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Spider-Man Vs Wolverine Vs… Robin? (SPOILERS)
Superior Spider-Man with his Doc Ock head on is causing most of the ruckus, getting down with Daredevil…. And with Wolverine in the new Avenging Spider-Man, and seriously how long have you waited for a moment like this, Spider-fans? Maybe that will make up for, you know, Peter Parker being dead and stuff. It's just not Wolverine's[...]
The Tears Of A Spider-Man – And The Freak Out Of A Spider-Boy
Edel Rodriguez's art from The Village Voice, illustrating an article on Amazing Spider-Man #700 and an interview with Dan Slott. When I was a kid, I liked the Spider-Man cartoons, but the thing that got me into comics was Spider-Man coming to my town to a 7-Eleven to sign comics I was eight, and I brought[...]
Speculator Corner: Superior Spider-Man #1 London Super Comic Con Edition
At least twelve copies of the London Super Comic Con variant of Superior Spider-Man #1 have already sold on eBay for up to £25/$40 ahead of next month's show. This is despite the fact that the comic itself has printed a thousand for sale at the show, and can be bought from Limited-Edition for £4.95/$8 anyway… [...]
Spider-Man Gets Fired From The Avengers In April
Spider-Man is one of the Avengers in the Marvel Universe. Doctor Octopus-inside-Peter Parker is now also one of the Avengers. Or at least he was. By the way Otto, nice Nightcrawler feet Adding a little pedal dexterity are we? Spider-Man is one of the Avengers in the Marvel Universe. Doctor Octopus-inside-Peter Parker is now also one of the Avengers. Or[...]
Matt Kindt To Write The Marco Rudy Spider-Man Mini-Series
Last week we talked about an upcoming Spider-Man mini-series from Marvel drawn by Swamp Thing's Marco Rudy. Well now I understand it is being written by Matt Kindt, who has recently been writing Frankenstein: Agent Of SHADE. Marvel do seem to be using DC as a headhunting service right now Only, without paying them or anything. Kindt is[...]
The Man Who Stole Spider-Man #700. And The Man Who Stopped Him.
He also works at Golden Apple Comics in Los Angeles. Two days ago a customer tried to buy a large amount of Amazing Spider-Man #700 and variants When told that there was a limit per customer, he became argumentative and  Donnelly escorted the man from the store He tells me; I had to escort him out of[...]
Marvel Grabs Marco Rudy For Spider-Man Mini Series?
Marco Rudy is best known of late for his work on Swamp Thing. But, according to the vast number of emails in my inbox this evening, he is rather teasing people on Facebook about an upcoming Spider-Man mini-series he is working on. And that's might not be the Superior Spider-Man either. He writes; "Spider Bites"[...]
Avenging Spider-Man #15.1 Hits Over $13 On eBay
And would be a speculator hit. A day after publication, despite being a best selling comic, Avenging Spider-Man #15.1 has rocketed from $2.99 to selling copies on eBay for $11 plus shipping with one copy currently on $13.50 with nine bids. Amazing Spider-Man #700 in comparison is selling for just cover price, $7.99, although digital codes for[...]
Rape, Redemption And The Amazing Spider-Man (Spoilers)
There are spoilers for those who have not yet read Amazing Spider-Man #700 or Avenging Spider-Man #15.1, published today Go no further if not… As has been stated a number of times "If you have to ask if it's rape, then…" But this is superhero comics, which brings in whole new levels of circumstances Or does[...]
Um… An Apology
There used to be an article here. What I thought was an interesting juxtaposition. However too many other people saw something else. I initially amended
Amazing Spider-Man 700 Gets A Second Printing, 698 Gets A Third
Mike Deodato is drawing the cover to the Amazing Spider-Man #700 second print, while Paolo Rivera is drawing the cover to the third print of Amazing Spider-Man #698. But they are just the two most prominent titles of a bunch of Marvel books getting new printings. For their second prints, Thunderbolts #2 gets a Dillon variant, Avengers[...]
The Underordered Avenging Spider-Man #15.1
Svensson writes without spoilers for Bleeding Cool. There isn't a comic shop on the planet which ordered enough copies of Avenging Spider-Man #15.1 This isn't entirely due to retailers being a cowardly, superstitious lot who only order the bare minimum of titles they can guarantee sales for Marvel solicited the book as "Coinciding with the end[...]
