The Amazing Spider-Man #298 — Original cover

The Amazing Spider-Man #298 collection

The Amazing Spider-Man #298

Original cover

Original The Amazing Spider-Man #298 cover, establishing this lineage.

Cover artist
Todd McFarlane
Publisher
Marvel Comics
Published
November 10, 1987
Cover characters
Spider-Man (Peter Parker), Chance (Nicholas Powell)
Homage to
The Amazing Spider-Man #298
Research status
Verified
Homage type
Original cover
Catalog ID
asm298-0000

Edition details

Research notes and sources

March 1988 cover date; actual on-sale date 1987-11-10. Cover pencils and inks by Todd McFarlane; Bob McLeod’s issue interior inks must not be misassigned to the cover. Clean archival digital reproduction at native 1073×1650, original 75-cent cover dress and bright white paper; official Marvel page unavailable during retrieval. No exterior background or yellowed paper. Chance fires at black-suited Spider-Man in a sweeping diagonal clash; this is the first McFarlane Amazing Spider-Man cover.

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