CBR: Marvel Unveils New "Quesada ASM Variant

[CBR News]

Marvel Comics has released Joe Quesada's variant cover for "Amazing Spider-Man" #640, the third chapter of Quesada and artist Paolo Rivera's "One Moment In Time" storyline. The issue hits stores August 10.


Full article here.

[ShaggyB]

Marvel Comics has released Joe Quesada's variant cover for "Amazing Spider-Man" #640, the third chapter of Quesada and artist Paolo Rivera's "One Moment In Time" storyline. The issue hits stores August 10.


Full article here.

Thanks added it to my covers thread.... but id like to note it here for everyone... the book is listed on marvel.com for August 18th.

[CMBMOOL]

I should have known that they would go that far.

[CyberHubbs]

How far did they go, CMB?

[ShaggyB]

I should have known that they would go that far.

do what now?

how did they go that far with the cover?

[CyberHubbs]

It's actually a pretty neat cover. I wonder who the shadow is supposed to be.

[AnoleX]

While I'm generally a fan of Quesada's work, this angle seems somewhat awkward. It's kinda giving me a headache.

[John Zaleski]

I should have known that they would go that far.

what'd they do?

[D. Perez]

It's actually a pretty neat cover. I wonder who the shadow is supposed to be.

My guess is that it shall symbol that Spider-man was always a shadow standing over Peter and Mary Jane's relationship.
And that it somehow depict Mary Jane trying to escape it

[CMBMOOL]

do what now?

how did they go that far with the cover?

What I mean is with the whole Venom looking shadow in the cover.

[CyberHubbs]

My guess is that it shall symbol that Spider-man was always a shadow standing over Peter and Mary Jane's relationship.
And that it somehow depict Mary Jane trying to escape it

Clearly the symbolic shadow has gorged itself on their "happier times".

[ShaggyB]

My guess is that it shall symbol that Spider-man was always a shadow standing over Peter and Mary Jane's relationship.
And that it somehow depict Mary Jane trying to escape it

or it could be venom... lol

but i like your explanation.

[CMBMOOL]

My guess is that it shall symbol that Spider-man was always a shadow standing over Peter and Mary Jane's relationship.
And that it somehow depict Mary Jane trying to escape it

Nice call, and here I thought it was Venom in the shadows.

[ShredHead]

While I normally like Quesada's artwork this isn't one of those times. For some reason on these cover MJ looks more like Kitty Pryde. Also whats up with that shadow it looks all fat. Then again I guess that works the whole OMD thing was nothing more then a fat angrey guy wanting the rape and death of MJ to start with anyway so I guess this works.

[RDMacQ]

It's actually a pretty neat cover. I wonder who the shadow is supposed to be.

Might be Venom. Or it might be symbolic of MJ's feeling towards Peter's life as Spider-Man. Joe Q has been known to translate his feelings that he wishes to convey tot he audience through the visuals he creates. Like in OMD where he drew MJ and Peter as "older" to highlight how he felt marriage aged the character, and "younger" after the marriage was dissolved. This could be used to represent the feeling that MJ- for whatever reason- is not comfortable with Peter's life as Spider-Man and feels "stalked" or "trapped" by it.