The Amazing Spider-Man #573 [Variant Edition - 'Zombie' - Marko Djurdjevic Cover]
(December 2008)

Marvel, 1999 Series
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Price
3.99 USD; 4.50 CAD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
thrice monthly
On-sale Date
2008-10-15
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Rated A
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Publishing Inc.
Brand
Marvel [in horizontal box]
Barcode
759606047161 57331
Editing
Stephen Wacker (credited) (editor); Tom Brennan (credited) (assistant editor); Tom Brevoort (credited) (executive editor); Joe Quesada (credited) (editor in chief)

Issue Notes

1:10 retailer incentive cover.
This issue is a variant of The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1999 series) #573 [Direct Edition]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Marko Djurdjević (painting)
Inks
Marko Djurdjević (painting)
Colors
Marko Djurdjević (painting)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man (zombie); Green Goblin (zombie)
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1999 series) #573 [Variant Edition - 'Zombie' - Marko Djurdjevic Cover] Cover Thumbnail for The Amazing Spider-Man (1999 series) #573 [Direct Edition] Cover Thumbnail for The Amazing Spider-Man (1999 series) #573 [Variant Edition - Kevin Maguire Cover] Cover Thumbnail for The Amazing Spider-Man (1999 series) #573 [Variant Edition - Stephen Colbert '08 - Joe Quesada Cover]
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Cover gallery

Green Energy! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
?
Pencils
John Romita Jr.
Inks
Klaus Janson
Colors
Dean White
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero

New Ways To Die Part Six: Weapons of Self Destruction (Table of Contents: 2)

Spider-Man / comic story / 28 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Slott (credited)
Pencils
John Romita Jr. (credited)
Inks
Klaus Janson (credited)
Colors
Dean White (credited)
Letters
Cory Petit of Virtual Calligraphy (credited as VC's Cory Petit)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Thunderbolts: Bullseye [Lester]; Radioactive Man [Chen Lu]; Songbird [Melissa Gold]; Venom [Mac Gargan] (also as Scorpion)
Anti-Venom [Eddie Brock]; Betty Brant; Sally Floyd; Green Goblin [Norman Osborn]; Lily Hollister; Martin Li; Aunt May Parker; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Ben Urich
Synopsis
Norman invites Harry to rule the world with him as father and son. Spider-Man and Anti-Venom take on Green Goblin and the Thunderbolts. Gargan injects Anti-Venom with a deadly poison which causes the suit to leave Eddie. Spider-Man discovers that it was Harry and not Norman that was doing medical experiments on illegal immigrants. Norman spins recent events in the media to make himself look good. Lily kisses Peter. Aunt May sees a violent side of Martin Li that she didn't expect. Eddie finds that the poison's effect is temporary and heads off into his new life as Anti-Venom.
Reprints

Lo There Shall Come This Man...This Candidate! (Table of Contents: 3)

Spider-Man / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Mark Waid (credited)
Pencils
Patrick Olliffe (credited)
Inks
Serge LaPointe (credited)
Colors
Rain Beredo (credited)
Letters
Cory Petit of Virtual Calligraphy (credited as VC's Cory Petit)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Grizzly [Maxwell Markham] (villain); J. Jonah Jameson; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Stephen Colbert
Synopsis
Spider-Man inspires presidential hopeful Stephen Colbert to stay in the race.
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. Green Energy!
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. New Ways To Die Part Six: Weapons of Self Destruction
    Spider-Man
  4. 3. Lo There Shall Come This Man...This Candidate!
    Spider-Man
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