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Spider-Man Archives
Spider-Man finds himself laid up in the hospital thanks to his last battle alongide the Champions and the Iron Spider. Miles' friends come to check in on him. Does it make for a good read?
Back to the printing mill for these books, sold out and taken to second print. Avengers #1 has gone to a second printing, for the 6th of June. Hunt For
Today sees Spider-Man #40, Brian Bendis' final issue with Oscar Bazaldua and Sara Pichelli telling the stories of Miles Morales, as he left Marvel for DC
On the 23rd of May, comic stores will be receiving second printings for three of the DC New Age of Heroes line, Silencer #1, Sideways #1, and The Terrifics #1. Recoloured covers but not including the gatefold foldout of the first printings.
It's Batman. Batman, Batman, Batman. The wedding is coming, and that takes precedent over all. Avengers, Spider-Man, Justice League, X-Men, and Power Rangers are all getting attention too.
No doubling meaning there. Marvel Comics is adding a Frank Cho and David Curiel cover to their Amazing Spider-Man #800 list of new variants to bedazzle, divert, and confuse...
Gabriele Dell'Otto is an Italian comic book artist much in demand. Especially when it comes to variant covers. Well here is his variant cover for Amazing
Spider-Man is out of commission, but his friends are available to pick up the fight against the Red Goblin. Does it make for a good read?
2016 and 2017 were rough years for Nick Spencer, maybe the worst in a decade since he was driven from Cincinnati after losing his City Council bids.
Today sees the release of Amazing Spider-Man #799, with Peter Parker fighting The Red Goblin, the combined Norman Osborn and Carnage, as he tried to keep
A continuation of Bleeding Cool contributor Ian Melton's interview with Bruce Canwell, Associate Editor and lead writer for IDW Publishing's Library of American Comics.
Ian Melton talked to Bruce Canwell for Bleeding Cool. The only super-hero who started in "comicbooks" and still has his adventures published in strip
People had been waiting on the first appearance of the Red Goblin for many issues -- but few of them knew that Amazing Spider-Man #799 would have the first appearance of yet another character who would be part of the Spider/Symbiote legacy.
Marvel has released their July solicitations, which means it's time for the comic book media to scramble to break those solicitations into multiple observational articles for extra clicks. The first thing that jumped out at us, looking through the solicits, was the one for Amazing Spider-Man #1 and #2.
Initially, the Spider-Man Free Comic Book Day comic for 2018 was intended to be a flip-book with the Guardians Of The Galaxy. Then this was switched to
Free Comic Book Day is coming. And one of the books will be an Amazing Spider-Man/Infinity/Infinity Watch which will contain Nick Spencer and Ryan
Advance Reorders: It's the new Avengers that has people the most excited, even more than Amazing Spider-Man. And Spawn gets a virgin cover bump as well. Deathstroke's Batman miniseries-within-a-series is also doing the business.
The strong market performance of Thanos and Amazing Spider-Man outstripping retailers expectations continue to play out. Amazing Spider-Man #794 has gone
The infamous Black Suit returns starting in Amazing Spider-Man #800. The once alien symbiote was one of the most dramatic costume changes of all time and spawned one of the greatest villains/anti-heroes of Marvel Comics: Venom.
Marvel has dropped a bunch of reprint details on retailers. Alluded to at the Diamond Retailer Summit in Chicago, they do demonstrate increased demand,
The numbers are down from May's record thirteen covers. Every month, Marvel offers retailers the chance to commission exclusive covers for certain titles
At the Diamond Retailer Summit at C2E2 today, Marvel announced that their landmark Amazing Spider-Man #800 has sold almost 300,000 copies to retailers so far — after DC had already announced Action Comics #1000 had sold half a million.
The Green Goblin returns to make Spider-Man's life worse, and now he knows Web-Head's secret identity. Can Spider-Man win the day? Is it a good read?
So, it's the big question some people want to know in advance. After months and months of teasing, is the Red Goblin in Amazing Spider-Man #798 or not?
It may be one of the best-selling comics of the month. But that hasn't stopped Amazing Spider-Man #798 by Dan Slott and Stuart Immonen selling in advance
There are more retailer exclusive variants coming for Amazing Spider-Man and Venom... here are a few. Midtown Comics for Venom #1 and Amazing Spider-Man
François Ruffin is a French journalist and social activist. Founder and editor of the satirical quarterly magazine Fakir and director of the film Merci
Greetings from the coal face of the direct comics market. Where retailers try to increase their orders of certain comics ahead of sale. Where supply and
Falcon and Spider-Man are notably absent from the Marvel June 2018 solicits. We talk about it and the possible future of the characters here.