David Michelinie

Marvel Nov 1986

Web of Spider-Man #20

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Specialty border printed on select covers published in November 1986 celebrating Marvel's 25th Anniversary or more precisely, the 25th year since Fantastic Four #1 was published in November 1961
Marvel Dec 1987

Iron Man #225

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Part one of the Armor Wars story arc that runs through #231
Tony Stark examines the battlesuit technology of a criminal named The Force to discover that it is top secret, Stark circuitry that powers the armor
Rhodes and Stark investigate who stole the tech and discover a villain named Spymaster was the culprit who sold it to Justin Hammer
Stark wears the Silver Centurion armor while battling Stilt Man and the Controller
[December 2020 - Don Cheadle will return as War Machine for an Armor Wars series coming to Disney+]
Marvel Jan 1988

Iron Man #225

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Reprint of Iron Man #225, part one of Armor Wars
Distributed in Marvel Universe: Silver Centurion vs. Mandarin action figure comic packs
Marvel Feb 1988

Iron Man #227

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Armor Wars part three
Cameo appearances by multiple celebrities from the 1980s: Don Johnson, Hulk Hogan, Donald Trump, Lionel Ritchie, Michael J Fox, Tina Turner and George Wendt
Stark battles S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Mandroids, exo-armor designed by Stark worn by national defense soldiers
Marvel Mar 1988

Amazing Spider-Man #298

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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
Marvel Apr 1988

Amazing Spider-Man #299

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2nd cameo appearance of Venom
⚠️ Debatable Firsts: Todd McFarlane explains in an interview that he considers The Amazing Spider-Man #299 the first full appearance of Venom but various comic book resources cite The Amazing Spider-Man #300
The Amazing Spider-Man #299 was used as a prop in the film, Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988)

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