Showing posts with label Weekly New Comics. Show all posts
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Spider-Man Comic Appearances for October 10, 2012

There's a mix of everything in this week's 11 new Spider-Man comic book appearances.

The odd (re: fortunate) thing is that in many cases we get Spidey appearing only on the cover of a few books.  Fortunate, because that means you don't have to track down and shell out mucho dough for the variant covers he's not on.

The Fantastic Four #611 (regular issue) cover appearance is ridonkulously hard to find.  I would have easily skipped on getting the issue, but prior to my local comic shop visit I checked out the artwork online without the masthead logo. Spidey appears in part behind that.

Here's the list for the week...

Friday, October 5, 2012

Spider-Man Comic Appearances for October 3, 2012

I took a couple weeks off, but now I'm back as things cool down on Avengers Vs X-Men and heat up on Marvel Now.

Speaking of Avengers Vs X-Men, the twelfth and final issue of the maxi-series is the largest single contributor with 7 out of this week's total 16 new issues featuring a Spider-Man appearance.  Especially when you factor in the 2 additional versions of AvX #6 too.

Minimum Carnage #1 doesn't include Spider-Man, but does include the Scarlet Spider which counts as a genetic version of our Peter Parker.

Defenders would be an easy one to miss, but keep your eyes out not for Spider-Man, but rather Peter Parker at the pivotal time he is bitten by the radioactive Spider.

Here's the list...

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Spider-Man Comic Appearances for September 26, 2012

Only five new comics for the week.

Here's the list...
  • Amazing Spider-Man #694
  • Captain America and Black Widow #637
  • FF #22
  • Marvel Universe Ultimate Spider-Man #6
  • Ultimate Comics The Ultimates #16

Spider-Man Comic Appearances for September 19, 2012

We have 11 new appearances in-hand for the week.

Here's the list...
  • Avengers #30
  • Avengers Vs X-Men #1 (7th Printing)
  • Avengers Vs X-Men #2 (7th Printing)
  • Avengers Vs X-Men #3 (4th Printing)
  • Deadpool Kills The Marvel Universe #4 (2nd Printing)
  • Mighty Thor #20
  • Spider-Men #5
  • Spider-Men #5 (Sara Pichelli Variant Cover)
  • Spider-Men #5 (Travis Charest Variant Cover)
  • Thanos The Final Threat #1
  • Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #15

Spider-Man Comic Appearances for September 12, 2012

There are a dozen new comic books this week that feature a Spider-Man appearance to some degree.

Here's the list...
  • Avengers Vs X-Men #11
  • Avengers Vs X-Men #11 (Yu Avengers Team Variant)
  • Avengers Vs X-Men #11 (Yu X-Men Team Variant)
  • Avengers Vs X-Men #11 (Yu Promo Variant)
  • Avengers Vs X-Men #11 (Pichelli Variant)
  • Avengers Vs X-Men #11 (Pichelli Sketch Variant)
  • Avenging Spider-Man #12
  • Deadpool Kills The Marvel Universe #1 (2nd Printing)
  • Deadpool Kills The Marvel Universe #2 (2nd Printing)
  • Fantastic Four #610
  • Marvel Universe The Avengers Earth's Mightiest Heroes #6
  • Scarlet Spider #9

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Spider-Man Comic Appearances for September 5, 2012


Okay this week brings a small haul of new Spider-Man comic book appearances.  There are five of them, but two are from non-Marvel publishers.

First off, Ultimate Spider-Man continues to be a great read.  Just like the early years of the original Ultimate Spider-Man series, each issue is better than the previous one.  And dang if the stories seem too short.  A sign of a good book when it has you wanting more each month.

On the weird side of things, the latest issue of Garfield features a Spider-Man parody with multiple arms and a red and blue costume to boot.

The latest issue of Spawn features a "post"view (opposite of "pre"view) of the previous month's Spider-Man inspired cover.

Here's this week's books...

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Spider-Man Comic Appearances for August 29, 2012

This week things are short and sweet with just five new Spider-Man comic book appearances, and not a variant cover or alternate printing in site.

Here's the list...
  • Avenging Spider-Man #11
  • FF #21
  • Hulk #57
  • Marvel Previews #109
  • Web of Spider-Man #129.2

And last week I was unable to check Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe #4, as all of my local shops were sold out.  But a buddy reports that Spidey indeed does make an appearance with a picture on a mug.  This series was fun and likely to gain some value due to its reasonable low printing numbers.

