Amazing Spider-Man #298 CGC 9.0 WP 1st cameo appearance of Venom, 1st appearance of Carlton Drake and Life Foundation, 1st Todd McFarlane cover on title

Why it's Hot:

• 1st cameo appearance of Venom, creeping over Eddie Brock's hands
• First cover art by Todd McFarlane on the Amazing Spider-Man title
• 1st team appearance of the Life Foundation led by Carlton Drake
• 1st appearance of Carlton Drake who discovered there were five symbiote seeds that could be extracted from the Venom symbiote
• White Pages

Synopsis:

CHANCE ENCOUNTER Put together an arms shipment, terrorists, and the high-rolling mercenary called Chance, and what have you got? You've got pretty big trouble for everyone's favorite wall-crawler in "Chance Encounter"!