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Does  Spider-Man, in this preview for Ultimate Fallout #4 featuring the new Spider-Man, have an African American neck? Could it be heavy shadow or lighting? Or are Marvel just playing silly buggers as usual? Let's find out on Monday when Marvel leak it to the New York Times. Is it or isn't it? It is, isn't[...]

Untold Tales Of Spider-Man was a comic by Kurt Busiek and Pat Olliffe (and a few friends), that told early stories of Spider-Man, all for an industry-discounted 99 cents an issue It ran for twenty-six issues and a couple of annuals Now, Tom Brevoort and Kurt Busiek have been tweeting back and forth. Kurt: Nice! THOR:[...]

Martin Ansin's illustration for a Rolling Stone magazine piece on Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark… And the cover to The Sensational She-Hulk #3 by John Byrne. In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree They may be homages, parodies, ironic appropriations, coincidences or[...]

At the San Diego Comic Con, David Gabriel from Marvel said that they had had to remove a Sarah Palin appearance from one of the one hundred and fifty Amazing Spider-Man #666 Retailer variants (see them all here) But looking at the variant commissioned by Larry's Comics, someone else seems to have slipped through… Let's have[...]

Over 15o comic book retailers participated in an Amazing Spider-Man #666 promotion to have their store featured on the cover of a specially select print run of the comic in question, out next week. Each retailer had to commit to buying 150% of their normal amount of the normal cover and then at least 500 copies[...]

144 pages of John Romita Amazing Spider-Man art, just like the actual boards… for a hundred bucks Start building bigger shelves. Scot Dunbier's originated format for IDW, the Artist's Edition, reproducing the original artwork for comic books, has taken another victim 144 pages of John Romita Amazing Spider-Man art, just like the actual boards… for[...]

One of the strengths of Spider-Man as a character is that he's always had an affinity for overcoming human problems  And he's had plenty of them: job problems, relationship problems, even high school drama  I kind of hated the constant distraction from superheroics at first as a kid, but the ability to absorb it all[...]

From Marvel and Dark Horse, a thousand-copuy limited edition statue, retail price of $49.99, only sold at the San Diego Comic Con 2011, with a limit of

Not sure if I was just lucky, but it seemed like more than a coincidence that the variant bag was the only one like that in the stack… So… can you find a dusty Ultimate Spider-Man with a Bendis signature inside? UPDATE: Another Little Bleeder writes in and says they popped in their local store,[...]

So lets have a look inside the bagged Ultimate Spider-Man #160 and see what's what. Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, off Leicester Square in London. So I've just picked up this week's comics from Orbital in London and I'm on the bus So lets have a look inside the bagged Ultimate Spider-Man #160 and see what's[...]

It says something that a story arc in Ultimate Comics Spider-Man and in Ultimates Comics Ultimates Vs New Avengers entitled "The Death Of Spider-Man" needs spoiler space for its concluding episode. But, nevertheless, despite the comic in question, Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #160 being polybagged when it ships tomorrow, so as not to spoil the surprise,[...]

At the Marvel Live Blog today, Marvel announced a new ongoing monthly series, Avenging Spider-Man from Joe Madureira and Zeb Wells, starting in November, and at least initially, tying in with characters from The Avengers. Zeb Wells was quoted as saying "With Dan Slott nailing all the Peter Parker soap opera stuff in Amazing Spider-Man,[...]

A man in a Spider-Man mask was part of an armed robbery of a Wilmington, Delaware 7-11 Friday night  Dana DiFilippo of the Philadelphia Daily News had the most interesting take on this, saying: A man in a Spider-Man mask stormed a Wilmington 7-Eleven early yesterday morning and ordered the young clerk to hand over the[...]

Bleeding Cool has already run pieces on the IDW Godzilla and Avatar/Boundless War Goddess mass retailer variant covers, but now Marvel has entered the fray with Amazing Spider-Man #666 If a retailer orders 150% of their usual Amazing Spider-Man numbers, and they can order 500 or more additional covers with their choice of personalised cover[...]

And Spider-Man. This continues, issue by issue, to be a beautifully sculpted comic book, as the snake eats itself and it's hard to find a way in, each aspect of the book seems to balance on another, holding each other up, put impossible to stand with a missing piece Barry Kitson adds some much needed emotion[...]

