Well, they did it! At the New York Comic Con this year, Marvel was working hard to get as many fans to sign Spider-Man’s birthday card as possible in order to make it into the Guinness Book of World Records. On October 14, 2012 – deemed “Spider Man Day” by the New York City Mayor’s Office and Spider-Man’s official birthday – Marvel achieved their goal with 2,707 signatures on Spidey’s birthday card. With that enormous number Spider-Man swings away with the title “Most Contributions to a Greeting Card” for his 50th birthday.
Of course, it should come as no surprise that this record only adds to Spider-Man’s Guinness resume.
Amazing Fantasy #15, the ‘Most Expensive Silver Age Comic’ ($1.1million) and Spider-Man’s first comic book appearance, is currently featured in the Guinness World Records® 2013 Edition.
The big difference? This new record was in the hands of the fans, not just the Spider-Man franchise. Axel Alonso, Editor in Chief of Marvel Entertainment was confident Spider-Man’s fans would come through:
There was never any doubt in our mind that Marvel’s devoted fans would ensure that Spider-Man’s birthday was anything short of historic! It was a pleasure to work with our friends at Guinness to break this record and create a truly unique event in the entertainment world.
So, you may be wondering if my name is was one of the 2,707 signatures on Spidey’s Hallmark life size card which was 8 feet wide and 6 feet tall and stationed at the Marvel booth throughout all four days of New York Comic Con… It seems that I should not have been able to miss it.
Well, I did.
I’m not happy to confess this; I don’t know how, but I managed to miss out on the opportunity to be a part of some awesome nerd-tacular history making! (I blame the super-cool NYCC exclusive Avengers t-shirt that kept distracting me!) According to Guinness, the previous record of 1,816 contributions to a greeting card had been set in August during the conclusion celebrations of the TNT show “The Closer”.
About Nicole Rivera
After 12 years of teaching high school math, Nicole put down her calculator and embraced her MacBook. She's finally accepted that her owl from Hogwarts will never show, but checks every night to see if the Doctor in his big blue box has come to whisk her away. While she waits she reads whatever she can get her hands on, works on her novel and watches more movies and TV than is probably healthy. You can always find Nicole on her blog, Rivera Runs Through It.
