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Spider-Man is coming to Salt Lake City. Well, Salt Lake City's Black Cat Comics will be featured on the cover of the latest Amazing Spider-Man comic book.
It is, not surprisingly, a limited edition. "There are 500 copies," said Greg Gage, who owns Black Cat. "So it's an extremely limited book. It will have a picture of the store and me and Spider-Man on the front."
The cover of Amazing Spider-Man No. 666 features Spider-Man sitting in a web, reading a copy of The Daily Bugle — the newspaper his alter-ego, Peter Parker, shoots photos for. The newspaper's headline reads, "Spider-Man Saves Black Cat Comics."
And there's a picture of Gage standing next to the superhero. "I've been reading Spider-Man for 35 years now, so to have a chance to get on the front of one is pretty awesome," he said.
Marvel is working with comic-book stores across the country to promote a new Spider-Man storyline. "Everybody in Manhattan gets spider powers," Gage said. It's called Spider Island."
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P The limited edition of Amazing Spider-Man (No. 666), which features Spider-Man along with Greg Gage and his Salt Lake City store Black Cat Comics, will be available on Wednesday, July 27, at the store, 2261 Highland Drive, Suite A, Salt Lake City. The 500 copies will be sold for the regular Amazing Spider-Man price of $3.99. You can reserve a copy by calling 801-461-4228.