A key issue noted for First cameo appearance of Ultimate Carnage and First appearance of Carnage symbiote. Ultimate Spider-Man #61 was published by Marvel Comics on August 1, 2004, as part of a series that began in 2000. Brian Michael Bendis writes, and art comes from John Dell, Jonathan D. Smith and Mark Bagley. This 36-page issue features Spider-Man, Mary Jane, Aunt May, Punisher and Gwen Stacy, among 9 characters cataloged on VerseDB.