Amazing Spider-Man Annual #36 for Sale - First Appearance of Raptor - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 2008 series)
Issue: #36
Publication date: September 2009
Key date: 2009-09-00
On-sale date: 2009-07-08
Indicia publisher: Marvel Publishing Inc.
Price: $3.99
Pages: 52
Barcode: 75960606842500111
Rating: Rated A

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Damon Ryder - 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	The Wedding Swinger!	cover	1	pencils: Olivier Coipel; inks: Olivier Coipel	Peter Parker, Spider-Man
1	Peter Parker Must Die!	comic story	38	script: Marc Guggenheim; pencils: Pat Olliffe; inks: Pat Olliffe, Andy Lanning; colors: Antonio Fabela; letters: VC's Joe Caramagna	J. Jonah Jameson, May Parker, Peter Parker, Raptor First, Ben Reilly, Robbie Robertson, Damon Ryder First, Spider-Man, Miles Warren, Anna Watson, Mary Jane Watson
2	Marvels Project	promo (ad from the publisher)	6	script: Ed Brubaker; pencils: Steve Epting; inks: Steve Epting; colors: Dave Stewart; letters: Chris Eliopoulos; editing: Tom Brevoort, Jeanine Schaefer

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 4.99 USD; 4.99 CAD; barcode 00928101966007

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Spider-Man: Brand New Day - The Complete Collection #4 ISBN 978-1-302-90799-0	2017	On eBay ›
Spider-Man: Died in Your Arms Tonight #[nn] ISBN 978-0-7851-4459-5	2009	On eBay ›
Spider-Man: Died in Your Arms Tonight #[nn] ISBN 978-0-7851-4485-4	2009	On eBay ›
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Omnibus #2 ISBN 978-1-302-96590-7	2025	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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