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:

Spider-Man Comic Appearances for May 16, 2012

I'm playing catch-up with the past few week's new Spider-Man comic book appearances.  My time has been filled travelling all over Texas visiting some Summer comic cons and local comic shops.

This week I hit the Dallas Comic Con.  The show has grown steadily year to year and recently moved to a much larger facility at the Irving Convention Center.  The only problem is it just wasn't big enough for the crowds.  I think Avengers fever brought new participants out of the woodwork.

From the moment I arrived, it was lines lines and more lines just waiting to get in with an advance ticket.  Once inside it was a madhouse of people walking the dealer room, which I hope was good for the dealers.

And you could forget about getting something to eat.  There was a steady line 30 minutes deep all day.

I've been attending the Dallas show regularly for the last several years, but the return on investment is lower and lower, and the crowds this year just may keep me away in 2013.

Here's the list of comics for the week:

Spider-Man Comic Appearances for May 9, 2012

It's been a while since I could say it with a straight face, but there are no variant comics released this week with a Spidey appearance.  Woo hoo!  My wallet has been spared a terrible fate.

There are, however, 8 awesome non-varianty comics with a Spider-Man appearance.

The most fun appearance this week is Fanboys Vs. Zombies #2.  The regular cover B has a blink-and-you'll-miss-it shot of a zombified Spidey attacking the comic's protagonists on the cover.  If you missed it, he's in the bottom right-hand corner of the cover.

Here are all of the appearance for this week:

Spider-Man Comic Appearances for May 2, 2012

There are 13 new comic books featuring a Spider-Man appearance this week, and a bunch of them are variant covers for AvX #3.

A new magazine called Marvel Super Heroes is released.  It's primarily an Avengers-based magazine, but Spidey is included.

Interestingly, the new magazine made it out to newsstand racks a week ago.  Marvel didn't bother to print a unique Direct Edition, but rather distributed the Newsstand Edition to comic shops as well.

Here's the list:

Spider-Man Comic Appearances for April 25, 2012

Summer is in full swing, because we have another banner week for new Spider-Man comic book appearances.  I found 19 new comics featuring Spidey...or at least Spider-Man-related imagery.  Nearly half of the bunch are variant cover or 2nd printing issues.

My favorite this week belongs to the Spider-Man bed sheets found in Wolverine #305.  And while the imagery of Wolverine all snug in his bed with his Spidey pillow beneath his head is creeping into my brain (emphasis on "creep"), the Spidey inspired sheets don't belong to him.

AvX continues to dominate the Summer with the launch of the new AvX Vs title pitting hero against hero in wall-to-wall action.

Here's the list for the week:

Spider-Man Comic Appearances for April 18, 2012

This week's 21 new Spider-Man appearances is dominated by variants.  Chief among them are the 7 variant covers for AvX #2.  And we have 2nd printings of #0 and #1 as well.

Aside from the AvX issues, we have a number of Avengers Art Appreciation variant covers for several books.  I'm not sure about you, but "Appreciation" is a strong word for variant covers that no one really wants.  Oh well.

Here's the list:

Spider-Man Comic Appearances for April 11, 2012

Sorry for the delayed post.  This is a fairly modest week with 10 new Spider-Man comic book appearances.

Next week's release of Avengers vs X-Men #2 (assuming he is in there) will have tons of variants.  They're milking that series for all its worth.

Without further ado, here's the list:

• Amazing Spider-Man Hooky #1
• Avenging Spider-Man #6
• Avenging Spider-Man #6 (Granov Variant)
• Avenging Spider-Man #6 (Checchetto Variant)
• Carnage U.S.A. #5
• New Avengers #24
• New Avengers #24 (Avengers Art Appreciation Variant)
• Scarlet Spider #4
• Scarlet Spider #4 (Avengers Art Appreciation Variant)
• Uncanny X-Men #10

I'll be back soon with this week's list in a more timely fashion.  Happy boxdiving!

Spider-Man Comic Appearances for April 4, 2012

This is a massive week for new Spider-Man comic book appearances.  The shelves were filled with 23 comic books with Spidey sightings at my local comic shop.

Avengers versus X-Men (AvX) #1 has been released with 10 variant covers, and Hulk #50 sports 6 variant covers of its own.  Spidey is featured in both.

The flagship Spidey title -- Amazing Spider-Man -- has three covers for issue #683.  And the Ends of the Earth storyline is a fun ride so far.  It's nice to see the Sinister Six back again and outsmarting Spidey (and the Avengers)...for now anyway.

Ultimate Comics Spider-Man continues to be a solid book -- one of my favorites for sure.

Here's the list of new books for the week...

Spider-Man Comic Appearances for March 28, 2012

Pretty beefy number of Spider-Man appearances this week with 14 new ones hitting the shelves at your local comic shop.

Several titles end their run this week:  Daken, Moon Knight, and Marvel Adventures Spider-Man included.  I'm really only sad to see Marvel Adventures Spider-Man go, because it was consistently a well produced book for young audiences.  The bright side is that it will be replaced with a new kid-friendly title in the near future.

Spidey's appearance in the Avengers vs X-Men #0 teaser is minimal with the cover teaser for the first issue towards the back of the book.  Also, the wraparound variant features Spidey on the cover.

Lastly, Astonishing X-Men #48 doesn't feature Spidey inside, but the variant cover promoting his 50th anniversary does, and it's by far the best cover of the week.

Here's the list of new appearances this week...