Home › Web of Spider-Man › #1

Cover: Charles Vess

Web of Spider-Man #1

Name: Web of Spider-Man #1
Brand: Marvel
Availability: InStock

Apr 1985 · Marvel · 0.65 USD; 0.30 GBP; 0.75 CAD

📊 ~58,377 copies sold its debut month

☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free

“'Til Death Do Us Part!”

About this Issue

Web of Spider-Man #1 serves as the definitive narrative conclusion to the alien black costume saga that had been building across Amazing Spider-Man and Spectacular Spider-Man since 1984 — Peter Parker finally, irrevocably severs his bond with the symbiote using the sound of church bells, a scene so resonant that Sam Raimi reconstructed it almost beat-for-beat in Spider-Man 3 (2007) and the animated series did the same. The issue also launched Marvel's third ongoing Spider-Man title, expanding the wall-crawler's publishing footprint at a moment when the character was at the commercial and creative center of the Marvel line. Its cover — a painted, near-abstract image of Spider-Man dissolving out of the black suit — set a visual tone for the series and stands as one of the more artistically adventurous single covers of the Copper Age.

writer Louise Simonson · artist Greg LaRocque · inker Jim Mooney · inker Vince Colletta · colorist George Roussos · letterer Janice Chiang · letterer Phil Felix · letterer Rick Parker · cover Charles Vess

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta

Raw (VF) $18

CGC 9.8 · 3292 in census $187

CGC 9.6 · 2951 in census $110

CGC 9.4 · 1861 in census $99

CGC 9.2 · 1049 in census $60

CGC 9.0 · 786 in census $60

CGC 8.5 · 553 in census $56

Show all 22 grades ▾

CGC 8.0 · 369 in census $47

CGC 7.5 · 217 in census $43*

CGC 7.0 · 164 in census $41*

CGC 6.5 · 107 in census $41

CGC 6.0 · 85 in census $31*

CGC 5.5 · 45 in census $29*

CGC 5.0 · 38 in census $24*

CGC 4.5 · 15 in census $20*

CGC 4.0 · 19 in census $20*

CGC 3.5 · 2 in census $20*

CGC 3.0 · 2 in census $20*

CGC 2.5 · 1 in census $20*

CGC 2.0 · 1 in census $20*

CGC 1.5 none in existence

CGC 1.0 none in existence

CGC 0.5 · 1 in census $20*

* estimate — limited direct-sales data at this grade

Our model’s value — refined as new sales data arrives · CGC census counts shown where available

This exact issue on ebay

CGC 9.8 ▾ $150–$265 4 listings

CGC 9.8 $150 CGC 9.8 $155 CGC 9.8 $188.24 CGC 9.8 $265

CGC 9.6 ▾ $95–$200 2 listings

CGC 9.6 $95 CGC 9.6 · Newsstand $199.99

CGC 9.4 $74.99 1 listing

CGC 9.2 ▾ $79.99–$125 2 listings

CGC 9.2 · Newsstand $79.99 CGC 9.2 · Newsstand $125

CGC 8.5 $65 1 listing CGC $150 1 listing Raw — MINT $51.17 1 listing

Raw — NM ▾ $37.99–$190 4 listings

NM $37.99 NM $60 NM $69.7 NM $190

Raw — NM- $24.99 1 listing

Raw — VF/NM ▾ $29.99–$37.49 2 listings

VF/NM $29.99 VF/NM $37.49

Raw — VF+ $24.99 1 listing Raw — VF $24.99 1 listing

Raw / ungraded ▾ $12.99–$55.99 18 listings

Direct $12.99 Newsstand $19.99 Variant $20 Raw / ungraded $20 Raw / ungraded $24.99 Raw / ungraded $25 Raw / ungraded $26.4 Raw / ungraded $26.4 Newsstand $26.4 Newsstand $27 Raw / ungraded $29.99 Newsstand $30.95 Raw / ungraded $34.99 Raw / ungraded $34.99 Newsstand $35 Raw / ungraded $39 Raw / ungraded $50 Newsstand $55.99

Verified matches for Web of Spider-Man #1 · eBay asking prices, seen 44 days ago

More listings for this title

VF+ $25 Web of Spider-Man number one #1 Marvel superheroes preowned Peter Parker $30

Related listings we couldn't confirm as this exact issue · 2 total · seen 44 days ago

🏪 Real comic shops near you sell this issue on eBay — from our directory:

The Time Capsule · Seekonk, MA1 on eBay ↗

Listings on eBay · clicking supports ComicBooks.com

Read it digitally

Marvel Unlimited Marvel’s subscription reader ▸ Amazon Kindle Buy the digital edition ▸

Opens a search on each platform — digital availability varies by title.

Sell my copy

Have this issue — or a whole collection? Get a fair offer from us, skip the marketplace fees and the hassle.

We Buy Collections ▸

Fast, fair offers · we handle grading & shipping

History

The series was conceived as a direct replacement for the recently cancelled Marvel Team-Up, giving Spider-Man a third monthly solo title at a time when Amazing Spider-Man and Spectacular Spider-Man already anchored the character's publishing line. Writer Louise Simonson (then credited as Louise Jones) was handed the launch, with penciller Greg LaRocque and inker Jim Mooney handling the interior art; editors Danny Fingeroth and James Owsley (later Christopher Priest) shepherded the book under Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter. The cover was entrusted to painter Charles Vess rather than a traditional line artist — an unusual choice that gave the debut issue an immediately distinctive look on the newsstand. The issue was released with a cover date of April 1985, though Complete Marvel Reading Order records indicate it actually shipped to shops in December 1984.

Trivia · 7 facts

Writer: Louise Simonson; Penciller: Greg LaRocque; Inker: Jim Mooney; Colorist: George Roussos; Cover painting: Charles Vess; Editors: Danny Fingeroth and James Owsley (Christopher Priest); Editor-in-Chief: Jim Shooter.
Story title: 'Til Death Do Us Part! — the issue depicts Spider-Man's final on-page separation from the alien symbiote, achieved by exposing it to the resonant sound of church bells; the symbiote is believed dead at story's end.
First appearance of the Vulturions (Honcho, Gripes, Pigeon, and Sugar Face) — four street criminals who acquire Vulture-inspired winged equipment and serve as secondary antagonists throughout the early run of the series.
The series replaced Marvel Team-Up as the third ongoing Spider-Man title, with Web of Spider-Man eventually running 129 issues (April 1985 – October 1995) plus ten Annuals.
The church-bell symbiote-separation sequence was directly adapted in the animated series Spider-Man: The Animated Series (Season 1, 'The Alien Costume, Part II') and again — in live action — in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 3 (2007).
The issue has been reprinted multiple times, including in Spider-Man: Birth of Venom (2007), Spider-Man: The Complete Alien Costume Saga Vol. 2 (2014/2015), True Believers: Venom Symbiosis #1 (2018), and Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 25 (2023).
A Dynamic Forces edition signed by Louise Simonson was produced, numbered to 500 copies with a certificate of authenticity — one of the few signed variants associated with the issue.