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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #697 – War of the Goblins Concludes!

Amazing Spider-Man #697 Writers: Dan Slott and Christos Gage Art: Giuseppe Camuncoli [Pencils], Dan Green [Inks], and Antonio Fabela [Colors] Opening where the last issue left off, Amazing Spider-Man #697 has Peter Parker and Horizon Labs owner Max Modell on the run from both the original Hobgoblin (Roderick Kingsley) and his would-be replacement, Phil Urich–who
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #694 – The 50th Anniversary story arc concludes!

Amazing Spider-Man #694 Writer: Dan Slott Art: Humberto Ramos [Pencils], Victor Olazaba [Inks], and Edgar Delgado [Colors] If Amazing Spider-Man #692 and 693 were about introducing Alpha, then this week’s #694 is all about setting the character up for his next chapter–whenever that may be. Deciding to take a break from his research at Horizon
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #692 – 50th Anniversary Spectacular!

Amazing Spider-Man #692 Writer: Dan Slott, with back-up stories by Dean Kaspiel and Joshua Hale Fialkov Art: Humberto Ramos [Pencils], Victor Olazaba [Inks], Edgar Delgado [Colors], plus Dean Kaspiel [Art] & Giulia Brusco [Colors] and Nuno Plati [Art] on back-up stories Spider-Man’s first appearance was 50 years ago this month in Amazing Fantasy #15. Sure,
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All the Amazing Spider-Man 50th anniversary variants

Amazing Spider-Man is turning 50 and Marvel Comics has almost a variant for every year Peter Parker has been around. What variant cover is your favorite? I love the Marcos Martin Spider-Man through the decades: 1980s variant featured above. Try to enjoy the art in between the chaos of mass marketing that Marvel will try
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Dan Slott ending his run on Amazing Spider-Man after #700?

Dan Slott via Arune Singh’s IPhone told the Amazing Spider-Man panel at Comic Con International Sunday afternoon that he would have to go into hiding after issue 700 of Amazing Spider-Man. “The issue will divide fans,” Slott said. The audience was told that the last page of 700 is a gutsy move by Slott. “It
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6-page preview: Amazing Spider-Man #692 – Alpha origin

Marvel Comics Wednesday afternoon released a six-page preview of Amazing Spider-Man #692 written by Dan Slott with art by Humberto Ramos. This issue contains the origin of Alpha, Spider-Man’s new side-kick. Amazing Spider-Man #692 swings into your local comic book store on August 22nd, 2012. Introducing ALPHA in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #692! Fans across the globe
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3-page preview: Spider-Men #2 – We must fight first!

Marvel Comics Friday afternoon released a three-page preview of Spider-Men #2 and the cover of the second print of issue #1. This continues the crossover between the Ultimate universe and the 616 Spider-Men (Did you get all that?). Brian Michael Bendis writes Spider-Man #2 with art by Sara Pichelli. Spider-Men #1 second print hits your
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #686 – Something You Expected, and Something You Didn’t

Amazing Spider-Man #686 Writer: Dan Slott Art: Stefano Caselli, Frank Martin Jr. [Color Art] [SIMPERIN' SPOILER ALERT: Reading this rollicking review might spoil certain exciting elements of this book's pulse-pounding plot for you, oh consummate Comic Vault reader! You've been warned!] An entire hemisphere of Earth, including Silver Sable’s native Symkaria, has been destroyed at
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