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THE MEDIA RUSH HAS BEGUN AND THE PHONE CALLS HAVE STARTED…IN CASE YOU HAVEN’T HEARD, SPIDER-MAN MEETS BARACK OBAMA IN THE NEW ISSUE OF SPIDER-MAN THAT COMES OUT THIS WEEK. #583 IS THE ISSUE NUMBER. MARVEL KIND OF MESSED UP WITH THIS LATEST BUZZ-WORTHY COMIC, IN MY OPINION. WE, THE COMIC BOOK RETAILERS, WERE GIVEN NO NOTICE OF THE SPECIAL EVENT COMING IN THIS ISSUE AND THAT MARVEL WAS PRODUCING A VARIANT COVER SHOWING OBAMA (ON THE LEFT WITH THE BLUE BACKGROUND). MARVEL DOES MANY VARIANT COVERS THAT SHOP OWNERS CAN ORDER IF WE QUALIFY BY JUMPING THROUGH SEVERAL HOOPS – ORDER MORE OF 583 THAN 575 AND YOU CAN ORDER 1 FOR EVERY 25 OF THIS COVER, ETC., ETC. SOMETIMES WE QUALIFY AND SOMETIMES WE DON’T. THIS TIME WE DID, BUT ARE ONLY GETTING A FEW OF THE OBAMA COVERS. THE FIRST PRINTING HAS A BLUE BACKGROUND. THE REGULAR EDITION IS SHOWN AT THE BOTTOM LEFT, WITH PETER PARKER ON THE COVER AND THE SECOND PRINTING, WHICH SHOULD BE RELEASED ON JAN. 21ST IS SHOWN BETWEEN THEM, IT’S THE SAME AS THE VARIANT COVER BUT HAS A YELLOW BACKGROUND. THE SAME INTERIORS ARE IN ALL ISSUES. PETER PARKER GOES ON A DATE IN ONE STORY AND IN THE OTHER, PARKER IS ASSIGNED BY THE DAILY BUGLE TO COVER THE PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION AND, OF COURSE, SOME BAD DUDES SHOW UP SO PETER HAS TO JUMP INTO ACTION AS SPIDER-MAN.

WE’VE BEEN GETTING LOTS OF PHONE CALLS ABOUT THE ISSUE, AS THE NEWS HAS HIT THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, USA TODAY, CANADA A.M. AND JUST ABOUT EVERY OTHER MEDIA OUTLET. HEY, IT IS KIND OF COOL. THE NEW PRESIDENT IS A COMIC BOOK FAN AND COLLECTOR (SPIDER-MAN AND CONAN) SO IT MAKES SENSE FOR MARVEL TO CAPITALIZE ON THIS. I JUST WISH THEY PUT OBAMA ON THE COVER AND DID AWAY WITH THE VARIANT NONSENSE. IF YOU ABSOLUTLEY MUST HAVE ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTS OF THE OBAMA COVER, CHECK EBAY , WE MAY HAVE SOME AFTER COVERING OUR PRE-ORDERS AND DEFINITELY WILL HAVE THE SECOND PRINTING THAT ARRIVE THE FOLLOWING WEDNESDAY.

WE DO NOT ENCOURAGE SPECULATING IN COMICS AS AN INVESTMENT. IN MOST CASES, YOU DON’T RECOUP YOUR INVESTMENT IF YOU BOUGHT A COMIC PURELY FOR PROFIT. HOWEVER, IF YOU BUY COMICS TO READ AND ENJOY, YOU GET MORE THAN YOUR MONEY’S WORTH EVERYTIME!