Marvel's Obama Spider-man comic Sells Out in Record Numbers
Friday, January 16, 2009
Company expects it to be industry's best-selling comic in over a decade
If everybody has a copy, how valuable will it be as a collectors' item? That's the question surrounding the Barack Obama Spider-man comic that hit stores this week. Here's the latest from Fox News:
Obama-Man, Obama-Man, does whatever a spider can.
Marvel Comics says it plans to print a second and third round of its latest "Spider-Man" comic book after the issue, which features President-elect Barack Obama, sold out in record numbers Wednesday -- just hours after hitting stands. The company expects it to be the industry's best-selling comic in over a decade.
The plot unfolds when Spider-Man's alter ego, Peter Parker, who attends the presidential inauguration as a news reporter, spots two identical Obamas just minutes before the new president is to give his inaugural address.
The web crawler springs into action -- and rescues Obama from the villainous imposter. The new president then thanks the superhero with a fist-bump.
Steve Wacker, an editor who worked on the issue, told FOXNews.com that Marvel Comics decided to write the story after learning that Obama collected Spider-Man comics as a child.
"It's less of a political statement than it is of a 'Spidey' fan made good," Wacker said.
But Wacker said he never expected the issue to sell out in less than a day.
"I didn't foresee the book going into a second printing. That caught us by surprise," he said.
"But it's a new president. No matter who it is, it's going to get attention."
A second printing is scheduled to hit stores "mid to next week," company editors said.
If everybody has a copy, how valuable will it be as a collectors' item? That's the question surrounding the Barack Obama Spider-man comic that hit stores this week. Here's the latest from Fox News:Obama-Man, Obama-Man, does whatever a spider can.
Marvel Comics says it plans to print a second and third round of its latest "Spider-Man" comic book after the issue, which features President-elect Barack Obama, sold out in record numbers Wednesday -- just hours after hitting stands. The company expects it to be the industry's best-selling comic in over a decade.
The plot unfolds when Spider-Man's alter ego, Peter Parker, who attends the presidential inauguration as a news reporter, spots two identical Obamas just minutes before the new president is to give his inaugural address.
The web crawler springs into action -- and rescues Obama from the villainous imposter. The new president then thanks the superhero with a fist-bump.
Steve Wacker, an editor who worked on the issue, told FOXNews.com that Marvel Comics decided to write the story after learning that Obama collected Spider-Man comics as a child.
"It's less of a political statement than it is of a 'Spidey' fan made good," Wacker said.
But Wacker said he never expected the issue to sell out in less than a day.
"I didn't foresee the book going into a second printing. That caught us by surprise," he said.
"But it's a new president. No matter who it is, it's going to get attention."
A second printing is scheduled to hit stores "mid to next week," company editors said.
posted by Chris and Frank at 12:05 AM
2 Comments:
I'll be offering a pre-pay deposit to the comic store where I live to get my copy of the second edition. This looks cool. My kid will love it!
T.J., Phoenix, AZ
(P.S.: Go, Cards!)
If you were gonna put one of these up for sale on eBay, what category would it be? Comics? Super-heros? U.S. Political? Hmmm...
Patricia, West Covina, CA
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