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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published August 1995
Cover Price 3.95
Pages 68
Editing Bob Budiansky (editor-in-chief), Danny Fingeroth (group editor), Tom Brevoort

Cover Details

Characters Venom, Spider-Man, Scarlet Spider, symbiotes
Genre superhero
Pencils Kyle Hotz
Inks Kyle Hotz

22 page Spider-Man story "Planet of the Symbiotes, Chapter 3: Monsterworld!"

Characters Spider-Man, Scarlet Spider, Venom, Mary Jane Parker, symbiotes, Carnage (as Cletus Kasady)
Synopsis Spider-Man, the Scarlet Spider and Eddie Brock are transported to a planet populated by symbiotes, where they learn of the aliens' plan to invade Earth
Genre superhero
Script David Michelinie
Pencils Kyle Hotz
Inks Armando Gil
Colors Tom Smith
Letters Bill Oakley; NJQ
Notes Story continued from Spider-Man Super Special 1; story continued in The Spectacular Spider-Man Super Special 1

10 page Spider-Man story "Things Undreamt Of..."

Characters Spider-Man, Capt. Jean DeWolf, Mary Jane Parker
Synopsis Spider-Man, while under the control of the alien symbiote, stops a gang of gun thieves and has an encounter with Jean DeWolff
Genre superhero
Script Dan Slott
Pencils Mark Bagley
Inks Arne Starr
Colors Joe Andreani
Letters Jim Novak
Notes The first nine pages of this story take place during the story in Amazing Spider-Man 256

22 page Scarlet Spider story "Creatures on the Loose [Growing Pains, Part 3]"

Characters Scarlet Spider, Lizard, Strongarm, Dr. Noah Purl, Gabrielle Greer, Martha Connors, Toni Moore (intro), Rick (Red) Barron (intro)
Synopsis As the Lizard moves closer to New York City, the Scarlet Spider rescues people trapped in a high-rise fire
Genre superhero
Script Terry Kavanagh
Pencils Kevin J. West
Inks Hector Collazo
Colors Chia Chi Wang
Letters Ken Lopez
Notes Story continued from Spider-Man Super Special 1; story continued in The Spectacular Spider-Man Super Special 1

Cover Details - "The Lizard Lives!"

Characters Scarlet Spider; Lizard's hand
Genre superhero
Pencils Joe St. Pierre
Inks Mark Buckingham
Letters Typeset
Notes Flip cover (published upside-down in relation to the first cover)