Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 (35) for Sale - First Appearance of Blindside - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 2008 series)
Issue: #1 (35)
Publication date: December 2008
Key date: 2008-12-00
On-sale date: 2008-10-29
Indicia publisher: Marvel Publishing Inc.
Price: $3.99; 4.50 CAD
Pages: 52
Barcode: 75960606387100111
Rating: Rated A

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Nick Chernin - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

First appearance of Catherine D'Antan - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Death on record for: Alana Jobson, Jackpot.

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	Jackpot's Secret Revealed!	cover	1	pencils: Mike McKone; inks: Andy Lanning; colors: Jeromy Cox	Peter Parker, Spider-Man, Jackpot, Alana Jobson
2	Who Is Jackpot?	recap	1	letters: typeset
3	A Tale of Two Jackpots	comic story	37	script: Marc Guggenheim; pencils: Mike McKone; inks: Andy Lanning; colors: Jeromy Cox, SotoColor; letters: VC's Cory Petit	Betty Brant, Mister Fantastic, Peter Parker, Reed Richards, Spider-Man, Blindside First, Nick Chernin First, Commanda First, Catherine D'Antan First, Jackpot, Sara Ehret, Jackpot Death, Alana Jobson Death
9	Embrace Change	promo (ad from the publisher)	2	pencils: Greg Horn; inks: Greg Horn; colors: Greg Horn
11	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
12	Far-Out Taste!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Jordan D. White; pencils: Ramón Rosanas; inks: Ramón Rosanas; letters: Dave Lanphear	Sentry

Plus 9 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 4.99 USD; 4.99 CAD; barcode 07447002459001

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Spider-Man: Death and Dating #[nn] ISBN 978-0-7851-3394-0	2009	On eBay ›
Spider-Man: Brand New Day - The Complete Collection #2 ISBN 978-1-302-90063-2	2016	On eBay ›
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Omnibus #1 ISBN 978-1-302-95175-7	2024	On eBay ›
Spider-Man: Death and Dating #[nn] ISBN 978-0-7851-3418-3	2009	On eBay ›
Secret Invasion: The Amazing Spider-Man #[nn] ISBN 978-0-7851-3270-7	2009	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

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

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