Barack Obama Vs Spider-Man
Maybe he's read Amazing Spider-Man #700… Tweeted by Barack Obama earlier today Maybe he's read Amazing Spider-Man #700… Tweeted by Barack Obama earlier today Maybe he's read Amazing Spider-Man #700… Tweeted by Barack Obama earlier today Maybe he's read Amazing Spider-Man #700… Tweeted by Barack Obama earlier today Maybe he's read Amazing Spider-Man #700… Tweeted[...]
Comic Shops That Break The Christmas Embargo
One shop in the Mesa, Arizona was selling Avenging Spider-Man #15.1 but not Amazing Spider-Man #700 (see below). These two examples seem accidental rather than deliberate But others may not be. Basically what comics you could buy today seriously depends on where you shop I wonder if Diamond's secret shoppers were out in force today? Did you[...]
Tweet Of The Year
Gerry Conway just tweeted the below, linking to the Bleeding Cool story about Dan Slott receiving death threats from people over the current Amazing Spider-Man story. Makes me grateful we threw Gwen off that bridge before Twitter: zite.to/T5RQDA — Gerry Conway (@gerryconway) December 18, 2012 Comic book tweet of the year there… no need for a vote!   [...]
Amazing Spider-Man 700, The eBay Incident – Saturday Trending Topics
There's been a lot of attention surrounding Amazing Spider-Man 700 this week, and this is just the latest chapter: This is an eBay listing for Amazing Spider-Man #700, in hand, for $50 It was ended early after Marvel Comics intervened. Most-Read Comic Stories Today – Amazing Spider-Man 700: So How Did Amazing Spider-Man 700 Leak Anyway? –  This is[...]
Amazing Spider-Man 700
Amazing Spider-Man 700 The Amazing Spider-Man 700 spoiler mystery: So how has it leaked? These aren't digital files, this is the actual printed copy, seemingly way to early to have reached a retailer So who then, printer, distributor, the publisher itself? Some naughty intern with 4chan on his mind? Most-Read Comic Stories Today – Amazing Spider-Man 700 Amazing Spider-Man[...]
Amazing Spider-Man 700
This morning I woke up to a page-by-page synopsis of Amazing Spider-Man #700 and a photo of the final two pages of the comic Since then I've received it a number of times. To be published on December the 26th, the comic being delivered to retailers next Tuesday, to be held for a week. So how has[...]
Age Of Ultron Creates New AU Spinoff Titles
In March, as Marvel's Age Of Ultron kicks off, as well as Fantastic Four #5 there is also Fantastic Four #5AU, and as well as Superior Spider-Man #6 there is Superior Spider-Man #6AU. I'm sure people will able to work it out. AGE OF ULTRON #1-3 (of 10) BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) •[...]
Marvel Reaping Its Own Whirlwind Of Spoilers
There may be Spider-Man and Avengers Arena spoilers at the end of this article. I blame Marvel personally. First it was spoiling all manner of stories in the national press one, maybe two days, before the comic was available on the shelves. Then, this year, they decide to prevew All New X-Men by running the final pages of[...]
When Peter Parker Had Sex With Aunt May (SPOILERS)
Today, Marvel published Amazing Spider-Man #699, the follow up to the explosive twist in Amazing Spider-Man #698 So, you know, spoilers. But if you'd thrown your arms up in the air at the dead Peter Parker-in-Doctor-Octopus' body, and had sworn off picking up the next issue, maybe this will change your mind. Or maybe it won't. You see,[...]
The Return Of Uncle Ben In Amazing Spider-Man #700
Marvel have released the following pages from Amazing Spider-Man #700 They do spoil aspects of Amazing Spider-Man #698, so watch that if when you're going in if you're not totally au fait with what went down… Yeah, I really wonder where they're going to go with this. Marvel have released the following[...]
How Spider-Man (And Harry Potter, Bob Marley And Friends) Helps The World Learn English
With over half using comic books, and Spider-Man being the most popular. I'm not the biggest fan of running infographics on Bleeding Cool Usually a barely-disguised advert for something trying to get free coverage with little imagination and often poor research. But this one? This one I liked. Research by Kaplan International Colleges, a leading provider of[...]