Web of Venomverse: Fresh Brains #1 - First Appearance of Venom, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Web of Venomverse: Fresh Brains (Marvel, 2025 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: June 2025
Key date: June 2025
On-sale date: April 16, 2025
Indicia publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
Price: $4.99
Pages: 36
Barcode: 75960621212500111
Rating: Rated T+

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Yaleo - 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: Luciano Vecchio; inks: Luciano Vecchio; colors: Luciano Vecchio	Eddie Brock, Venom
1	-	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
2	The Hive Mind	comic story	5	script: Mat Groom; pencils: Luciano Vecchio; inks: Luciano Vecchio; colors: Rachelle Rosenberg; letters: VC's Travis Lanham	Agent Venom, Anders Arnvidrson, Edna Brock, Kid Venom, Kintaro, Madame Venom, Okoye, Flash Thompson, Venom, Venom, Venom First, Anne Weying, Venom, Yaleo First
3	Venomouse	comic story	6	script: Erica Schultz; pencils: Dylan Burnett; inks: Dylan Burnett; colors: Jim Campbell; letters: VC's Travis Lanham	Venomouse
4	Venomizer	comic story	6	script: David Dastmalchian; pencils: Juan José Ryp; inks: Juan José Ryp; colors: Yen Nitro; letters: VC's Travis Lanham	Zero-G [Alex Power]; Lightspeed [Julie Power]; Mass Master [Jack Power]; Katie Power [Energizer; Venomizer]; Siryn [Theresa Cassidy]; James Power; Margaret Power
5	Venom	comic story	7	script: Mat Groom; pencils: Chris Allen; inks: Chris Allen; colors: Matt Milla; letters: VC's Travis Lanham	Eddie Brock, Green Goblin, Norman Osborn, Venom
6	Mandy's Phlegm	comic story	1	script: Chris Eliopoulos; pencils: Chris Eliopoulos; inks: Chris Eliopoulos; colors: Chris Eliopoulos; letters: Chris Eliopoulos	Phlegm; Mandy
7	-	in-house column	2	script: Nick Lowe
8	Next	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Luciano Vecchio; inks: Luciano Vecchio; colors: Marte Gracia

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Derrick Chew Cover	barcode 75960621212500141
Ario Anindito Connecting Cover	barcode 75960621212500121
Luciano Vecchio Design Cover	barcode 75960621212500116

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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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