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...

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:

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...

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...

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...

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:

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!

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:

Add One More Astonishing X-Men #51 Variant To the List

As a follow-up to a recent article, I just came across another new variant for Astonishing X-Men #51 when I was working on completing my Spider-Men #1 retailer variant collection.

Heroes Aren't Hard to Find in Charlotte, North Carolina puts on the wildly successful Heroes Convention -- also in Charlotte.  At this year's event back in June, they offered an exclusive "variant" of Astonishing X-Men #51.

The issue includes an image created by Phil Noto of Heroes owner Shelton Drum and his wife Linda.

I say "variant" because the comics weren't printed with the image, but rather the picture was professionally printed on label stock and placed on the blank area of the cover.  Not a true printed variant, but one professionally manufactured.

You can read more or get a copy on their site, and grab one of their many comic shop exclusive cover issues while you're there too.

Three Variant Comics to Watch for at San Diego Comic Con 2012

UPDATE 7/25:
So it looks like the sketch cover (pictured below) was not released.  I'm not sure where the image originated, but a few auctions made it onto Ebay before the convention began.  Oops.

There was another giveaway with a Spidey appearance at the con though.  Marvel gave away a preview version of Amazing Spider-Man #692 that also includes previews of Hawkeye #1, Captain Marvel #1 and Gambit #1.

ORIGINAL STORY:
I first reported there were 2 variants at the 2012 San Diego Comic Con with Spider-Man making an appearance, but there are actually 3 showing up.

These include:

Amazing Spider-Man #688 (regular cover)

Amazing Spider-Man #688 (sketch cover)

Astonishing X-Men #51 (with the blink and you'll miss it Spider-Man glove)

And if you can't make it to the show, you can find them on Ebay.