Photo courtesy of Newsarama.com.

He can’t do whatever a spider can, but he sure is a hero. As we reported in this previous post, the Inauguration/Obama Edition of The Amazing Spider-man (#583) was released today, and comic fans and plebeians alike scrambled anxiously to get their hands on this limited edition issue starring the President-elect. Lines stretched around the corners of comic shops all over the country, and chilly fans withstood the frigid temps to get their chance to buy the book.

Newsarama posted some coverage this morning of the fanscene; most stores sold out of the issues by noon, and reported price variants of the limited edition comic ran quickly up to $500 on eBay (original pricing - standard $3.99).

Written by Zeb Wells with art by Todd Nauck and Frank D’Armata, this one promises to be one for the history books. Did anyone get their mitts on a copy? Tell us how you got yours, give us some feedback!

AND, if you missed your chance this time, Marvel’s got you covered with a second printing; from Marvel.com:

To meet the overwhelming demand for AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #583, Marvel is going back to press with AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #583 Second Printing Variant. Marvel is rushing this to the printers over the weekend and urges all retailers to use Diamond Code NOV088096 to place orders by Monday to best ensure that they have quantity in stock for the upcoming historic United States Presidential Inauguration.

UPDATE Marvel is going back to press with Amazing Spider-Man #583 Third Printing Obama Variant.

Adri Cowan
adri@comicimpact.com