Marvel to re-release Alien Costume Saga?

[Spider-Man]

I was hunting for this trade on Amazon and found that only out of print used copies are available.

Does anyone know if Marvel is "remastering" the black costume saga in time for Spider-Man 3? Seems to me this would have been a great idea.

Two or three trades could've easily contained Spidey getting the costume to the birth and first defeat of Venom. Further Venom stories could be put in a different set of trades.

Spidey

[Beast]

Search is your friend. There's a trade that came out just this last week featuring the origins of Venom and one of Sandman to tie into the new movie. Gimme a second. :)
SPIDER-MAN: BIRTH OF VENOM
COVER BY: TODD MCFARLANE
WRITER: JIM SHOOTER, TOM DEFALCO, JOHN BYRNE, LOUISE SIMONSON, DAVID MICHELINIE
PENCILS: MIKE ZECK, RON FRENZ, RICK LEONARDI, JOHN BYRNE, GREG LAROCQUE, TODD MCFARLANE

The Story: The Beyonder's Battleworld might seem a strange place to get new threads, but it's Spider-Man who becomes unraveled when his shape-changing costume attempts to darken his life as well as his fashion sense! But ridding himself of his riotous raiment proves an even greater mistake when its alien enmity bonds with mortal madness to form our hero's most dedicated decimator! Plus: the first appearances of Puma and the Rose! Mary Jane Watson's startling secret! And the debut of the battling...Bag-Man!? Guest-starring the Black Cat, the Fantastic Four and more! Collecting SECRET WARS #8; AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #252-259, #298-300 and #315-317; FANTASTIC FOUR #274; and WEB OF SPIDER-MAN #1; AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #25.
344 PGS./Rated A …$29.99 - IN STORES: 2007-03-21
http://www.marvel.com/catalog/?book_id=6146
SPIDER-MAN: SAGA OF THE SANDMAN
COVER BY: MARK BROOKS
WRITER: STAN LEE, ROY THOMAS, TOM DEFALCO, KURT BUSIEK
PENCILS: STEVE DITKO, JACK KIRBY

THE STORY: It was no day at the beach when criminal Flint Marko was mutated into one of Marveldom's most versatile villains and began a career of kicking sand in our favorite heroes' faces! Some of the best battles between Sandman, Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and the Hulk are collected here in commemoration of his gritty film debut! Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #4 and #18-19, FANTASTIC FOUR #61, INCREDIBLE HULK #138, MARVEL TEAM-UP #1, MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #86, and UNTOLD TALES OF SPIDER-MAN #3.
176 PGS./Rated A …$19.99 - IN STORES: 2007-03-07
http://www.marvel.com/catalog/?book_id=6088

[Maestro]

^ I bought that trade last week. I'm not up to the McFarlane issues yet but it's decent so far

[Spider-Man]

Does it have the entire black costume saga?

Spidey

[Maestro]

Does it have the entire black costume saga?

Spidey

It has that and more

[Spider-Man]

Awesome! How much did it set you back? The twenty bucks mentioned above or the thirty that Marvel.com mentions?

Spidey

[Maestro]

I didn't buy through Amazon and paid full price instead. I was really anxious for Venom for some reason

[Mister Mets]

Does it have the entire black costume saga?

Spidey
Technically it doesn't, although it had the key issues of the Alien Costume saga.

It has the eight issues of Amazing Spider-Man contained in the Saga of the Alien Costume TPB, the entire contents of the Spider-Man VS Venom TPB, and a few more goodies (ie- Web of SPider-Man #1 with a crucial Alien costume plot.)

I highly recommend it for newer fans, and given the page/dollar ratio, it's actually a decent deal.

[MaxofSteel]

Awesome! How much did it set you back? The twenty bucks mentioned above or the thirty that Marvel.com mentions?

Spidey

It was closer to $30 at my LCS. I have yet to pick this up though, but it'd be a great addition to my collection.

[Spider-Man]

Technically it doesn't, although it had the key issues of the Alien Costume saga.

It has the eight issues of Amazing Spider-Man contained in the Saga of the Alien Costume TPB, the entire contents of the Spider-Man VS Venom TPB, and a few more goodies (ie- Web of SPider-Man #1 with a crucial Alien costume plot.)

I highly recommend it for newer fans, and given the page/dollar ratio, it's actually a decent deal.

Hmm...I'm not a new fan by any stretch of the imagination. But I didn't catch all of the original black costume issues when they were originally released.

And I have the Spidey vs. Venom trade...so I wonder if I need this...though it would be nice to have it all in one package.

Spidey

[Dangerous]

Re-reading through those old issues in the Birth of Venom trade now, great stuff.