Mark of the Spider-Man Viral Event Happens Tomorrow! Caleb Hamilton, February 13, 2012March 21, 2012 When we left off, a twitter account for The Amazing Spider-Man‘s viral campaign had been created and tweeted out coordinates for dead drops in several U.S. cities. Thanks to a comment left by a reader, we now know what the next step in this campaign. Countdowns were discovered, but you had to follow some pretty confusing clues to unlock them. Find out how after the jump.It was discovered from a clue hidden in a newspaper clipping from Peter’s backpack,that a new page on markofthespider-man.com could be found at /prepare. There you can see a series of grids which if you scroll through them, and click them as ordered there on the main site (counting from left to right and from up to down, the steps are 1-6-4-2-5-3-2-4-5-3-2-1-6-3-6-2-1-4-2-5), you’ll unlock the countdowns for six U.S. cities, which end tomorrow, February 14th.What exactly is happening tomorrow around the country is unknown, but we’ll keep you up to date here at MovieViral! Thanks to EleOcho for the update!Catch The Amazing Spider-Man 3D in theaters and IMAX July 3rd! ARGs & Campaigns Viral Marketing Columbia PicturesCountdownMark of the Spider-ManSony PicturesThe Amazing Spider-Man
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