The Amazing Spider-Man #61 (Raw VF/NM) - Marvel Comics (Ed McGuinness Cover / The 8 Deaths of Spider-Man)

Add a major storyline premiere issue to your web store with The Amazing Spider-Man #61 (Legacy #955), published by Marvel Comics! Written by Joe Kelly (Deadpool, Spider-Man/Deadpool), featuring artwork and cover illustration signed in-art by Ed McGuinness (EMGK24!), inks by Mark Farmer, and colors by Marcurio Menyz (Menyz).

The top header features a bold black banner reading THE 8 DEATHS OF SPIDER-MAN. Below, the left trade dress displays the red MARVEL logo above issue number 61, Legacy designation LGY#955, and creator credits (KELLY · McGUINNESS · FARMER · MENYZ) running vertically along the upper left margin. The white and red title header the AMAZING SPIDER-MAN arches prominently across the upper center. The bottom left margin holds the Direct Sales barcode, $4.99 cover price, Rated T rating, and Bonus Digital Edition badge.

The dynamic cover artwork—crafted by Ed McGuinness—presents a leaping Spider-Man swinging on webs across the city skyline in the foreground, while a massive, menacing Doctor Doom in his iconic green hooded cloak and armored gauntlets looms giant-sized over the skyscrapers in the background.

In this pivotal kickoff issue to "The 8 Deaths of Spider-Man" story arc, Joe Kelly takes over writing duties as Doctor Doom—now Sorcerer Supreme—bestows Spider-Man with a magical armor suit and eight extra lives to battle a series of godlike cosmic threats that Doom himself cannot defeat directly.

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 vibrant color output—making it an essential pickup for Spider-Man collectors, Doctor Doom fans, Ed McGuinness art enthusiasts, and modern Marvel key issue completionists.