Sunday Comics [Updated]

If you're looking for a Sunday comics fix beyond the ever-shrinking color comics section, see if your paper is picking up Spider-Man between now and December. The Sun-Times is carrying it, and according to Tom Spurgeon, the New York Post is, as well. First up is Spidey's first appearance in Amazing Fantasy #15, and next week will be Amazing Spider-Man #1. I'm a bit intrigued that Marvel and the newspapers are making a 44-year-old comic the focus of such a publicity stunt, and I'm even more curious as to what exactly they'll put out as Amazing Fantasy #15. Since that was a try out for the character, Spider-Man was only part of the issue, with a mystery story taking up the remaining pages. Will they give us a complete replica of the issue, will it be shortened to just the Spider-Man content, or will they fill out the 32 pages with some other Spider-Man material? (Actually, since Sunday papers go on sale on Saturday, those questions have already been answered, but I'm not going out to my newsstand to find out what they are until the morning.) It's not clear yet what will follow Spider-Man #1, if the inserts will move forward through the series or if they'll jump around to various issues from different time periods. It's probably worth checking out, though. There are 120 other papers beyond the Sun-Times and the Post that'll be participating, so see if there's one near you.

UPDATE--I bought the paper. See what I thought of the insert here.