The Amazing Spider-Man #8 (972) for Sale - First Appearance of Ken Milton - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 2025 series)
Issue: #8 (972)
Publication date: September 2025
Key date: 2025-09-00
On-sale date: 2025-07-23
Indicia publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
Price: $4.99
Pages: 36
Barcode: 75960621001500811
Rating: Rated T

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Ken Milton - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Kintsugi - 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	-	cover	1	pencils: John Romita Jr.; inks: Scott Hanna; colors: Marcio Menyz	Hellgate, Peter Parker, Spider-Man
1	-	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
2	-	comic story	20	script: Joe Kelly; pencils: John Romita Jr., Todd Nauck; inks: Scott Hanna, Todd Nauck; colors: Marcio Menyz, Erick Arciniega; letters: VC's Joe Caramagna	Dylan Brock, Hellgate, Peter Parker, Ben Parker, Paul Rabin, Spider-Man, Mary Jane Watson, Kintsugi First, Ken Milton First
3	-	letters page	2	script: Nick Lowe
4	-	in-house column	2	script: Nick Lowe
5	Next:	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: John Romita Jr.; inks: Scott Hanna; colors: Marcio Menyz

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Variant Edition - Gabriele Dell'Otto Cover	barcode 75960621001500841
Variant Edition - Jeff Dekal Cover	barcode 75960621001500821
Variant Edition - Humberto Ramos Cover	barcode 75960621001500816
Retro Vision Variant - Dan Panosian Cover	barcode 75960621001500831
Variant Edition - Gabriele Dell'Otto Virgin Cover	barcode 75960621001500817

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Through the Gates of Hell ISBN 978-1-302-96073-5	2025	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #7 (971)8 of 35#9 (973) ›

Sources

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

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