The Amazing Spider-Man #555 [Simone Bianchi Cover]
(June 2008)

Marvel, 1999 Series
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Price
2.99 USD; 3.05 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
thrice monthly
On-sale Date
2008-04-02
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Rated A
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Publishing Inc.
Brand
Marvel [in horizontal box]
Barcode
759606047161 55521
Editing
Stephen Wacker (editor); Tom Brennan (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

1:20 retailer incentive variant.
This issue is a variant of The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1999 series) #555 [Direct Edition]. There exist further variants:

Brand New Day (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Simone Bianchi (signed) (painted)
Inks
Simone Bianchi (signed) (painted)
Colors
Simone Peruzzi (sourced) (painted)
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Wolverine [Logan]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Rare variant cover with different cover design.

Cold Case . . . (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Phil Jimenez
Inks
Andy Lanning
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Freak; Spider-Man
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Front page of newspaper THE DAILY BUGLE (April 02, 2008).

Sometimes It Snows in April (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Zeb Wells
Pencils
Chris Bachalo
Inks
Tim Townsend
Colors
Studio F; Antonio Fabela; Chris Bachalo
Letters
Virtual Calligraphy (as VC); Cory Petit

Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Wolverine; Doctor Strange; Wong; Betty Brand; Dexter Bennett; Mayan warriors; Dr. Rabin
Synopsis
Spidey has Dr. Strange use his awesome mystic powers to predict the weather and tell him when the freak blizzard howling outside will end. Instead, Strange tells him of a looming danger that will show up at 4:00 that afternoon. With a few hours to kill until then, Peter heads to work and gets an annoying assignment from Bennett wherein he must take pics of the snowstorm clean up effort the following morning. At the alloted time, Spidey and Wolverine save a man from a pack of Mayan warriors who are trying to kill him. Spidey wraps the warriors up for the local police, who attempt to arrest him.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

3 letters of comment by Kelsey Robinson, Tyler Watson, plus preview of cover of next issue.

[House Advertisements] (Table of Contents: 4)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

House Advertisements for: SECRET INVASION limited series, THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN ongoing series.

[Ads] (Table of Contents: 5)

advertisement / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Total of 9 one-page advertisements for: Ben 10: Alien Force (tv, Cartoon Network), Iron Man (game, SEGA), milk (milk, America's Milk Processors), New York Comic Con No. 3 (convention, NYCC), Spider-Man fishing gear (fishing gear, Shakespeare), Spider-Man 3 (tabletop pinball, Funrise), Heroes & Villains (t-shirts, Giant Merchandising), Iron Man/Hulk (shoes, Reebok), Professor Layton and the Curious Village (game, Nintendo).

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Brand New Day
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. Cold Case . . .
    THE DB - The Official Newspaper of Spider-Man
  3. 2. Sometimes It Snows in April
    Spider-Man
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    The Amazing Spider-Mail
  5. 4. [House Advertisements]
  6. 5. [Ads]
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