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Book-signing by team behind the Spider-Man/Obama issue

By Tiffany Hsu
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In a parallel universe, today’s inauguration was threatened momentarily by an impostor posing as President Barack Obama, who was quickly identified by Spider-Man through a game of basketball.

The real commander in chief thanked the friendly neighborhood superhero with a fist bump, as mentioned in today’s story on the comics industry.

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That storyline, from a special edition released by Marvel Comics last Wednesday, has apparently hit a nerve. Unsigned copies of the issue are fetching up to $200 on eBay. Stores this week reloaded to meet demand with copies from a second printing run. A third printing run has been scheduled, after pre-orders for the second run sold out.

On Wednesday, Jan. 21, the issue’s writer Zeb Wells and artist Todd Nuack are adding their autographs to their masterpiece at a free book-signing from 6 to 8 p.m. at The Comic Bug in Manhattan Beach. The address is 1807 Manhattan Beach Blvd. Call 310-372-6704 with questions.

The store will be selling a limited supply of copies.

Nuack will also be drawing sketches to raise money for the nonprofit Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, which offers free legal aid to members of the comics industry. Comic Bug will match the amount raised and donate it to the KIDS charity.

--Tiffany Hsu

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Tiffany Hsu

Tiffany Hsu is a former staff writer for the Los Angeles Times. Previously, she wrote about the California economy, fast food, restaurants, retail and alternative energy for the Business section. A Bay Area native, UC Berkeley graduate and eternal Nor-Cal fan, she once worked for the San Francisco Bay Guardian. She also did a stint at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, where she developed a passion for sweet tea. She still has faith that someday she’ll find two economists who agree.

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