up. Even to make a dream come true.” -Mary Jane Watson
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Amazing Spider-Man 303 |
| Item: |
Amazing Spider-Man 303 Signature |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
1409374008
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Owner Comments
August, 1988
"Dock Savage"
David Michelinie - Writer
Todd McFarlane - Penciler
Todd McFarlane - Cover Artist
Todd McFarlane - Inker
Bob Sharen - Colorist
Rick Parker - Letterer
Jim Salicrup - Editor
Tom DeFalco - Editor-in-Chief
Synopsis:
Spidey can't decide whether to take the Kansas job or not. At the Symkarian Embassy, Sandman demonstrates his prowess but Sable wants additional help against Franz Kraus. At the Bugle, JJJ shows Peter an ad from Sable seeking Spider-Man. Spidey appears at the Symkarian Embassy and takes the job, requiring him to case Kraus' neo-Nazi headquarters. There, Spidey finds crates filled with heroin, which Kraus plans to sell to the Kingpin to finance a new Central American Nazi state. When Sable and Sandman choose to take on the Nazi army alone, Spidey reluctantly joins them. The trio defeats the army and Sable captures Kraus, then reports to her employer Jason Pruett (see ASM #301, '88). Peter heads home where MJ tells him she is going house-hunting in Kansas. Peter tells her he has decided to stay in New York and go back to school. In a Manhattan office, three men discuss Peter's Spider-Man photos, declaring, "Peter Parker will belong to us!"
Notes:
- Signed by: Todd McFarlane on 05/24/2016
- Signed by: David Michelinie on 08/24/2013
- This issue features a letters page, The Spider's Web. Letters are published from Marc Bailey, Jason Friend, Chris Glaser, and Kurt Stichler.
- The new Spider-Man cover logo, which debuted last issue, is also presented as interior art on Page 14, panel 3.
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Amazing Spider-Man 304 |
| Item: |
Amazing Spider-Man 304 Signature |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
1409374004
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Owner Comments
September, 1988
"California Schemin!"
David Michelinie - Writer
Todd McFarlane - Penciler
Joe Rubinstein - Inkers
Todd McFarlane - Cover Artist
Tom DeFalco - Editor in Chief
Synopsis:
Mr. Wilton of WiltonBooks tells Peter he has the rights, from JJJ, to publish a book of his Daily Bugle Spidey photos. He wants Peter to tour with the book, and will pay $25,000 in royalties. Peter tells MJ the tour begins in LA and she decides to join him. In Beverly Hills, the Black Fox takes up residence in the vacationing Mr. & Mrs. Osgood Hempstead's empty mansion. Outside their apartment, MJ & Pete meet Bedford Towers owner Jonathon Caesar. In LA, Ginny Edwards meets Pete & MJ. She has arranged invitations to a charity gala showcasing the Valencia Chalice, a priceless artifact recently discovered by Transcorp but first they go to Disneyland. That evening at the gala, Pete spots the Black Fox who steals the Chalice. Spidey pursues him but accidentally wanders back into the party. MJ covers, introducing him as a special guest of the book tour. As the Fox prepares to depart, the Prowler appears, demanding the Chalice for himself.
Notes:
- Signed by: Todd McFarlane on 05/24/2016
- Signed by: David Michelinie on 08/24/2013
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| Slot: |
Amazing Spider-Man 305 |
| Item: |
Amazing Spider-Man 305 Signature |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1603366002
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Owner Comments
September, 1988
"Westward Woe!"
David Michelinie - Writer
Todd McFarlane - Penciler
Joe Rubinstein, Jim Sanders, Mark McKenna, Ken Lopez, Rodney Ramos, Pat Redding, Chris Ivy, & Hector Collazo - Inkers
Todd McFarlane - Cover Artist
Gregory Wright - Colurist
Rick Parker - Letterer
Jim Salicrup - Editor
Tom DeFalco - Editor in Chief
Synopsis:
The Black Fox is attempting to steal the Valencia Chalice from a Los Angeles gala. Having evaded capture from Spider-Man, the Black Fox thought he was going to make a clean getaway when he was stopped by the Prowler, who has come for the chalice himself. Where is Spider-Man in all this? He was on a book tour as Peter Parker to promote the release of his new book "Webs". While chasing the Black Fox as Spider-Man, he ended up running into the main ballroom of the gala and has been held back by autograph-hungry guests.[Continuity 1] Spider-Man suffers it long enough but eventually pulls himself away so he can go after the Black Fox. He drops in on the Prowler and the Black Fox just as the thief was agreeing to give the chalice over to the Prowler. The Prowler orders Spider-Man to stay out of the situation. As the two trade blows, the Black Fox tries to make his escape by tossing a smoke bomb allowing him to escape with the chalice. Spider-Man demands to know why the Prowler is trying to steal the artifact as well and learns that Transcorp put him up to this, and if he doesn't recover the chalice, his wife Mindy will end up in jail. He asks Spider-Man for his help, and Spider-Man decides to let the Prowler go as he has always been straight with him. He agrees to meet with the Prowler later at the Algonquin Hotel before departing himself.
Notes:
- Signed by: Todd McFarlane on 06/12/2018
- Among the guests is actress Glen Close.
- This late-night television show is identified as the Johnny Carson show. There are depictions of Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon. The intended guest actor Charles Nelson Reilly had canceled.
- This ship is identified as the Queen Elizabeth, this should also be considered a topical reference, particularly since the ship was retired in 2008.
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| Slot: |
Amazing Spider-Man 306 |
| Item: |
Amazing Spider-Man 306 Signature |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1235900002
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