Data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license.

Issue Details

Issue #431
Published February 1998
Cover Price 1.99 USD; 2.80 CAD
Pages 38
Editing Ralph Macchio; Matt Hicks (assistant)

Cover Details

Characters Spider-Man; Carnage
Genre Superhero
Pencils Tom Lyle
Inks Bud LaRosa

2 page Spider-Man recap "Recap"

Genre Superhero
Notes Recap of prior stories and list of characters for this story. This is on the inside of the gatefold cover. Design by Comicraft's John Marasigan and Jason Medley.

23 page Spider-Man story "The Carnage Cosmic"

Characters Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Silver Surfer [Norrid Radd]; Mary Jane Watson-Parker; Edwin Jarvis; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson; Martha Robertson; Shantal; Jill Stacy; Villain: Carnage [Cletus Kasady]
Synopsis Cletus Kasady's been diagnosed with cancer, so now he really has nothing at all to lose and he's decided to take on the whole world! Too big a job for even that maniac, you cry? Too bad, Carnage has the stolen power of the Silver Surfer! This sounds like too big a job for our little arachnid to handle, but his name's on the masthead, so it looks like he'll have to! [per next issue box]
Genre Superhero
Script Tom DeFalco
Pencils Joe Bennett
Inks Bud LaRosa
Colors Bob Sharen
Letters Richard Starkings; Comicraft's Kiff Scholl

1 page letters page "The Spider's Web"

Letters Typeset
Notes Letters from readers.