Essential Spider-Man

[Rob H]

Hey guys. I'm hoping to get a little help.

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The above image is taken from an Oz eBay sale for the Essential Spider-Man series volume 1 - 7. If anybody owns these volumes, could you please tell me if the books pictured are what they claim to be? The reason I ask is because I haven't seen any other Essential volumes that look like the pictured 1 - 4. Any other Essential I own or have seen looks like 5 - 7. I'd just like to make sure before I bid.

I'd really appreciate any help. Thanks alot. :)

[ben_reilly_s_s]

Yea, those are them.
I used to own them.
they changed the covers when they started to re-print them.

[Rob H]

Thanks, ben. Do you know of any major changes made in the re-prints?

[ben_reilly_s_s]

Other than the covers, I dont think that there are any

[Citizen_Kaine]

Looks exactly like my old essentials, I loved the colored bordering, Essential 4 has Bruce Tim Spidey artwork on the back as well

[Rob H]

Great. Thanks alot. :)

[Gregatron]

It's unfortunate that they've reprinted the Essentials with so many covers. The result can only be confusion.


Remember the days when a reprint of anything had the exact same cover as the first printing (as opposed to 17.5 "limited variant" covers and other gimmicks)?