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Spider-Man Comic Appearances for August 22, 2012

This week there's a hodgepodge of variants, alternate printings and regular issues.  There are a total of 13 new Spider-Man appearances.

The Amazing Spider-Man #692 variants feature alternate covers through the decades.  They are attractive covers, but I'm not sure 5 variant covers were justified.  Feels a bit over the top.

Secret Avengers is the oddest appearance this week with a blink-and-you'll-miss-it-on-the-cover Spidey-inspired pole dancer.  She's in the background of the cover only and standing beside other dancers wearing costumes inspired by Daredevil, Captain America, and others.

Here's the list for the week...

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Spider-Man Comic Appearances for August 15, 2012

No surprise this week as we have a heap of new variants with the release of Avengers Vs. X-Men #10, and a bruised and battered Spidey only barely appears towards the end of the book.  In total there are 12 new Spider-Man comic book appearances.

If you grab the 3rd issue of the Marvel Super Heroes Magazine, be sure to look for both covers.  As of this issue they are publishing 2 different covers.  You gotta love em for that (sarcasm).  And these are newsstand barcode editions too, since they no longer print a unique direct edition for comic shops any longer.

Here's the list for the week:

Thursday, August 9, 2012

Spider-Man Comic Appearances for August 8, 2012

We've got 11 new comic books this week featuring a Spider-Man appearance.  There are 8 regular titles with 3 variant covers along for the ride.

My favorite for the week is Spider-Men #4.  The mini-series is very well written, and I would personally like to see its impact felt for some time to come by the characters within the respective books and not just forgotten.

Here's the list for the week...

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Spider-Man Comic Appearances for August 1, 2012

We have a little bit of everything with this week's 16 new comic books featuring a Spider-Man appearance.  There are regular issues, alternate printings, variant covers, and even a non-Marvel cover swipe.

The highlight has to be Image Comics' Spawn #222 with its McFarlane self-homage of Amazing Spider-Man's #332.  You have to love an artist doing an homage of their own work from another book.

Avengers Vs. X-Men inches closer to its goal line with the Karate Kid inspired Spidey-centric #9.  Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe is a fun book, and Ultimate Comics Spider-Man continues to be a solid read.

Here are the appearances from this week...

Friday, July 27, 2012

Spider-Man Comic Appearances for July 25, 2012

This week we have 7 new Spider-Man comic book appearances, but more importantly we have 4 new appearances from recently released comics...that we failed to find the first time around.

On the variant front, there is just one lone cover variant for Amazing Spider-Man #690.

This week brings us Astonishing X-Men #52 -- the follow-up to issue #51's wedding -- which sports Spider-Man clearly present at the reception.  Considering we counted #51 as an appearance with just a partial hand present, it's nice to have the confirmation in this issue.  (Of course, it was also nice to have confirmation straight from the issue's artist too.)

Here is this week's list...

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Spider-Man Comic Appearances for July 18, 2012

Wow!  It's a lite week with only two comic titles featuring a Spider-Man appearance.

BUT...and there's always a but...they each have variants that combine for a total of 10 books.  Psych!

The weirdest thing for the week is that there were no core Spider-Man titles released.  That's more than made up for by the 7 versions of Avengers Vs. X-Men #8 and 3 versions of Captain Marvel #1.

Here's the list:

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Spider-Man Comic Appearances for July 11, 2012

This week we have 6 new comic books featuring a Spider-Man appearance.  Spider-Men #3 makes up half that list with its regular cover and two variants.

Here's the list:
  • Avenging Spider-Man #9
  • Marvel Universe The Avengers Earth's Mightiest Heroes #4
  • Scarlet Spider #7
  • Spider-Men #3
  • Spider-Men #3 (Pichelli Variant)
  • Spider-Men #3 (Dodson Variant)

If you're lucky enough to go, have fun in San Diego this weekend.  If not, then you can watch updates on G4.

Happy boxdiving!

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Spider-Man Comic Appearances for July 4, 2012


This week we have 14 new comic books (with a magazine in the mix too) that feature a Spider-Man appearance.  Not the least of which are 9 issues from the Avengers Vs. X-Men mini-series.

While there are 5th printings of the #0-2 issues, in issue #7 of Avengers Vs. X-Men (out this week) Spidey manages to make a small cameo within the 6 variant versions of the book.  It appears he may have a bigger role in upcoming issues.

