Spider-Man Comic Appearances for August 24, 2011

This week at your local comic shop are 8 new Spider-Man appearance comic books including one variant.

Marvel Comics and Williams-Sonoma have cooked up a new Spider-Man giveaway comic book

Spider-Man and the Avengers #1 is a new Marvel giveaway comic book available in-store from Williams-Sonoma.  The 12-page comic was created to generate awareness for Share Our Strength, a charitable organization aiming to end childhood hunger.

Written by C.B. Cebulski and artist Todd Nauck, the issue features appearances by Spider-Man, Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, Hulk, Giant-Man, The Wasp and the Avenger's butler Jarvis.  The Frightful Four provides the villainy at a Share Our Strength cooking demonstration hosted by Jarvis.  The heroes unite to do what they do best.

To get a copy of the comic you must attend a cookie decorating demonstration featuring a new line of Marvel Comics inspired products.  Your local Williams-Sonoma stores are currently offering demos for $5.00.  The fee includes cookies and one copy of the Spider-Man and the Avengers #1 comic book.

Spider-Man Comic Appearances for August 17, 2011

We've got a mere 9 Spider-Man comic book appearances this week with one variant and 3 second printings.  Fear Itself is slowly fizzling out, while Spider-Island is excitedly on the uptick.

How to get the Blister Amazing Spider-Man #666 store variant

With 142 variations of the Amazing Spider-Man #666 store variant program (not including the regular direct and newsstand versions), it's logical to believe that at least one of the issues will be hard to get.  So which one will it be?

From my experience it's the Blister.jp variant from a Japanese online ordering only website.  This one has folks pulling their hair out, because Blister WILL NOT ship to the U.S. -- only within Japan.  And most of us don't have friends or family in Japan that can order the book and send it back to America.

So what are you supposed to do.

Spider-Man Comic Appearances for August 10, 2011

This was a pretty hefty week with 15 new Spider-Man comic book appearances.  There are variants galore and the Spider-Island tie-in issues are getting ramped up.

Spider-Man Comic Appearances for August 3, 2011

This was a modest-sized week for Spider-Man comic appearances with 10 regular issues, second printings, variants and magazines.

The biggest news from the week seems to be in regards to Ultimate Fallout #4 and its introduction of the new Spider-Man.  While this is seemingly big news to most of the world -- or at least all of the 24-hour news services who crave anything to talk about -- I don't know how big it really is.

Spider-Man Comic Appearances for July 27, 2011

The lead-up to Wednesday's new comics felt a lot like the days before Y2K came about.  Back then, everybody was freaked out wondering what would happen to all the computers in the world when the date moved from 1999 to 2000.  Would the world come to an end?

Well this week was similar with the release of Amazing Spider-Man #666 -- the prelude to the Spider-Island storyline -- along with nearly 150 variant covers from comic book stores through the US and around the world.

So the world didn't end back in 2000, and it didn't end this week either.  But for Spider-Man completists the world gets a lot harder to live in (not to mention more expensive) when faced with the daunting task of getting a copy every store variant.

All that aside, this week we have 10 new Spider-Man comic book appearances ranging from regular issues, to variant covers, and new printings of older books.

Spider-Man Comic Appearances for July 20, 2011

This is a light week with only 7 new comics featuring Spider-Man appearances, and only one issue is a variant.  I honestly can't recall the last time I bought new comics when a variant wasn't included.  Oh the days.

Marvel Mix Tape Giveaway Comic Available at the 2011 San Diego Comic Con

Marvel has announced their freebies to be given away at the 2011 San Diego Comic Con, and a new issue of the Marvel Mix Tape giveaway comic is included.

The comic will feature exclusive previews of upcoming Marvel comic books and the entire first issue of one of Marvel’s most popular comic books.

Based upon the cover, it looks like they're putting the first issue of FF#1 in there.  Regardless, it features Spider-Man on the cover so all of you completists will want to get this one.  Myself included.

This is the latest in a series of Marvel Mix Tape giveaway comics that have been released at major conventions over the past few years.  To date there have been 6 issues released primarily at San Diego Comic Con and Chicago Comic Con.  Spider-Man has made at least a cameo appearance in each issue to date.

The value for these issues ranges from cheap to steep (roughly $2-20 on Ebay).  A decent average would be $5 for any particular issue.  Some are a bit scarcer than others.  Here are the covers:

In addition to the giveaway comic book, Marvel will be handing out the following swag:

• S.H.I.E.L.D. Pin
• Captain America Pin
• Daredevil Pin
• Ultimate Spider-Man Pin
• Peavey Guitar (there will be a special drawing for these gems)
• Captain America Shield iPhone 4 Phone Cases
• The Avengers Eye Patch
• The Avengers Concept Art Poster

Have a great time this year if you make it to the 2011 SDCC show.  I'll have to get my copy of the Marvel Mix Tape comic on Ebay (sound the violins).


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Ultimate Comics Fallout #1 Exclusive San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) 2011 Variant

There's a variant edition of the Ultimate Fallout "Spider-Man No More" #1 issue available at this year's San Diego Comic Con.  It's noted that the issue will be limited to 3,000 copies.

The cover features an inverted white background version of the regular edition, and has the SDCC logo included as well.

If you can't make it to San Diego like me, then you can pick up a copy on Ebay at a variety of price points.