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The Amazing Spider-Man #656

Marvel · Series began 1999 · May 2011

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Dates

Cover date: May 2011
On sale: 2011
In stores: March 16, 2011
Pages: 44

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Editions and covers (6)

Copies of #656 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Direct edition

Direct Edition

No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

Barcode 75960604716165611
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Variant Edition - Captain America 70th Anniversary - Joe Quesada Cover

Barcode 75960604716165621
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2nd printing

2nd Printing Variant - Connecting Cover

Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.

Barcode 75960604716165631
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Newsstand edition

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 00928103503915
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2nd printingMetron

Second Printing Cover

Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
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Variant CoverMetron
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Publisher’s description

The debut of the new Spider-Armor! If Spider-Man hopes to find a way to defeat Massacre, he'll need the help of his all new costume!

Reprinted in

Spider-Man: Matters of Life and Death (2011), Spider-Man: Matters of Life and Death (2011), Spider-Man: Big Time - The Complete Collection (2012), Amazing Spider-Man Modern Era Epic Collection (2025)