where the spiderman symbiote came from

[furie]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2550/4162600037_61bffa40d2_o.png (http://www.lettersofnote.com/2009/12/i-want-to-buy-it.html)

a neat bit of comic trivia

[sr71blackbird]

I dont understand what this mean..

[GregoryJoseph]

I dont understand what this mean..

A fan wrote in the whole "Spiderman gets a black costume that's really an alien" story line and Marvel bought it from him for 200 bucks.

It's made them billions.

[jab]

wow!

[SHANEFROMGA]

yeah the corporations making a mint on the backs of the little man........man.

[JimBeam]

Was he ever allowed to give any more input ?

The letter said they'd consider giving him a chance to script it.

[jab]

jim shooter is still awesome.

[sr71blackbird]

A fan wrote in the whole "Spiderman gets a black costume that's really an alien" story line and Marvel bought it from him for 200 bucks.

It's made them billions.

Where does it say that anywhere on that letter?

[GregoryJoseph]

Where does it say that anywhere on that letter?

The title of the thread lets us know what the letter is about.

The letter is from the Editor In Chief of Marvel Comics and it says "I'll buy it."

[cougarjake13]

wow


i


did not know that

[EliSnow]

A fan wrote in the whole "Spiderman gets a black costume that's really an alien" story line and Marvel bought it from him for 200 bucks.

It's made them billions.

That's not exactly it. If you click on the letter and then click on the link to Comic Book Resources, the guy explains the story.

[BlackSpider]

I thought it came from secret wars...

[furie]

Where does it say that anywhere on that letter?

click on the picture to go to the article

[disneyspy]

click on the picture to go to the article

i will as soon as i'm done reading this geeks weekly magazine

[sr71blackbird]

Well, no one forced the guy to accept the $220 for the concept if that was the case.
I never liked that storyline about that alien suit anyway.