This May, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN/VENOM: DEATH SPIRAL BODY COUNT #1 by Charles Soule and Kev Walker reveals the origin of TORMENT, the new villain at the center of the Death Spiral crossover kicking off next month.
Plus, check out all of Iban Coello’s Connecting Variant Covers that will be featured on all nine Death Spiral chapters AND be presented as a Complete Death Spiral Variant Cover for AMAZING SPIDER-MAN/VENOM: DEATH SPIRAL BODY COUNT #1.
New York, NY— January 30, 2026 — Spider-Man’s legendary rogues gallery just got a whole lot deadlier! TORMENT, a new super-powered serial killer, debuts next month in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN/VENOM: DEATH SPIRAL #1, the kickoff issue of the DEATH SPIRAL crossover running in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN and VENOM through April. Following the crossover, TORMENT will be spotlighted in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN/VENOM: DEATH SPIRAL BODY COUNT #1, a one-shot on sale in May.
In DEATH SPIRAL, Torment’s killing spree puts SPIDER-MAN, A.K.A. PETER PARKER; VENOM, A.K.A. MARY JANE WATSON; and CARNAGE, A.K.A. EDDIE BROCK on a dramatic collision course, and when the violence finally subsides, fans will be left wondering the truth behind the murderer’s dark motives and how deep his mysterious connection to Peter goes. All will be revealed in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN/VENOM: DEATH SPIRAL BODY COUNT #1 by Charles Soule, who’s co-writing the crossover alongside Joe Kelly and Al Ewing, and acclaimed artist Kev Walker.
Each chapter of DEATH SPIRAL features a Connecting Variant Cover by Iban Coello, spotlighting a key player of the saga with Torment looming in the background. The complete artwork will then be available as a variant cover for AMAZING SPIDER-MAN/VENOM: DEATH SPIRAL BODY COUNT #1. Today, fans can check out all nine parts and the fully connected piece along with AMAZING SPIDER-MAN/VENOM: DEATH SPIRAL BODY COUNT #1’s main cover by CAFU.
THE ORIGIN OF TORMENT!
The scariest new villain in the Marvel Universe finally gets his story told! He’s hunted Peter Parker, Mary Jane Watson and Eddie Brock, killing his way to their throats and wrapping his razor whip around them. What forged the deadliest serial killer since Cletus Kasady? Find out in this one shot that will define Torment’s past and his future!
“When Carnage hit the comic page it made you think Venom wasn’t that bad,” says Spider-Editor Nick Lowe. “Torment does that to Carnage here. He’s not a symbiote… he’s something much, much worse.”
“And when you read what Charles Soule and Kev Walker serve up here with his origin… you may want to get a nightlight.”
Pick up AMAZING SPIDER-MAN/VENOM: DEATH SPIRAL #1 on February 25 and don’t miss AMAZING SPIDER-MAN/VENOM: DEATH SPIRAL BODY COUNT #1 this May!
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN/VENOM: DEATH SPIRAL BODY COUNT #1
Written by CHARLES SOULE
Art by KEV WALKER
Cover by CAFU
Complete Death Spiral Variant Cover by IBAN COELLO
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