*Marvel: Amazing Spider-Man #252, like many Secret Wars ‘epilogue’ issues, featured a major ‘twist’ only explained retroactively. In Spidey’s case, it was a dramatic black & white costume which would eventually be revealed as an alien symbiote, which in turn would evolve into Venom, who eclipsed most longer-established villains to become Spidey’s crucial nemesis for the modern era. Although the first appearance of the symbiote in internal continuity was Secret Wars #8, its joint debut in real time was this very issue. But please take note — this is a low grade cheap copy, with some crumpling, blunt corners, lots of spine ticks and colour-breaking creases across the top and bottom right corners, including a small chip out at the bottom right. Nice as a gap filler, but not an investment collectable copy.
PICTURED: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #252 FA/GD £20 SOLD