The Amazing Spider-Man #558 [Direct Edition]
(July 2008)

Marvel, 1999 Series
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Price
2.99 USD; 3.05 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
thrice monthly
On-sale Date
2008-05-07
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Rated A
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Publishing Inc.
Brand
Marvel [in horizontal box]
Barcode
759606047161 55811
Editing
Stephen Wacker (editor); Tom Brennan (assistant editor); Tom Brevoort (credited) (executive editor); Joe Quesada (credited) (editor in chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

Brand New Day (Table of Contents)

Spider-Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Barry Kitson
Inks
Mark Farmer
Colors
Jeromy Cox (sourced)
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
J. Jonah Jameson; Menace [Lily Hollister]; Mister Negative [Martin Li]; Harry Osborn; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; The Freak; Jackpot; Blue Shield
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1999 series) #558 [Direct Edition] Cover Thumbnail for The Amazing Spider-Man (1999 series) #558 [Newsstand]
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Freak the Third (Table of Contents: 1)

Spider-Man / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Gale (credited)
Pencils
Barry Kitson (credited)
Inks
Mark Farmer (credited)
Colors
Ian Hannin of Avalon Studios (credited as Avalon's Ian Hannin); Matt Milla of Avalon Studios (credited as Avalon's Matt Milla)
Letters
Cory Petit of Virtual Calligraphy (credited as VC's Cory Petit)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Curt Connors; Vin Gonzales; Bill Hollister; J. Jonah Jameson; Marla Madison Jameson; Menace [Lily Hollister]; Aunt May Parker; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; The Freak
Reprints

Shoveling Out! (Table of Contents: 2)

THE DB - The Official Newspaper of Spider-Man / recap / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Chris Bachalo
Inks
Tim Townsend
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man; Doc Curt Connors
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Front page of newspaper THE DAILY BUGLE (May 7, 2008), located between pages 3 and 4 of the main story.

The Amazing Spider-Mail (Table of Contents: 3)

The Amazing Spider-Mail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

3 letters of comment by James Oliva, Oliver Villar, Marco Stacey.

This Summer in THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: (Table of Contents: 4)

Spider-Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Romita Jr.
Inks
John Romita Jr.
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man; Mary Jane; Anti-Venom; Venom

Indexer Notes

Preview page for upcoming storyline.

[House Advertisements] (Table of Contents: 5)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 4 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

House Advertisements for: SECRET INVASION: RUNAWAYS/YOUNG AVENGERS limited series, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN series, SECRET INVASION limited series, INVINCIBLE IRON MAN series.

[Ads] (Table of Contents: 6)

advertisement / 6 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Total of 6 one-page advertisements for: Iron Man (game, SEGA), Ben 10: Alien Force (tv, Cartoon Network), Iron Man Movie Merchandise (merchandise, Jay Franco), Speed Racer: The Video Game (video game, WB Games), Iron Man Hall of Armor Action figures (toys, Hasbro), milk (milk, America's Milk Processors).

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Brand New Day
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. Freak the Third
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. Shoveling Out!
    THE DB - The Official Newspaper of Spider-Man
  4. 3. The Amazing Spider-Mail
    The Amazing Spider-Mail
  5. 4. This Summer in THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN:
    Spider-Man
  6. 5. [House Advertisements]
  7. 6. [Ads]
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