*Marvel: If you’re looking for really nice copies of Amazing Spider-Man for your collection, then look no further than the Totally Amazing Spider-Man Collection. All high grade; even the few that fall below VF (and most are above) are really good-looking copies – no duds here, and nearly all cents copies. There are few more significant debuts in the latter days of the 20th Century than that of cuddly brain-sucking symbiote Venom, who graduated from being a genetically modified costume in a jar to the fully-fledged Emperor of Spidey’s Rogue’s Gallery! ‘The Venom Trilogy’, is Amazing Spider-Man #298-300, leading up to the first full appearance of Venom. Having debuted in Secret Wars #8 as a semi-sentient blob which configured itself into Spider-Man’s new costume, the ‘symbiote’ became a regular feature in Spidey’s own series before being revealed as a malevolent alien parasite which disclosed its true agenda in these very issues! #298 is the first brief appearance of Eddie Brock (the man who would become Venom) and the beginning of Todd MacFarlane’s run as artist; #299 features the first cameo of Venom himself and the big one, #300 is the first ‘Full Venom’.
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#298 VF £60 Brilliant white cover, tight staples, white pages. Just a couple of short creases at base of spine, not breaking colour.
#299 VF £75 Brilliant white cover, tight staples, white pages. Just a couple of short creases at base of spine, and on corner of back cover, not breaking colour.
#300 VF/NM £475 Excellent cover with vivid colour. Brilliant white pages, tight staples, sharp copy with square corners. Only the tiniest dink mark at the top of the spine (less than 0.5 cm, not breaking colour) stops this grading even higher. Unlike a lot of copies we’ve seen, the right edge on this one is sharp and not bluntly guillotined. Near perfect.