Post by t0xin_ven0m on Aug 16, 2006 10:13:00 GMT -5
The Chicago Sun-Times has announced it’s one of 122 newspapers nationwide that will begin running reprints of some of the original Spider-Man comic books in its Sunday editions.
This Sunday, the Sun-Times will insert a reprint of Amazing Fantasy #15, from August 1962, followed by Amazing Spider-Man #1 from March 1963. The reprints will appear through December.
The reprints run as part of an agreement announced last November between Marvel Entertainment and News America Marketing, a division of News Corp.
According to the original press release, “the comic book will have a circulation of 10 million across major metro markets throughout the U.S.” However, it isn’t clear how that figure was determined. News America boasts a network of more than 1,100 newspapers, but according to the Sun-Times story just 122 will participate in the reprints. So I’m guessing the actual circulation will be quite a bit lower.
This Sunday, the Sun-Times will insert a reprint of Amazing Fantasy #15, from August 1962, followed by Amazing Spider-Man #1 from March 1963. The reprints will appear through December.
The reprints run as part of an agreement announced last November between Marvel Entertainment and News America Marketing, a division of News Corp.
According to the original press release, “the comic book will have a circulation of 10 million across major metro markets throughout the U.S.” However, it isn’t clear how that figure was determined. News America boasts a network of more than 1,100 newspapers, but according to the Sun-Times story just 122 will participate in the reprints. So I’m guessing the actual circulation will be quite a bit lower.
