The Amazing Spider-Man 1963 #345 Direct ed. - back issue - $8.00

Through Silver Sable (and without his knowledge of who the real boss is), Justin Hammer hires Spider-Man to take down Cardiac and then hires Boomerang to take down Spider-Man. Eddie Brock is freed from prison by the Venom symbiote, but as he leaves his cell, a little drip from the costume stays behind to keep Cletus Kasady company.

• Gun from the Heart! - Origin of Carnage.
• - Letters from Dr. P.A. Dating, Brad Leverton, Daniel Phillip Barer, Chad Sokolowski, and Pat Maloney.
• - Total No. Copies Printed (net press run): Average no. of copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 489,589. Single issue nearest to filing date: 529,251.