Marvel Comics has announced a new oversized gallery edition of Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale’s Spider-Man: Blue. The oversized edition honors the incredible art of Sale, who passed away in June. Spider-Man Blue touches on the formative years of Spider-Man some might say is a modern masterpiece. Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale: Spider-Man Gallery Edition Hardcover will be available in July 2023
“Tim Sale is no longer with us. But the legacy of his incredible talent will always be celebrated,” Loeb said. “I’m so touched and proud that Marvel has chosen SPIDER-MAN: BLUE as the first of our ‘color’ series in a gorgeous new oversized edition. It is a story about love and grief, something we all are experiencing without Tim. Please join us for this extraordinary collection of some of his finest work.”
So what’s Spider-Man: Blue about?
“It’s about remembering someone so important to me I was going to spend the rest of my life with her.” What Peter Parker didn’t know was that meant Gwen Stacy would only get to spend the rest of her life with him. This is the story of how they fell in love. Or more appropriately, how they almost didn’t fall in love. Welcome to Spider-Man’s life. Bad before good. It’s kind of amazing. So to get the girl of his dreams, he’ll have to run the gauntlet of the Green Goblin, the Rhino, two Vultures and a mysterious man in the shadows controlling it all. Join the Eisner Award-winning team of Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale in the story about Peter Parker’s first love, Gwen Stacy. Highlighted by the introduction of Mary Jane Watson, it is a critical moment in Spider-Man’s life when everything was just coming together – only to fall apart.
The collection will feature a main cover–check that out below–and a direct market variant cover yet to be released.
For more on this news, read the official press release below.
New York, NY— August 23, 2022 — Next summer, fans can enjoy one of the most poignant Spidey stories ever told in the JEPH LOEB & TIM SALE: SPIDER-MAN GALLERY EDITION HARDCOVER. The iconic SPIDER-MAN: BLUE limited series by Eisner Award-winning team Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale will receive Marvel Comics’ oversized gallery treatment, honoring Sale’s lush artwork in all its glory!
One of the installments in Loeb and Sale’s acclaimed “Color Series,” SPIDER-MAN BLUE told a touching and insightful saga about Spidey’s formative years as a super hero. The modern Marvel masterpiece that’s perfect for new comic readers and a must-have for longtime Spider-Man fans is back and looking better than ever before!
“It’s about remembering someone so important to me I was going to spend the rest of my life with her,” Peter Parker reflects. What Peter didn’t know was that Gwen Stacy would only get to spend the rest of her life with him. This is the story of how they fell in love — or, more appropriately, how they almost didn’t! To get the girl of his dreams, Peter must run the gauntlet of the Green Goblin, the Rhino, two Vultures…and a mysterious man in the shadows controlling it all.
“Tim Sale is no longer with us. But the legacy of his incredible talent will always be celebrated,” Loeb said. “I’m so touched and proud that Marvel has chosen SPIDER-MAN: BLUE as the first of our ‘color’ series in a gorgeous new oversized edition. It is a story about love and grief, something we all are experiencing without Tim. Please join us for this extraordinary collection of some of his finest work.”
Check out the cover below and be on the lookout for the reveal of a special Direct Market-exclusive variant cover. Experience this beloved Spider-Man saga in a brand-new way when it arrives summer 2023. For more information, visit Marvel.com.
JEPH LOEB & TIM SALE: SPIDER-MAN GALLERY EDITION HC
Written by JEPH LOEB
Art and Cover by TIM SALE
On Sale July 2023
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