SPIDERMAN AND X-MEN VINTAGE COMICS ADDITIONS

Bronze Age to Modern Age Comics Added including First Appearances

We have a great selection of Vintage Spiderman and X-Men comics added to our inventory. These span from 1974 through 1991. These include a selection of comics with artwork by Todd McFarlane and Jim Lee!

Bronze Age Additions:

Amazing Spiderman # 128 Vulture app. 1974

Amazing Spiderman # 151 Spider Clone Saga John Romita Cover

Todd McFarlane Spiderman Highlights:

Todd McFarlane’s work on Amazing Spiderman solidified him as a major force in the industry and an inspiration to many upcoming artists. His Spiderman innovations include his famous “Spaghetti” webbing, and a more dynamic mixture of anime cartoon and figurative anatomy. The latter innovations became hallmarks of the ’90’s art style.

Amazing Spiderman # 301 McFarlane Artwork

Amazing Spiderman # 306 Superman Homage

Spiderman # 01 Silver Variant

X Men Highlights:

Jim Lee’s artwork on Uncanny X-Men mirrored the work of Marc Silvestri. The two worked on alternating issues on the series for over a year before Jim Lee took over as full time artist. As his popularity soared, Marvel Comics awarded Jim Lee his own comic series, X-Men. He redesigned the costumes for the X-Men as well as working with Todd McFarlane to reintroduce Wolverine’s original costume. X-Men debuted with a seven issue variant cover to #01. This lead to record breaking sales of over 6 million copies sold for the first issue alone. The success of X-Men lead to the variant cover marketing campaign that is still part of the industry to this day.

Uncanny X-Men # 199 1st app. Phoenix II SIGNED by John Romita Jr. and Chris Claremont

Uncanny X-Men # 212 – 213 1st Wolverine vs Sabretooth Fight SET

Uncanny X-Men # 244 1st app. Jubilee

Uncanny X-Men # 248 1st Jim Lee X-Men

In the early 1990’s, Marvel attempted to reinvigorate their main brands by adding new ongoing series with their hottest artists. These included Todd McFarlane on Spiderman, Jim Lee on X-Men, and Rob Liefeld on X-Force. They resulted in the highest sales in the comic industry of all time.  The books were so popular that it lead to the artists leaving Marvel in less than 2 years to form their own company, Image.