More and more Silver Age books have been pulling unexpected six figure sums of late. But this copy of Amazing Fantasy, featuring the first appearance of Spider-Man, has been lucky to reach three figures so far This is how it's described. Issue is coverless, incomplete, missing the 1st six pages from the lead Spider-Man story, is[...]

Courtesy of Marvel Comics look at pencils by Matthew Clark for Ghost Rider #1, a Fear Itself crossover… Finished art from Ghost Rider #0.1 Inks from Amazing Spider-Man #666 Finished art from Amazing Spider-Man #667 And a new cover in pencils for Amazing Spider-Man 668 Courtesy of Marvel Comics look at pencils by Matthew Clark for Ghost Rider #1,[...]

I've gone to great lengths to avoid all the "OMG It's the Summer of the Comic Book Movie" articles that have been appearing in the mainstream nonstop over the past month, but I have to admit it feels pretty cool to have Thor in theatres, Green Lantern and X-Men First Class trailers in heavy rotation[...]

What is it with Marvel and DC's differing definition of the word omnibus? Take these new additions ready to test the strength of your comic shelf brackets. The Avengers Omnibus – Volume 1 Stan and Jack, 728 pages. Amazing Spider-Man by David Michelinie & Todd McFarlane Omnibus – 848 pages X-Men by Chris Claremont & Jim Lee Omnibus[...]

With Amazing Spider-Man #666 And two versions. In the first, if the retailer orders enough copies, a photo of the comics store in question will be printed on the cover of the Daily Bugle that can be seen on the Ryan Stegman cover for Amazing Spider-Man #666. And at a high ordering number, the Humberto Ramos cover[...]

It was only a few months ago that Bleeding Cool said that Sara Pichelli would be joining Ultimate Spider-Man After publication, Bendis popped up to say that David Fuente was not gone Well it appears that he is now Looks like we needed a relaunch to make it properly official. Of course Marvel basically spoiled a[...]

The ballet dancer... The wall crack... And the sex toy.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYGSBApdx5Q

So, the New York Post may have, as ever, with Marvel's full co-operation and indeed instigation, have spoiled the plot of upcoming issues of Ultimate Spider-Man, but we're going to try and be a bit more careful Such as me typing all this text up front to keep it off the front page of[...]

Some readers have been curious as to just how the current Ultimate arc, The Death Of Spider-Man will, in anyway, involve, well, the death of Spider-Man as both titles Ultimate Comics Spider-Man and Ultimate Comics Avengers Vs New Ultimates, don't seem to have that much of a connection. I understand that both books, Ultimate Comics Avengers[...]

Currently on eBay at $344, from the classic comics industry satirist, Spider-Man about to be attacked by all the Ditko co-created villains. Fred drew a page for my Civil Wardrobe parody once, featuring Captain American Idol It made my year. Currently on eBay at $344, from the classic comics industry satirist, Spider-Man about to be attacked[...]

One of these days people will make convention announcements at the convention itself. Until then, Spider-Man: Edge Of Time developed by Beenix will use both Spider-Man and the Spider-Man 2099 character to fix the timeline after the death of Peter Parker. Possibly with time webbing, I'm not sure. And the game narrative is written by Spider-Man 2099[...]

Here is how you get from Spider-Man to the Hulk… Superhero comic books, it has been often said, are like soap operas Well, it looks like they have the family trees to match Here is how you get from Spider-Man to the Hulk… Superhero comic books, it has been often said, are like soap operas[...]

Including that issue of Spider-Man… And no I have no idea what this is… hmmm…. A few Marvel previews on a Thursday afternoon Including that issue of Spider-Man… And no I have no idea what this is… hmmm…. A few Marvel previews on a Thursday afternoon Including that issue of Spider-Man… And[...]

I confess, I was kinda banking on Amazing Spider-Man #666 being a long overdue meeting with Mephisto again. Instead it looks like another kind of deal, where everyone in Manhattan gets Spider-Powers And a bunch of them seem to start dressing like him too Welcome to Spider-Island by Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos Here are the[...]

Along side the release of the movie next summer will come a Spider-man cartoon that looks a little like this… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBZCxRi_9qs[/youtube] Along side the release of the movie next summer will come a Spider-man cartoon that looks a little like this… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBZCxRi_9qs[/youtube] [...]