The Amazing Spider-Man #429 for Sale - First Appearance of Carolyn Trainer - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue: #429
Publication date: December 1997
Key date: 1997-12-00
On-sale date: 1997-10-08
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $1.99; 2.80 CAD
Pages: 38
Barcode: 75960602457542911
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Carolyn Trainer - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Absorbing Man Regrets...	cover	1	pencils: John Romita Jr.; inks: Scott Hanna	Absorbing Man, Peter Parker, Spider-Man
1	Recap	recap	2
2	The Price!	comic story	23	script: Tom DeFalco; pencils: Joe Bennett; inks: LaRosa, Milgrom; colors: Bob Sharen; letters: Comicraft's Kiff Scholl	Absorbing Man, Beast, Crusher Creel, Daredevil, Doctor Octopus, Nate Grey, Professor Mark Howard, J. Jonah Jameson, Logan, Mary MacPherran, Hank McCoy, Matt Murdock, Foggy Nelson, Otto Octavius
3	-	letters page	1.67	letters: typeset
4	-	statement of ownership	0.33	script: Armida Fuentes

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 1.99 USD; 2.70 CAD; barcode 07447002457612

Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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