Dates
- Cover date
- October 2008
- On sale
- August 20, 2008
- Pages
- 52
Editions and covers (8)
Copies of #568 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 75960604716156811 · shared with another edition
Source ↗ - Variant Edition - Alex Ross Cover
Barcode 75960604716156811 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - 2nd printing
2nd Printing Variant
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
Barcode 75960604716156871
This edition’s page - Variant Edition - Dynamic Forces Exclusive - Alex Ross Negative Cover
Barcode 75960604716156861
This edition’s page - Variant Edition - Baltimore Comic-Con & Toronto Fan Expo Exclusive B&W Cover
Barcode 75960604716156851
This edition’s page - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 00928103503909
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- New Ways to Die Part One: Back with Vengeance · 28 pages
Menace tries to kill Spider-Man, and illegal sweatshop workers run out of the building. Peter takes the facts to Ben Urich, and Sally Floyd discovers that the building is owned by mayoral candidate Randall Crowne. Crowne turns to Norman Osborn for help, and Norman calls his Thunderbolts. Betty Brant goes to cover the mysterious healings at the FEAST, and Aunt May admonishes her for working at the Daily Bugle. Eddie Brock is at FEAST, Li puts his hand on Eddie's shoulder, and strange things begin happening in Brock's body. Peter returns home to find Norman and the Thunderbolts waiting for him.
- Fifth Stage · 10 pages
Terminal cancer patient Eddie Brock goes to the doctor and discovers that the disease is completely gone from his body.
Characters
Reprinted in
Spider-Man: New Ways to Die (2009), Spider-Man: Brand New Day - The Complete Collection (2016), Marvel Legendary Collection (2022), Spider-Man: New Ways to Die (2009), Spider-Man: Brand New Day Omnibus (2024)