The Countdown To ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ #1000 Begins With Special Lee Bermejo Variant Covers
by Tony Thornley
The journey to Amazing Spider-Man #1000 has begun and the first part of the celebration is a big deal.
Comics superstar Lee Bermejo is known for his gritty realist style. And starting with issue #11 and running through Amazing Spider-Man #36, the landmark 1000th issue of Amazing, Bermejo will create an iconic cover chronicling a key point in Spider-Man’s life in Amazing Visions variant covers.
“Even as a kid, I could never detach some sense of realism from the way I thought of Spider-Man,” Bermejo explained. “I always wanted to know how his web shooters worked and why you could never see the line where the mask attached to the costume while still totally being able to lose myself in the fantasy of a teenager bitten by a radioactive spider who would walk up walls and lift cars. My artistic vision has always been to interpret Spidey in a grounded way without losing the spectacle and sense of ‘amazing fantasy’. I’m beyond thrilled to be able to show readers important moments of his history through my lens leading up to the landmark issue #1000 of Amazing Spider-Man, while still respecting the important legacy that so many creators I love contributed to through the years.”
“There are rare artists who can take something we’ve seen a million times and somehow make it seem revolutionary. Lee Bermejo is one of those artists,” says Spider-Editor Nick Lowe. “We’ve been looking for ways to celebrate the lead-up to Amazing Spider-Man #1000, and having Lee Bermejo take on 25 of the most important moments in Amazing Spider-Man history seemed like a heck of a way to do so!”
Check out the first three of Bermejo’s Amazing Visions covers and watch for them at your local comics store starting in September from Marvel Comics.