I think this speaks for itself.
Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #317
Published: c. March, 1989?
Cover Date: July, 1989
“The Sand and the Fury!”
Writer: David Michelinie
Artist: Todd McFarlane
Inker: Todd McFarlane
Letterer: Rick Parker
Colorist: Bob Sharen
I love that Cosmic Ghost Rider Destroys The Marvel Universe made fun of this whole sequence. For a brief moment I thought they’d made it up.
This brings back good memories. The classic “Spider-Man Vs. Venom” trade paperback from the early ‘90s (blurb: “All the David Michelinie and Todd McFarlane Venom stories collected in one volume!”) was my first comic book trade paperback as a kid.
I appreciated the times when Spidey beat Venom without sonics or fire, using his intelligence to win in creative ways.