EXCLUSIVE! Coming a month out from the new movie…
I like being surprised by what Facsimile Editions a company puts out, but I also like it when I see it coming and correctly predict it.
This is the latter. Marvel in June will be releasing 2008’s reality-shattering The Amazing Spider-Man #546 — the first issue of the controversial Brand New Day era.
Because, y’see, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the fourth movie in the Tom Holland cycle, will be hitting theaters in July.
Dig the solicitation info, which will be released officially later this month by Marvel. (There’s also a second Marvel Facsimile coming that month. Click here.):
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #546 FACSIMILE EDITION
Written by DAN SLOTT, MARC GUGGENHEIM, BOB GALE & ZEB WELLS
Penciled by STEVE MCNIVEN, GREG LAND, PHIL WINSLADE, MIKE DEODATO JR. & JOHN ROMITA JR.
Cover by STEVE MCNIVEN
VARIANT COVER BY MARK BAGLEY
FOIL VARIANT COVER ALSO AVAILABLE
The landmark issue that launched Spider-Man’s fan-favorite “Brand New Day” era! Following the devastating events of “One More Day,” Peter Parker puts the past behind him – with many of the brightest talents in comics uniting to weave a fresh web for Spidey! Get ready to discover his new status quo, catch up with familiar faces, and meet some new players in the lives of Peter and his family – beginning with the woman he’s locking lips with! And then there’s the monochrome menace set to become one of Spider-Man’s deadliest enemies: Mister Negative! But what new enterprise has Aunt May got cooking? And who’s the redhead trying her luck as the costumed Jackpot? Reprinting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1999) #546.
48 PGS./Rated T… $6.99
RETAILERS/CONSUMERS: PLEASE INQUIRE REGARDING FOIL PRICING.
On Sale 6/10
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Buncha thoughts:
— I can’t believe it’s been more than 18 years since this came out. The way Peter and Mary Jane’s marriage was undone still sticks in some craws, but at least it wasn’t Superboy-Prime punching a cosmic wall or anything.
— I’m not exactly a genius for predicting this and have been forecasting it for some time. Besides the upcoming movie, the comics’ Brand New Day era followed the aftermath of Civil War, which was just re-released in full as seven Facsimile Editions. (Civil War is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year and Marvel has a bunch of homage variant covers coming in celebration, by the way.)
— Marvel is not planning to reprint the subsequent, initial Brand New Day issues, just the first.
— Like I mentioned, Marvel has two Facsimiles in June, not counting Avengers/JLA #2, which is being published by DC. Links below!
— Obligatory Price Comparison: An unslabbed, NM original copy recently sold on eBay for about $35.
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MORE
— 1969’s SILVER SURFER #4: June Sale Date Set for Classic THOR Showdown FACSIMILE EDITION. Click here.
— JLA/AVENGERS: MARVEL and DC Set Dates for All Four FACSIMILE EDITIONS. Click here.
March 11, 2026
Instead of getting a facsimile of this comic, is there any way of undoing the original?
March 11, 2026
>> Spider-Man’s fan-favorite “Brand New Day” era!
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I’m going to need to see the data on that one. I can’t believe it’s been ~24 years since I last bought monthly Spider-Man.
March 11, 2026
Technically, the first issue of the OMD era was the 2007 Free Comic Book Day issue that introduced Jackpot. 🙂
March 11, 2026
I suppose there’s going to be the usual consternation that this isn’t a golden or silver age reprint. (Keep in mind that Marvel doesn’t have a critical mass of “key” golden age books outside of a few specific issues like Captain America #1 or Marvel Comics #1.) The fact that this book is 19 years old and is almost old enough to vote really should recontextualize this issue.
19 years is a pretty shocking number in context. My daughter had been born almost a year earlier and she’s over halfway through college now. This is an *old* book despite the tone and content being relatively on par with today’s comics. Although 2000-2007 is an interesting transitory period for comics and One More Day is another sign that the content and tone of comics were changing again. I’d really put around 2002 and the start of “Nu Marvel” (which included JMS’s run which preceded OMD) as the shift out of the Bronze/Dark Age of comics and moving into the Media Age. Still, OMD is a noticeable part of that shift–even if the premise of the shift and Peter’s deal with Satan is a terrible precursor for it.
March 11, 2026
The only reason this is coming out is because the new movie has the same name. Hopefully it’s much better than the comic was.
March 11, 2026
BTW, current count of Amazing Spider-Man facsimile issues: 21, plus one annual. There’s also five ancilliary Spider-Man facsimiles (Amazing Fantasy #15 and four others.) This is tied with (Uncanny) X-Men, which also has 21 facsimilies plus Giant-Size #1. (Fantastic Four comes in third with 17 facsimiles issues and an annual.)
March 11, 2026
>> Spider-Man’s fan-favorite “Brand New Day” era!
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I’m going to need to see the data on that one. I can’t believe it’s been ~24 years since I last bought monthly Spider-Man.