Everyone’s favorite wall-crawler is celebrating his 60th anniversary next year and Marvel Comics wants to take readers back where it all began with MARVEL: JUNE 1962, a Spider-Man omnibus coming next year. Along with Spidey’s debut, MARVEL: JUNE 1962 will also offer readers additional firsts for some of its Marvel heroes including:
- Thor first held aloft the hammer Mjolnir. ·
- Hank Pym donned his cybernetic helmet, becoming Ant-Man.
- The FF squared off against Namor and Doctor Doom.
- Kid Colt mixed it up with the Circus of Crime.
- Millie the Model got mixed up in more Hanover hijinks.
- Patsy and Hedy worked on their frenemy-ship.
- Star-crossed lovers dealt with the ups and downs of romance, all while tales of horror and fantasy stories crept from the pages of titles like Strange Tales.
MARVEL: JUNE 1962 OMNIBUS will collect every comic from this month of Marvel milestones: JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY (1952) #83; AMAZING FANTASY (1962) #15; TALES TO ASTONISH (1959) #35; KATHY #18; LIFE WITH MILLIE #18; PATSY WALKER #102; KID COLT, OUTLAW #106; FANTASTIC FOUR (1961) #6; LINDA CARTER, STUDENT NURSE #7; MILLIE THE MODEL #110; STRANGE TALES (1951) #100; TALES OF SUSPENSE (1959) #33; LOVE ROMANCES #101; INCREDIBLE HULK (1962) #3; GUNSMOKE WESTERN #72; PATSY AND HEDY #84 and RAWHIDE KID (1955) #30.
This Spider-Man omnibus features a beautiful cover by Javier Rodriguez along with a Direct Market exclusive cover by the legendary Steve Ditko.
MARVEL: JUNE 1962 will swing your way in June 2022.
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