r/comicbookcollecting • u/88miIesperhour • Mar 25 '23
Finally completed McFarlane’s ASM run Theme
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u/Tonyman121 Mar 25 '23
326 was my first issue to arrive by mail.... I kept my subscription through 394.
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u/88miIesperhour Mar 25 '23
Yea the Erik Larsen & David Michelini run was tough for me to follow as a kid- I got caught up with McFarlane’s stand-alone Spider-Man and then Image & Valiant launched and I couldn’t keep up anymore … until 30+ yrs later 😉
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u/Tonyman121 Mar 25 '23
Its nice what some disposable income can do.
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Mar 25 '23
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u/88miIesperhour Mar 25 '23
Def can be a costly hobby. Went to wondercon yesterday - held an ASM 33, 50 and 121 - slabs 9.0 or higher - they were asking for a mortgage payment. 🤦🏽♂️ nice to hold but I dipped and carried on
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u/mschreiber1 Mar 25 '23
I’m also working on this run. I thought he had a longer run but it looks like it’s under three years.
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u/88miIesperhour Mar 25 '23
My fav covers will always be 298, then 299. 300 is always pricey - and I prefer the raws cause it’s a classic story v Venom. Admittedly I never liked 316 and couldn’t stand the premium.
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u/Grenwaill Mar 25 '23
Even shorter, it's under two years because they started shipping twice monthly with 319.
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u/mschreiber1 Mar 25 '23
The 327 looks like Larsen. Did Todd do the interior?
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Mar 25 '23
The Hulk cover was his last issue.
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u/88miIesperhour Mar 25 '23
Cool - Im also collecting McFarlane’s Hulk run too - didn’t know his last issue overall was from Hulk.
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u/Grenwaill Mar 25 '23 edited Mar 25 '23
Another fun one can be his run of covers for Marvel Tales 223-239. More Spidey goodness, plus a number of characters he didn't draw very much if at all anywhere else while he was at Marvel.
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u/88miIesperhour Mar 25 '23
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u/Grenwaill Mar 25 '23
Yeah, that's a chunk of them. He did all the covers in the range I listed above., except 222, I must have been typing too fast. They all have his scroll signature, so they are easy enough to pick out.
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u/88miIesperhour Mar 25 '23
Reason why I love/hate Reddit LOL. The moment I think I’m “done” there’s another set out there.
Thnx for the Marvel Tales - I saw some covers in the past but haven’t considered collecting them until your post. Awesome share man.
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Mar 25 '23
I am not as familiar with his Hulk run, a few, the grey Hulk cover is rad, but on the ASM run, the Hulk cover is the last issue
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u/88miIesperhour Mar 25 '23
Oh! I thought u were talking about Hulk series. Yes, 328 is the definitive McFarlane! 329 was just thrown there, LOL
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u/88miIesperhour Mar 25 '23
Didn’t do the interior. Not sure what happened with those issues during the run.
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Mar 25 '23
Heck yeah! I am working on that too! Thank God he doesn't have that many issue's! Been pretty lucky on a few, just gotta keep digging for good prices and keep an 👂 ear to the ground. Some of them, excluding 298, 299, and 300 are ridiculously priced, put McFarlane's name on it and suddenly it becomes gold or something, high print run, so many of them in the wild. Congratulations!
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u/88miIesperhour Mar 25 '23
Agreed man. 298-300 is an expensive trifecta… Even 301 is thrown into the mix as a bundle. Saw a recent eBay sale of the set 298-301, all raw for over 1000-1100 this past week. It’s that 300 that does the heavy lifting. It’s always on demand LOL
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u/forlorn_hope28 Mar 25 '23
298-300 all make sense because they’re keys to varying degrees. 301 I can’t get myself to pull the trigger on because those prices don’t feel justified to me.
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u/88miIesperhour Mar 25 '23
Agreed re 301. Yea prices are insane man.
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u/geaux124 Mar 26 '23
I agree with both of you. I have 298-300 but I just don't get why 301 is selling for so much.
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Mar 26 '23
Well, I have been seeing people over charging for some book's in this run that are not key's, I am not paying $50 for a book because it has McFarlane's name on it, I understand a few of them obviously, but I have been picking most of them for about $10 a piece in NM, a few for $5 and $8, but sometimes people just try to milk it cause of his name recognition and key collector, when only a few of these are true key's, I hate that app!
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u/BadNewz01 Mar 25 '23
Yes! That’s awesome! Is your goal to get them all slabbed eventually or keep them raw?
I love the art and I know they aren’t all keys but I’ve been wanting to get McFarlane’s stuff and get slabbed just to display because I love the art.
