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Glory Grant
Glory Grant

Glory Grant

166 appearances Β· Bronze Age Β· 1976–2026 Β· 3 key issues
Who is Glory Grant?

Glory Grant is an ordinary New Yorker who first crossed paths with Peter Parker as his neighbor before landing a job as secretary to Daily Bugle publisher J. Jonah Jameson, eventually rising to an editorial role at the Front Line newspaper.

Glory Grant made her debut in the Bronze Age pages of The Amazing Spider-Man #158 (1976), brought to life by the legendary team of Len Wein and Ross Andru, and she's been a warm, enduring presence in Marvel's New York ever since. Over nearly five decades she's woven herself into the fabric of Spider-Man's world, sharing pages with Peter Parker, J. Jonah Jameson, Robbie Robertson, Mary Jane Watson, and Betty Brant β€” as distinguished a roster of Amazing Spider-Man regulars as you could hope to find. With 93 catalog appearances spanning all the way to 2026, including turns in Peter Parker: Spider-Man and even Spider-Gwen: Smash, Glory has proven herself one of those quietly indispensable supporting characters who give a superhero's universe its human texture. Three of her appearances carry key-issue status, a lovely reminder that longevity and collector significance often go hand in hand.

Identity

Real name. Gloria "Glory" Grant

Powers. None (ordinary human, no superpowers)

Teams & affiliations
Daily Bugle
β˜… First appearance
The Amazing Spider-Man #140
Jan 1975

Top series

Covers through the years β€” 1976–2023

The Amazing Spider-Man #158 β˜… 1976
The Amazing Spider-Man #158
Marvel Team-Up Annual #4 1981
Marvel Team-Up Annual #4
Marvel Team-Up #150 1985
Marvel Team-Up #150
Web of Spider-Man #65 β˜… 1990
Web of Spider-Man #65
Crossover Classics: The Marvel / DC Collection #[1] 1992
Crossover Classics: The Marvel / DC Collection #[1]
The Amazing Spider-Man #9 1999
The Amazing Spider-Man #9
The Amazing Spider-Man #25 2001
The Amazing Spider-Man #25
Spider-Man: Birth of Venom #[nn] 2007
Spider-Man: Birth of Venom #[nn]
Spider-Man: Red-Headed Stranger #[nn] β˜… 2009
Spider-Man: Red-Headed Stranger #[nn]
Spider-Man: The Next Chapter #3 2012
Spider-Man: The Next Chapter #3
Spider-Gwen #13 2016
Spider-Gwen #13
Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men #13 2021
Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men #13
Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection #9 2023
Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection #9

Appearances (151–166 of 166, oldest first)

Spider-Gwen: Smash (2024)
Superior Spider-Man (2024)
Giant-Size Spider-Gwen (2024)
#1
Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (2013)
#10
Atos de VinganΓ§a (2024)
Free Comic Book Day 2024: Marvel's Voices (2024)
#1
Amazing Spider-Man (2021)
Spider-Gwen: The Ghost-Spider (2024)
Punisher - Journal de guerre (2025)
DC and Marvel Present: Superman and Spider-Man (Treasury Edition) [Facsimile Edition] (2026)
The Amazing Spider-Man (1977)