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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published 1995
Cover Price 3.95
Pages 68
Editing Bob Budiansky (editor-in-chief), Tom Brevoort
Notes gold ink used on cover

Cover Details

Characters Spider-Man, Carnage, Venom
Pencils Steve Lightle
Inks Steve Lightle
Notes gold ink used on cover

Cover Details

Characters Scarlet Spider, Lizard
Pencils Joe St. Pierre
Inks Randy Emberlin
Notes flip cover (published upside-down in relation to the first cover); gold ink used on cover

22 page Spider-Man story "Mortal Victory [Planet of the Symbiotes, Conclusion]"

Characters Spider-Man, Scarlet Spider, Venom, Carnage, Mary Jane Parker, symbiotes (all die)
Synopsis Spider-Man, the Scarlet Spider and Venom fight both the alien symbiotes and a Carnage grown to monstrous proportions
Genre superhero
Script David Michelinie
Pencils Steve Lightle
Inks Steve Lightle
Colors Marianne Lightle, Malibu (computer color)
Letters Bill Oakley, NJQ
Notes Story continued from The Spectacular Spider-Man Super Special 1

10 page Black Cat story "Cat & Robbers"

Characters Black Cat, Leather and Lace (intro), Flash Thompson, Mikkal (intro), Cinda
Synopsis The Black Cat intervenes in an attempted robbery when she spots her ex-boyfriend on the premises
Genre superhero
Script Karl Kesel
Pencils Patrick Zircher
Inks Jeff Albrecht
Colors Tom Smith, Malibu (computer color)
Letters Jim Novak

22 page Scarlet Spider story "Growing Pains--Part 5: Where Monsters Dwell"

Characters Scarlet Spider, Lizard, Strongarm, Dr. Noah Purl, Gabrielle Greer, Toni Moore, Rick (Red) Barron
Synopsis The Scarlet Spider and Strongarm join forces to trap the Lizard
Genre superhero
Script Terry Kavanagh
Pencils Roger Robinson
Inks Saleem Crawford
Colors Chia Chi Wang, Malibu (computer color)
Letters Loretta Krol
Notes Story continued from The Spectacular Spider-Man Super Special 1