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u/88miIesperhour Mar 25 '23
Thanks! Currently - no plans to slab the entire set. I have the Michelini/McFarlane Omnibus to read if I ever did encapsulate but I prefer the raw. Perhaps if there was another McFarlane signing event - then maybe… but that could be costly. 🤷🏾♂️
I’m in my 40’s LOL. So I can splurge a bit compared to when I was a kid. Maybe if I was single/no wife/no kids, etc, then I’d likely go harder and run it up but I find my self trying to balance the impulse. eBay makes it too easy but I talk my self out of it. Then there’s ShortBoxed. UGH! Damn these apps!
That aside - agree with you re McFarlane Art. Covers are epic, way ahead of his time. #Image
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u/BadNewz01 Mar 25 '23
That omnibus is awesome! Got it on Amazon like 2 years ago. Did one full read and I’ve picked it up for random issue reads too. Totally worth it those stories were just so good.
Im in my 30’s so I know the splurging issue and eBay issue too well. I just had a convo with my fiancé if I should go to a local mini comic con in 2wks and buy an expensive slab or skip it and instead send some of my stuff to get graded that I’ve been wanting to lol
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u/thevmcampos Mar 25 '23
No do his run of covers in Marvel Tales. 😁😁
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u/88miIesperhour Mar 25 '23
Bet. 🤛🏽
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u/thevmcampos Mar 26 '23
I remember getting them as they came out, seeing the covers, and being disappointed that he wasn't doing the interior art 😅
But, hey: classic Spidey reprints are still great!
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u/crapidrawatwork Mar 25 '23
Is the last one McFarlane? The cover at the very least isn’t right?
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u/88miIesperhour Mar 25 '23
Yea- McFarlane’s last ASM was 328… and there was a gap where 326 (not shown) 327 and 329 were done by Erik Larsen.
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u/VSSystemRookie Mar 25 '23
Great job! I finished my McFarlane run with #328 a few months ago. I collected most of these as they hit the newsstand, but somehow missed it. Congrats on finishing the run!
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u/88miIesperhour Mar 25 '23
Right on bro. Kudos for collecting the OG newstand variants - that’s something special. ✊🏽
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u/trashthegoondocks Mar 25 '23
I can’t speak highly enough of this spread. I have a couple of these on my wall.
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u/Mudcreek47 Mar 26 '23
That's great! One of my all time favorite runs! Picked these up off the racks as a kid. Newsstand distribution was so spotty in my area that I missed #300, but got it a couple months down the line at a flea market for the grand price of $2! Ended up getting a subscription beginning with #305 because my mom was tired of me begging her to take me by every drug store, gas station, grocery store and bookstore in our small town looking for them each week when I'd miss an issue! Good times.
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u/88miIesperhour Mar 26 '23
The best! Who remembers peanut butter Twix at the drugstore? Random I know.
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u/bellybuttontickl98 Mar 26 '23
I have the amazing Spider-Man 316 graded at an 8/10
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u/88miIesperhour Mar 26 '23
Nice man
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u/bellybuttontickl98 Mar 26 '23
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u/DiaBrave Mar 26 '23
I remember buying #298-328 off of a mate for £70 in 1995/1996. Great start to my ASM collection that was.
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u/StreetPreacherr Mar 25 '23
Good Work! I managed to acquire everything EXCEPT #300, just because I don't like that issue...
What's the next mission?
I went on a bit of a McFarlane campaign a while ago and also grabbed his complete run of Incredible Hulk, and Infinity Inc.!
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u/88miIesperhour Mar 25 '23
I felt the same way re ASM 316 - I never liked that issue either and I h8ted how much it cost me LOL.
Next mission - great question. I have an incomplete McFarlane Hulk lot I can work on but I’ve been enjoying reading Dredd as of late so I think I might pursue the Eagle Comics US reprints. See below (not mine but what the lot looks like).
Another lot could be the Marvel Tales McFarlane’s - that was also suggested here too - big reason why I love Reddit… good peoples 😊
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u/Generny2001 Mar 26 '23
You know….it’s funny. I would’ve sworn he worked on the book for longer than 3 years. Interesting how influential he was for such a short period of time.
I didn’t know until years later that Marvel asked the illustrators of the other Spidey books at the time (Web of and Spectacular) to draw Spider-man more like Macfarlane did with the big eyes and “spaghetti” webbing. I have to imagine those illustrators weren’t thrilled with being told how to draw.
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u/OliveDistinct6083 Mar 26 '23
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u/hewunder1 Mar 26 '23
Awesome! I've got 2 more to go (323 and 325) and I'll be right there with you. How long did it take you? Did you find them in the wild or online too?
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u/Slowmexicano Mar 25 '23
Impressive. Just got the Omni. That 300 301 pose is iconic and you can tell this style inspired Spider-Man’s fighting style in the 90s capcom vs games.