Spiderman 3: Web Roundup

Spi­der­man 3 came to movie the­aters yes­ter­day, mak­ing May 4 the sin­gle biggest-gross­ing day in box office his­to­ry. You can read inter­views with Sam Rai­mi, Tobey Maguire and most of the oth­er prin­ci­pal “names” in the movie here. Don’t for­get to read the spoil­ers and immerse your­self in the lore at the sequel’s exten­sive Wikipedia page. But if the lines are long, what else can you do to spend some time with Amer­i­ca’s favorite arach­nid hero?

For­tu­nate­ly, today is Free Com­ic Book Day. Thou­sands of spe­cial­ty store are hand­ing out four-col­or fun to any­one who walks in the door. Look up par­tic­i­pat­ing stores near you here. Salon has a great guide for com­ic new­bies look­ing to get in on the action.

If you’re more into audio, check out this free music from the Spi­der­man 3 sound­track. Or you can buy the new game (which has got­ten at least one good review) on just about any game plat­form you might own, from the PlaySta­tion 3 to the Nin­ten­do DS.

And if all else fails, at least you can watch the trail­er at home (watch all of them here):