Amazing Spider-Man / Venom: Death Spiral #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Graham - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Amazing Spider-Man / Venom: Death Spiral (Marvel, 2026 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: April 2026
Key date: 2026-04-00
On-sale date: 2026-02-25
Indicia publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
Price: $5.99
Pages: 36
Barcode: 75960621542300111
Rating: Rated T

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Torment - 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: Ed McGuinness; inks: Ed McGuinness; colors: Marte Gracia	Eddie Brock, Carnage, Peter Parker, Spider-Man, Venom, Mary Jane Watson, Graham First, Torment First
1	-	credits, title page	3	letters: typeset
2	Death Spiral: Part 1 of 9	comic story	25	script: Joe Kelly, Al Ewing, Charles Soule; pencils: Jesús Saiz; inks: Jesús Saiz; colors: Matt Hollingsworth; letters: VC's Joe Caramagna	Dylan Brock, Eddie Brock, Carnage, Glitch, Human Torch, J. Jonah Jameson, Brian Nehring, May Parker, Peter Parker, Paul Rabin, Raelith, Randy Robertson, Spider-Man, Johnny Storm
3	-	in-house column	2	script: Nick Lowe
4	Next	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Ed McGuinness; inks: Ed McGuinness; colors: Marcio Menyz

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Skan Virgin Cover	barcode 75960621542300118
Dave Rapoza Virgin Cover	barcode 75960621542300117
Stonehouse Virgin Cover	barcode 75960621542300116
McFarlane Toys Cover	barcode 75960621542300171
Dave Rapoza Cover	barcode 75960621542300131
Iban Coello Connecting Cover	barcode 75960621542300151
Skan Cover	barcode 75960621542300141
Stonehouse Cover	barcode 75960621542300121

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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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