Also out this week is the 2nd issue of Marvel Super Heroes Magazine.  It's a fun romp for younger readers.  This actually was released in bookstores a week or two ago, but makes its way to comic shops now.  And it still sports the newsstand barcode.  I guess it wasn't economical to print 2 versions (newsstand vs. direct) for this one.  They did the same thing with the first issue too.

Here's the list for this week:

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Spider-Man Comic Appearances for June 27, 2012

This week is a bit more tame on the variant cover front with 4 alternate covers available.  10 new comics featuring a Spider-Man appearance.

Right in line with the new Amazing Spider-Man movie release, we have the Lizard front and center in the monthly title.  And we also have the 2nd issue of the very fun Spider-Men series.  Otherwise, a fairly pedestrian medium-sized week.

Here's the full list of appearances:

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Spider-Man Comic Appearances for June 20, 2012

This week the Spider-Man-themed company-wide variant covers continue to roll through your bank account.

There are 13 (?) new Spider-Man comic book appearances this week, and 6 of those are variant covers, while 3 others are alternate printing variants.

Now I say 13 with a question mark because the jury is out as to whether or not Spidey appears in the latest big-news issue of Astonishing X-Men #51.  Towards the end of the book during the wedding reception, it surely looks like Spidey's hand reaches into frame to tap the shoulder of one of the mutant wedding attendees.  Now Spidey isn't shown anywhere else in the book, and their aren't many non-mutants attending the wedding at all so it doesn't seem likely he would be there.  But heck, this is a comic book.  Who said there has to be rhyme or reason to anything.  I'm just working on identifying if there is another character who would be attending and have a similar glove style (e.g. red with circular lines along the fingers).

Oh well, I'll update this post with the final findings.  Here's are the other books for the week:

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Spider-Man Comic Appearances for June 13, 2012


This week we have 18 new Spider-Man comic book appearances, and 12 of those are variant covers.

The highly promoted first meeting of the 616 Marvel Universe Spidey (Peter Parker) and the Ultimate Universe Spidey (Miles Morales) occurred in Spider-Men #1.  In addition to its regular cover and 2 variants, there is a 3rd variant cover that was made available to retailers who wanted to purchase 500 copies to get a personalized cover.

This time around 24 comic shops took Marvel up on the offer.  Most are in the US, but a couple are in Canada and one in both England and Italy.

Here are the books for this week:

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Spider-Man Comic Appearances for May 30, 2012


So life gets back to normal this week, but June promises to bring more convention awesomeness.  After hitting conventions in both Dallas and Houston in May, I will be taking a turn in San Antonio at the Texas Comic Con in late June.

But before that happens, I'll be making a pilgrimage to Mile High Comics to visit their new warehouse store - quite possibly the largest comic shop anywhere ever!  And the trip to Denver will coincide with the inaugural Denver Comic Con event.  It should be a lot of fun.



I use the term pilgrimage purposefully, because I was wavering on whether or not to make the trip.  I was concerned that after paying for airfare, a hotel room, renting a car, plus expenses, what if I couldn't find enough books off my want list to make it worthwhile.

It was earlier this week when I needed to make the final decision to go, and that morning I received an email from a reporter with CNN requesting an interview about Spider-Man's 50th anniversary and how the character has affected me.  The questions took me back to the days when I started collecting Spider-Man comics, and rekindled memories about the first time I purchased comics through mail order from Mile High Comics.  The 10-year-old me had so much fun scouring the catalog to pick out what I wanted to get with my allowance.

Remembering how I felt those many years ago cinched the trip for me.  It's an experience and a chance to reconnect with my inner child.

This week on the comic front is alternate printing week.  Among the 14 new books released, 10 were 2nd or 3rd printings of recent Marvel comics.  That along with 3 regular appearances and Marvel Previews, and we have another variant-free week.  Yahoo!

Among the new releases, the Amazing Spider-Man Annual #39 was a lot more fun than expected.  It was your basic time travel and pocket universe issue with a lot of heart.

Here are this week's new appearances:

Spider-Man Comic Appearances for May 23, 2012


This week I made my way to Houston, Texas for Comicpalooza.  This event takes place at the George R. Brown Convention Center in the downtown area.

Just like Dallas, the event has grown from year to year.  However, the facility has also been able to accommodate the growing crowds.  Great planning and an even better support system of volunteers has ensured this event goes off without a hitch.

Friday was a little slow, but also made it easy to do some serious boxdiving throughout the room.  Saturday had a long line of folks waiting to get in and have a lot of fun.

I will definitely be hitting this show next year.

Here's what came out this week: