{"id":959,"date":"2010-07-28T10:53:57","date_gmt":"2010-07-28T17:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/?p=959"},"modified":"2010-07-28T10:54:28","modified_gmt":"2010-07-28T17:54:28","slug":"glow-in-the-dark-comics-7-venom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/glow-in-the-dark-comics-7-venom\/","title":{"rendered":"Glow in the Dark Comics #7 Venom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"b18d58\">During the speculator boom in the 1990s comic book market, publishers enhanced comic covers to increase sales. These gimmicks included shiny foil, holograms and even pop-ups! But, one of the coolest enhancements was the glow in the dark cover. Let&#8217;s shed some light on the subject, shall we?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blogimages\/venom-enemy-within-1.gif\" alt=\"Venom: the Enemy Within #1 glows in the dark\" title =\"Venom: the Enemy Within #1 glows in the dark\"align=\"left\" \/><b><u>Publisher<\/u><\/b>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/stores.ebay.com\/CyberspaceComics_Marvel-Comics_W0QQ_fsubZ19879011QQ_scZ1QQ_sidZ13296653QQ_sopZ1QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322\">Marvel Comics<\/a><br \/><b><u>Cover Date<\/u><\/b>: February 1994<br \/><b><u>Cover Price<\/u><\/b>: $2.95<\/p>\n<p><strong>Venom<\/strong>&#8216;s popularity in the 1990s was at an all-time high. Capitalizing on this surge, Marvel released his very own mini series, entitled <em>Venom: Lethal Protector<\/em>. It sold well enough to warrant a second series but, rather than greenlight an ongoing series, Marvel continued to feature Venom in mini-series after mini-series. This was previously unheard of! Precedent established that if a limited series sold well enough, an ongoing series would follow. Venom broke this trend with well over 15 different mini-series. It was a smart move for Marvel because they were able to capitalize on a new #1 issue every few months and they commonly armed each potential blockbuster with a cover enhancement. The weapon of choice for <em>Venom: the Enemy Within <\/em>(which guest-starred Morbius the Living Vampire) was a glow in the dark cover!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">On Ebay<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/stores.ebay.com\/CyberspaceComics__W0QQ_sacatZCyberspaceComicsQQ_sidZ13296653?_nkw=%22venom%22&amp;submit=Search&amp;LH_TitleDesc=1\" target=\"_blank\">Venom<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the speculator boom in the 1990s comic book market, publishers enhanced comic covers to increase sales. These gimmicks included shiny foil, holograms and even pop-ups! But, one of the coolest enhancements was the glow in the dark cover. Let&#8217;s shed some light on the subject, shall we? Publisher: Marvel ComicsCover Date: February 1994Cover Price: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-glow-in-the-dark-comics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=959"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":961,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959\/revisions\/961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}