Free Comic Book Day 2019: Spider-Man #1 (Raw VF/NM) - Marvel Comics (Absolute Carnage Prelude / Ryan Stegman Cover)

Add a major modern Marvel prelude key issue to your online inventory with Free Comic Book Day 2019: Spider-Man #1, published by Marvel Comics! Written by acclaimed Venom writer Donny Cates (Venom, Thor) alongside Tom Taylor (Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man), featuring artwork and cover illustration signed in-art (JP019 / Stegman / Olea) by fan-favorite artist Ryan Stegman (Venom, Absolute Carnage), inker JP Mayer, and colorist Frank Martin.

The top header proudly displays the teaser line THE VENOM EPIC OF 2019 STARTS HERE! above the official blue FREE COMIC BOOK DAY banner. The iconic pink and white title logo SPIDER-MAN arches across the upper top. The bottom left corner features the red MARVEL logo box over issue number 1, and Rated T rating. A circular inset vignette in the lower right highlights a standoff with text reading SPIDER-MAN VS. SPIDER-MAN... THE GLOVES ARE OFF!

The terrifying cover artwork—crafted by Ryan Stegman—presents a monstrous, razor-clawed Absolute Carnage (Cetus / Cletus Kasady) looming with menacing glowing white eyes and sharp tendrils against a fiery cosmic backdrop, while Peter Parker and Miles Morales square off in the lower inset.

This pivotal FCBD release serves as the official prelude to Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman's blockbuster Absolute Carnage event. It features the terrifying return of Cletus Kasady as he hunts down every host who has ever bonded with a symbiote, alongside a backup Spider-Man feature by Tom Taylor.

This unslabbed raw comic issue is in top-tier collectible condition (estimated VF/NM 9.0 or better), featuring clean edges, sharp corners, a flat spine, and fiery color contrast—making it an absolute necessity for Venom and Carnage completionists, Ryan Stegman art fans, FCBD key issue collectors, and Spider-Verse readers.