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Avenging Spider-Man
File:Avenging Spider-Man promo.jpg
Promotional material from Marvel Comics showing all of the variant covers for Avenging Spider-Man #1 and announcing the free digital copies as part of the comic book.
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics (#1–current)
ScheduleMonthly
FormatOngoing series
Genre
No. of issues9 (July 2012)
Main character(s)Spider-Man
Creative team
Written byKelly Sue DeConnick, Kathryn Immonen, Greg Rucka, Dan Slott, Ty Templeton, Mark Waid, Zeb Wells
Penciller(s)Marco Checchetto, Matthew Clark, Terry Dodson, Stuart Immonen, Greg Land, Joe Madureira, Leinil Yu
Inker(s)Rachel Dodson, Wade von Grawbadger
Colorist(s)Ferran Daniel, Edgar Delgado, Sunny Gho, Matt Hollingsworth

Avenging Spider-Man is an American comic book series published monthly by Marvel Comics, featuring the adventures of the fictional superhero Spider-Man. The events in the story take place in the primary continuity of the mainstream Marvel Universe along with the events of The Amazing Spider-Man. This is the first ongoing series to feature Spider-Man as the main character besides The Amazing Spider-Man since the cancellation of Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man and the second volume of Sensational Spider-Man in December 2008 following the conclusion of the "One More Day" storyline. Avenging Spider-Man has also been instrumental in Marvel's shift towards including codes to receive free digital copies of the comic with purchased print comic books.

Premise

The format of the series is very similar to the Marvel Team-Up comic book where Spider-Man teams up with another character in every issue. The first and second volumes of Marvel Team-Up primarily (but not exclusively) featured Spider-Man whereas Avenging Spider-Man exclusively features Spider-Man.

Publication history

Marvel announced the publication in June 2011.[1] The first issue was released 9 November 2011, with Zeb Wells as the writer, Joe Madureira as the penciller, and Ferran Daniel as the colorist.[2] The first issue outsold both issues of The Amazing Spider-Man released in November and was the sixth best selling comic book of the month.[3]

The first three issues of the series contained a code for a free digital copy of the comic book,[4] which is the first time any publisher has provided free digital copies as part of the print copy of the comic book.[5] The free digital copy with purchase was extended to include the fourth issue, but Marvel changed from using a sealed poly-bag to protect the code to using a sticker so potential readers could look at the book before purchasing.[6] The response to the free digital code in the first issue was so positive that Marvel announced they would include free digital codes in comic books in their Ultimate line of comics starting in January 2012.[7] The free digital copy with purchase, still using the sticker to protect the code, was extended to the fifth, sixth, and seventh issues before all Marvel comics priced at $3.99 started receiving free digital codes in June 2012 (issue eight) due to the success of the free digital codes in Avenging Spider-Man and the Ultimate line of comics.[8][9]

Collected editions

  • Avenging Spider-Man: My Friends Can Beat Up Your Friends (reprints issues #1-5) 120 pages, hardcover ISBN 0-7851-5778-6; to be released June 2012
  • Spider-Man: Ends of the Earth (reprints issue #8, The Amazing Spider-Man #682-687, Ends of the Earth Special) 197 page, hardcover ISBN 0-7851-6005-1; to be released August 2012
  • The Punisher Vol. 2 (reprints issue #6, The Punisher #6-10, Daredevil #11) 208 pages, paperback ISBN 0-7851-5920-7; to be released September 2012
  • Daredevil Vol. 3 (reprints issue #6, Daredevil #11-15, The Punisher #10) 160 pages, hardcover ISBN 0-7851-6100-7; to be released October 2012
  • Spider-Man: Danger Zone (reprints issue #11, The Amazing Spider-Man #692-697) 128 pages, hardcover ISBN 0-7851-6009-4; to be released December 2012
  • Avenging Spider-Man: The Good, The Green, The Ugly (reprints issues #7, 9-10, 12-15) 112 pages, paperback ISBN 0-7851-5780-8; to be released March 2013

