The Amazing Spider-Man #8 for Sale - First Appearance of Carrion - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1999 series)
Issue: #8
Publication date: August 1999
Key date: 1999-08-00
On-sale date: 1999-06-09
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $1.99; 2.99 CAD
Pages: 36
Barcode: 75960604716100811
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Malcolm McBride - 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	You Won't Believe Who Kills Spider-Man This Issue!	cover	1	pencils: John Romita Jr.; inks: John Romita Jr.; colors: Liquid!	J. Jonah Jameson, Harry Osborn, May Parker, Ben Parker, Peter Parker, Robbie Robertson, Spider-Man, Mary Jane Watson
1	The Man Behind the Curtain!	comic story	22	script: Howard Mackie; pencils: John Byrne; inks: Scott Hanna; colors: Joe Rosas; letters: RS, Comicraft's Liz Agraphiotis	Beetle, Morrie Bench, Daniel Berkhart, Eddie Brock, Carrion First, Chameleon, Max Dillon, Doctor Octopus, Electro, Robert Farrell, Wilson Fisk, Mac Gargan, Green Goblin, Hammerhead
2	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset
3	House Advertisement	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
4	-	in-house column	0.75	script: Stan Lee
5	-	comic story	0.25	script: Chris Giarrusso; pencils: Chris Giarrusso; inks: Chris Giarrusso; colors: Chris Giarrusso; letters: Chris Giarrusso	Harry Osborn, Peter Parker, Spider-Man
6	Subscribe Today! It Makes Spider-Sense!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
8	Marvel Milk Trading Cards	insert or dust jacket	0	pencils: Andy Kubert; inks: Andy Kubert	Hulk; She-Hulk

Plus 9 pages of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	barcode 07480802457508

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Mini Marvels Ultimate Collection #[nn] ISBN 978-0-7851-4284-3	2009	On eBay ›
Spider-Man by John Byrne Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-91952-8	2019	On eBay ›
Spider-Man: The Next Chapter #2 ISBN 978-0-7851-5966-7	2012	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #78 of 267#9 ›

Sources

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

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