BRAND NEW DAY: Game-Changing AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #546 to Get Facsimile Edition in JUNE
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 — 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...
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