With the recent leaks surrounding the Amazing Spider-Man #700 as well as Superior Spider-Man #1, Marvel EIC Axel Alonso issued a statement through CBR.
âItâs always disappointing when someone decides to spoil a big story by posting it on the torrents. Piracy affects fans, creators and retailers who look forward to a big comic book to put some cash in their registers â which âAmazing Spider-Man #700Ⲡdefinitely will do. The fact that physical copies of the issue exist, but are accessible to a select few, is, of course, alarming.â
Yes, Marvel is investigating this matter.
Alonso seems to insinuate that the leaked spoilers will effect sales for Amazing Spider-Man negatively, but we all know thatâs not the case.
Someone leaked the entire issue of Amazing Spider-Man #698 online two days before it was to go on sale, with the issue selling out and going to second print, which Marvel sent out a press release about.
This time, however, itâs not two days but almost a month.
Obviously this leak is coming from Marvel and the handful of people that get early copies, so the obvious answer would have been to not give out early copies, but Marvel still did.
Previously, Dan Slott said retailers havenât ordered enough of these issues, as well as making it out to sound as if there wasnât too much buzz.
Well, with all the leaks, the bees seem to be buzzing as the spoilers are being discussed everywhere, from obvious comic book forums and sites to larger entertainment news websites and even gaming websites.
Job well done to whoever came up with this idea.
Iâve seen the leaked pages, and to be quite honest, they donât reveal much. If you read Amazing Spider-Man #698, you already know what happened.
And there is a reported description for Amazing Spider-Man #700 online, which I attempted to read, âattemptedâ because itâs a garbled mess.Â
Honestly, I thought they were fakes, because both of the leaks didnât reveal a darn thing.
If itâs not fake, how about sending over the new Nova and Guardians of the Galaxy for us to âreview?â