Issues

Issue Guest character(s) Villain(s) Writer Artist Release date Reception Sales rank Notes
1 Red Hulk Moloids Zeb Wells Joe Madureira 9 November 2011 7.0/10[10] 5.0/5[11] 6th[3]
2 Ra'ktar/Molans 7 December 2011 7.5/10[12] 3.0/5[13] 13th[14]
3 18 January 2012 8.0/10[15] 4.5/5[16] 23rd[17]
4 Hawkeye Sidewinder III and Serpent Society agents Greg Land 15 February 2012 7.0/10[18] 2.0/5[19] 33rd[20]
5 Captain America Serpent Society Leinil Yu 28 March 2012 9.0/10[21] 5.0/5[22] 36th[23]
6 Daredevil and Punisher The Hand Greg Rucka and Mark Waid Marco Checchetto 11 April 2012 8.5/10[24] 4.5/5[25] 27th[26] Story continued in Punisher vol. 8 #10[27][28] and Daredevil vol. 3 #11.[29][30]
7 She-Hulk Bastet Kathryn Immonen Stuart Immonen 9 May 2012 7.5/10[31] 4.5/5[32] 60th[33]
8 Doctor Strange and Silver Sable Doctor Octopus Dan Slott and Ty Templeton Matthew Clark 20 June 2012 5.5/10[34] 2.5/5[35] 51st[36] Epilogue to "Ends of the Earth" and further description of Web of Spider-Man #72.[34]
9 Captain Marvel Blackbird Security Kelly Sue DeConnick Terry Dodson 11 July 2012 3.5/5[37] First appearance of Robyn Hood. Chronologically follows first appearance of Ms. Marvel as Captain Marvel, but is published one week prior.

References

  1. ^ ""Avenging Spider-Man" Series Announced by Marvel!". 13 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Marvel.com "Avenging Spider-Man" #1 solicitation". Retrieved 10 November 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Top 100 Comics: November 2011". Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  4. ^ "Avenging Spider-Man # 1, 2 & 3 All to Include Free Digital Copy". 26 October 2011.
  5. ^ "Avenging Spider-Man #1 Makes Digital History". 12 October 2011.
  6. ^ "Marvel Chooses Stickers Over Polybags For Free Digital Downloads". 6 January 2012.
  7. ^ "Marvel Comics to Add Download Codes to Ultimate Line for Free Digital Copies". 10 November 2011.
  8. ^ "Marvel Comics to Offer Free Digital Downloads with Comic Purchase". 12 March 2012.
  9. ^ "Marvel to bundle free digital comic downloads with all $3.99 flagship titles". 15 March 2012.
  10. ^ "Avenging Spider-Man #1 review". IGN. 8 November 2011.
  11. ^ "Avenging Spider-Man #1 review". Comic Book Resources. 9 November 2011.
  12. ^ "Avenging Spider-Man #2 review". IGN. 7 December 2011.
  13. ^ "Avenging Spider-Man #2 review". Comic Book Resources. 7 December 2011.
  14. ^ "Top 100 Comics: December 2011". Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc.
  15. ^ "Avenging Spider-Man #3 review". IGN. 18 January 2012.
  16. ^ "Avenging Spider-Man #3 review". Comic Book Resources. 19 January 2012.
  17. ^ "Top 100 Comics: January 2012". Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc.
  18. ^ "Avenging Spider-Man #4 review". IGN. 15 February 2012.
  19. ^ "Avenging Spider-Man #4 review". Comic Book Resources. 15 February 2012.
  20. ^ "Top 100 Comics: February 2012". Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc.
  21. ^ "Avenging Spider-Man #5 review". IGN. 28 March 2012.
  22. ^ "Avenging Spider-Man #5 review". Comic Book Resources. 2 April 2012.
  23. ^ "Top 100 Comics: March 2012". Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc.
  24. ^ "Avenging Spider-Man #6 review". IGN. 11 April 2012.
  25. ^ "Avenging Spider-Man #6 review". Comic Book Resources. 12 April 2012.
  26. ^ "Top 100 Comics: April 2012". Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc.
  27. ^ "Punisher #10 review". IGN. 18 April 2012.
  28. ^ "Punisher #10 review". Comic Book Resources. 20 April 2012.
  29. ^ "Daredevil #11 review". IGN. 25 April 2012.
  30. ^ "Daredevil #11 review". Comic Book Resources. 26 April 2012.
  31. ^ "Avenging Spider-Man #7 review". IGN. 9 May 2012.
  32. ^ "Avenging Spider-Man #7 review". Comic Book Resources. 14 May 2012.
  33. ^ "Top 100 Comics: May 2012". Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc.
  34. ^ a b "Avenging Spider-Man #8 review". IGN. 20 June 2012.
  35. ^ "Avenging Spider-Man #8 review". Comic Book Resources. 25 June 2012.
  36. ^ "Top 100 Comics: June 2012". Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc.
  37. ^ "Avenging Spider-Man #9 review". Comic Book Resources. 16 July 2012.
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