Amazing Spider-Man #667 Montreal Comic Con Variant Cover

A new variant of Amazing Spider-Man #667 was produced by Marvel for the Montreal Comiccon occurring September 17-18, 2011.

It features a variant cover by Neal Adams himself, and it is purported to be the first time Neal has drawn Spidey in print.  If that's true, he shouldn't stop now because the cover is really stellar.

There's a colorized version available online, but the black and white version was the one produced for the convention.

If you weren't lucky enough to make it to the show, you can probably find a copy on Ebay.

Spider-Man Comic Appearances for September 21, 2011

There are 16 new Spider-Man comic book appearances this week.  They include an inordinate number of alternate printings and only a couple variant cover issues.

My favorite cover for the week is the Avengers #15 Immonen color variant.  There's no Spidey on the cover, but there is some mighty nice pose striking going on.

Spider-Man Comic Appearances for September 14, 2011

This is a big week for variant covers.  There are 25 new Spider-Man appearances this week, and only 4 books make up 20 of the variants.

Be sure to note that there are 4 versions of the Amazing Spider-Man #669 "You're Spider-Man" variant cover.  This was the one that retailers could opt to have a customized cover if they were willing to purchase a minimum of 2,000 copies.

Only four stores took them up on the offer -- a far cry from the 142 that opted in to the #666 variants with a 500 minimum.  You can read more in an earlier blog post.

Hopefully, Marvel will take a break on the personalized cover fad for fear of cramming all these variants down our throat and seeing more people leave the hobby.  My 2 cents.

Amazing Spider-Man #669 Retailer Variant Covers

On the heels of the Amazing Spider-Man #666 retailer cover variant's being released, Marvel went right back to that well to offer a similar retailer-specific cover for issue #669.

This time, though, instead of the minimum order of 500 copies of the variant, each store would be required to purchase 2,000.  And while 142 stores took part is issue #666, only a handful have ventured into issue #669.

The stores taking part in the promotion include:

Marvel pairs with Food & Wine magazine for a new Spider-Man comic strip

The September 2011 issue of Food & Wine magazine features an original Spider-Man comic strip.

Written by C.B. Cebulski & Chris Eliopoulos and illustrated by Michael Avon Oeming, the one-page comic teams the F&W Test Kitchen Superheroes with Spider-Man against the Green Goblin.

You can read more on the F&W website.

The magazine also features an article illustrating how chefs are seen as modern day superheroes.

Coupled with the article is a link to view a digital-only 13-page comic book featuring Spider-Man and former Top Chef contestant Eli Kirshtein as they battle Mysterio.

The comic is being offered to view for free on the Marvel.com digital comics site.

Spider-Man Comic Appearances for September 7, 2011

Following a massive appearance list from seven days ago, this week we have 10 new Spider-Man comic book appearances at the local comic shop.

One fun appearance this week is a non-Marvel comic titled Orbit: Stan Lee which features a biography of the one and only Stan "The Man" Lee.

Spider-Man Comic Appearances for August 31, 2011

This week is...painful.  Economically painful as there are 27 comic books with a Spider-Man appearance released.

27.  Ouch.

Most of that volume comes from a New Avengers teaser story printed in the back of most Marvel Comics, and Spidey is in there.  Additionally, there were quite a few 2nd printings and several variant covers too.

Amazing Spider-Man #666 Fan Expo variant is now available

Because 142 variants just isn't quite enough, there's another new variant edition of Amazing Spider-Man #666.  This time around there is a variant cover illustrated by Steve Epting available at the Canadian Fan Expo.

Only 1,500 copies were printed and made available to attendees who pre-purchased the premium ticket package, which was sold out well before the event began.

The best place to find a copy now is on Ebay, but copies are going for upwards of $80-100.

But wait...there's more.

Keep your eyes open for a 2nd printing of Amazing Spider-Man #666 on its way to comic shops everywhere soon.

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.