Extra-sized first issue. On-sale date from Diamond shipping list. - Cover art is an homage to the cover of [gcd_link_story](184370). - 5 letters of comment by Andrew Willmore, Chris O. Biddle, Jared Moraitis, Al Richard, Brian Bowhay, plus preview cover art of X-Statix #2. House Advertisements - House Advertisements (One-Pager) for: THE CALL OF DUTY miniseries (1/2 page), SPIDER-MAN/BLACK CAT #2, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #43/DAREDEVIL #35 (1/2 page), ULTIMATE MARVEL series. Ads - Total of 9 one-page and 2 half-page advertisements for: Tang (soft drink, KF Holdings), Tobacco is Whacko (anti-drugs, Lorillard), SweeTarts (candy, Nestle), Twix Peanut Butter (snack, Mars), beckettdbz (website, Beckett, 1/2 page), Reign of Fire (movie, Touchstone), Perpetual Bits (comic web-retailer, Perpetual Comics, (1/2 page), Eight-Legged Freaks (movie, WB), Spider-Man action figure (toy, Diamond Select), Corn Nuts (snack, Nabisco), milk (milk, whymilk?).
