How are foreign comics different from US comics?
Spider-Man is translated into many foreign languages – German, Italian, French, Dutch, Indian, etc. Foreign language comics are generally considered in the same category as reprints, and are not an area of interested for most collectors. In Australia, I have seen at least one 90’s comic which is a locally printed version of a comic, nearly exactly the same as the original comic, released at the same time, but printed on different paper stock. Some of the advertisements may also be different, I’m not sure. In England during the 70’s/80’s the same thing happened, the comic was simultaneously released with a UK price printed on the cover. But nowadays, this seems to be quite rare. In any case, I believe that such comics are generally considered to be of equal value as the U.S. printing, except possibly for exceptionally valuable issues. Nowadays in England, the Spider-Man comics are collected and reprinted in a different format – often with a significant time delay, under a different titl
