Todd McFarlane

Marvel Feb 1990

New Mutants #86

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1st cameo appearance of Cable - Rob Liefeld confirms this is not a teaser but an in-story appearance
1st cameo appearance of Stryfe
1st cameo team appearance of the Mutant Liberation Front
Marvel Mar 1990

New Mutants #87

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1st full appearance of Cable
1st full team appearance of the Mutant Liberation Front: Stryfe, Wildside, Reaper, Fourarm, Thumbelina, Strobe, Tempo, Zero
Marvel Mar 1990

New Mutants #87

Mark Jewelers
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1st full appearance of Cable
4-page interior Mark Jewelers advertisement, printed on paper stock and bound into the centerfold
Distributed to stores near military bases or on-site
Approximately only 5% of the print run included these advertisements
Marvel Aug 1990

Spider-Man #1

Red Stamp
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In 1990, while working at his comic shop "The Spider's Web" in Puyallup, WA, Todd McFarlane hosted a fundraiser for a local High School that had suffered damage from a fire
According to Comic Buyer's Guide #878, McFarlane signed 24,000 copies of Spider-Man #1 Green and Silver covers
The back cover is stamped with a red spider web and a letter of authenticity accompanies the signed comic (tap cover and swipe to view)
Marvel Aug 1990

Spider-Man #1

Red Stamp
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In 1990, while working at his comic shop "The Spider's Web" in Puyallup, WA, Todd McFarlane hosted a fundraiser for a local High School that had suffered damage from a fire
According to Comic Buyer's Guide #878, McFarlane signed 24,000 copies of Spider-Man #1 Green and Silver covers
The back cover is stamped with a red spider web and a letter of authenticity accompanies the signed comic (tap cover and swipe to view)
Marvel Aug 1990

Spider-Man #1

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Premiere issue of the fourth ongoing Spider-Man series
Todd McFarlane begins including images of Felix the Cat in the interior art of many issues after meeting someone suffering from post-traumatic stress who carried around a Felix the Cat doll
The man told McFarlane that he was not a fan of superhero books, therefore he didn't purchase Spider-Man comics, McFarlane asked if he would start reading them if Felix the Cat was drawn into them and the man said, "yes"
Marvel Aug 1990

Spider-Man #1

Walmart
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Scarce second printing sold at Walmart
Identified by two factors:
UPC/barcode in lower left corner
Gold cover
Marvel Aug 1990

Spider-Man #1

Error
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Color error that affects several panels where the Lizard's green skin appears copper
One datapoint became available in August for an ungraded copy that sold for $15,000. The seller claimed that only six were known to exist yet posted another for sale in October 2020 with the same description and images but for $10,000 less than the August sale. While this might be legitimate, it is too risky to to approximate values from this situation
Marvel Dec 1990

Spider-Man

TPB
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Scarce softcover trade paperback collecting issues #1-#5 of the Todd McFarlane run (1990)
Diamond Distributor Edition given to retailers
Marvel UK Dec 1990

Complete Spider-Man #1

Limited: 3,000
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Reprint of spider-Man #1 (1990)
Standard-sized comic that was folded in half and packaged with the Amazing Spider-Man IBM PC game distributed in the UK, Germany, Italy and France
Marvel UK Dec 1990

Complete Spider-Man #1

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100-page collection of reprinted stories including:
Spider-Man #1 (1990), Amazing Spider-Man #330, Spectacular Spider-Man #161, Web of Spider-Man #62
Distributed in the UK with a cloth patch as seen on in the cover image
Cover art by Todd McFarlane
Premiere issue of the popular comic magazine that launched in 1991 and was published until 2011
The star-covered cloak and hat were only featured with characters in the first twelve issues
Wizard had a circulation of 100,000 copies shortly after it debuted
Includes a pullout poster by Todd McFarlane
Newsstand
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Newsstand Edition, barcode in lower left corner
Cover art by Todd McFarlane
Premiere issue of the popular comic magazine that launched in 1991 and was published until 2011
The star-covered cloak and hat were only featured with characters in the first twelve issue
Wizard had a circulation of 100,000 copies shortly after it debuted
Includes a pullout poster in the centerfold

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