Saturday, January 15, 2022

Spider-Man: Catching $$ Like Flies

 Spider-Man, Spider-Man
Friendly neighborhood Spider-Man
Wealth and fame
He's ignored
Action is his reward

Perhaps for the Spider-Man of old...Today's Spidey is spinning a huge web of money. Spider-Man: No Way Home has grossed $1.54b worldwide in less than a month and already ranks as the #7 all-time box-office earner, just shy of parent Disney's 2019 Lion King remake (#6) and 2015's Jurassic World (#5) at ~$1.65b each. But it's not just on the big screen that Spider-Man is a hot commodity. According to WTAJ, a single page of artwork from a 1984 Spider-Man comic book sold for a record $3.36 million at auction this week. Page 25 from Marvel’s “Secret Wars No. 8” issue had the first appearance of Spidey’s black symbiote suit (see below). The previous record was $657,250 for art from a 1974 issue of “The Incredible Hulk” teasing the first appearance of Wolverine.


Spider-Man, Spider-Man
Does whatever a spider can...

...To him, life is a great big bang up
Wherever there's a hang up
You'll find the Spider-Man

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