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Cover: Mark Bagley

Ultimate Spider-Man #38

May 2003 · Marvel · 2.25 USD; 3.75 CAD
📊 ~111,218 copies sold its debut month
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“Still; [Father's Pride]”

Venom looms over a struggling Spider-Man in this 2003 installment of Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley's Ultimate Spider-Man, the massive symbiote-clad figure clutching the wall-crawler in what looks like an inescapable grip. Bagley's cover rendering captures both characters in dynamic, twisting poses against a deep crimson backdrop, making the size difference between the two feel genuinely threatening. Subtitled "Father's Pride," this issue promises the kind of personal, emotionally charged storytelling that made this run such a compelling reinvention of the Spider-Man mythos.

writer Brian Michael Bendis · artist Mark Bagley · inker Art Thibert · colorist Transparency Digital · letterer Chris Eliopoulos · cover Mark Bagley

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Cast · 4 characters

Eddie BrockEddie Brock Jr.Richard ParkerSpider-Man

Full credits

writer Brian Michael Bendis
artist Mark Bagley
inker Art Thibert
colorist Transparency Digital
letterer Chris Eliopoulos
cover pencils, inks Mark Bagley

Reprints

Reprinted in Ultimate Spider-Man #3 (2003), Ultimate Spider-Man #6 (2003), Ultimate Spider-Man #20 (2003), Ultimate Spider-Man Collection #[nn] (2004), Marvel Millennium #27 (2004), Ultimate Spider-Man: Venom #[nn] (2008), Ultimate Spider-Man: Ultimate Collection #3 (2010), Ultimate Spider-Man Omnibus #1 (2012), Spider-man vs Venom #[nn] (2021), Mega Marvel #4/2004

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