Comments on: Sunday Spidey Update

By: Mac McMahan

Mac McMahan — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 22:25:13 +0000

Anyone know how to obtain selected copies of these spiderman comic pamplets? Have a grandson who is missing a couple issues.
Thanks,
Mac

By: Johanna

Johanna — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 21:43:05 +0000

Thanks so much for elaborating on that! I noticed the lack of ads in the inserts. It’s a shame SmartSource apparently didn’t have things lined up the way they should have.

By: Drahken

Drahken — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 20:56:49 +0000

My local paper is ending spiderman after the 22nd reprint (it was supposed to go to 46). There was an article explaining the situation, apparently smartsource expected to get a bunch of advertisers to pay the cost of the comic. They didn’t get the advertising needed, so they tried to charge the newspapers more. The newspapers said “screw you” and backed out of the deal.
What I wonder is if smartsource is going to print anything beyond #22 and just have it sit in a warehouse because the papers won’t accept it, or if #22 is the last one they’re going to print.

By: Rosie

Rosie — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 02:53:31 +0000

I think it is very expensive to buy the spiderman
comics that come free in the paper as Johana did.
What if you only needed one. Can you buy one or
do you have to buy six of them to get the one you
want.

By: Tony Isabella

Tony Isabella — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 20:22:27 +0000

The same thing happened with the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

By: Ray Cornwall

Ray Cornwall — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 18:32:32 +0000

I think I’d rather have the Steve Ditko Spider-Man Omnibus next year, thankyouveddymuch.

By: Journalista » Blog Archive » Dec. 18, 2006: Yahooligans

Journalista » Blog Archive » Dec. 18, 2006: Yahooligans — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 13:16:54 +0000

[...] Johanna Draper Carlson’s local paper has been running those free Ditko/Lee Spider-Man inserts on Sundays, but the front page of yesterday’s paper contained an unusual note: [...]

By: carpboy

carpboy — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 10:57:22 +0000

Aside from the first week (which reprinted the Spider-Man portion of Amazing Fantasy #15), each week has consisted of half of an issue of Amazing Spider-Man. That is, until recently, where #8 was split over three weeks (16-18). I'm wondering if that's the restructuring being referred to. The ad for selling these supplements really rubbed me the wrong way too... but I guess they want to stimulate sales on the monthlies, not the trades...? If the Barnes & Noble Masterworks reprints weren't OOP, kids could still pick these up 10 issues at a time for 15 bucks. In any case, I'm only interested in seeing what new covers they commission for these.