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Publishers / Marvel / The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) / #361
361April 1992
$1.25; 1.50 CAD; 0.70 GBP

The Amazing Spider-Man #361

Marvel · April 1992 · on sale February 11, 1992

3 variants
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Identification plate

Series
The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue
#361
Publication date
April 1992
Key date
April 1992
On-sale date
February 11, 1992
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics
Price
$1.25; 1.50 CAD; 0.70 GBP
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

From the editorial file The first full appearance of Carnage, April 1992, after a last-page cameo in #360. The defining symbiote key of the nineties.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Carnage Part Onecover1pencils: Mark Bagley; inks: Randy EmberlinSpider-Man [Peter Parker]; Carnage
1Savage Genesis!comic story23script: David Michelinie; pencils: Mark Bagley; inks: Randy Emberlin; colors: Bob Sharen; letters: Joe RosenSpider-Man [Peter Parker]; Aunt May Parker; Mary Jane Parker; Carnage [Cletus Kasady] (first full appearance, villain); Venom [Eddie Brock] (cameo); Chip; Professor Evert
2-in-house column1script: Stan LeeSpider-Man

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Second Printingprice 1.25 USD; 1.50 CAD
Newsstandprice 1.25 USD; 1.50 CAD; barcode 00928102457604
Australianprice 1.80 AUD; barcode 07148602457610

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Spider-Man: Carnage #[nn]
ISBN 0-87135-971-5; 978-0-87135-971-1		1993On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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