McFarlane's 1st Spider-Man: Is It AMAZING?!

[@royradich2048]

I bought that one off the rack too. My mom mindlessly doodled on the cover in red marker while she was on the phone.

[@MrGrouch86]

Catching that Otomo pull is badass.

[@WestCoastDAVEngers]

I believe Hulk 341 or 342 would have come out the same month, so he was definitely doing Double👏🏼Art👏🏼duty👏🏼 😂

[@spiderscomics1180]

Chance is Web Of Spider-man #15, he's also in the Daredevil #246 - really good cover! I actually really liked the character!

[@conformityfarm]

McFarlane for me is this example of, do whatever it takes to get it done, his perspective lines are all over the place but his people are gorgeous.

[@skeletonshorror5184]

The beginning of a comic industry sensation and he’s never looked back. 💀🔥🕷️🕸️

[@mixelpixel]

This book made an appearance in the 1988 film: "Elvira Mistress of the Dark"

[@johnburkett5625]

Close, that was Amazing Spider-man 299. and I think it gets tore up

[@aentreri00]

Simonson pretty closely follows that pattern. 30 issues as writer/artist on Thor

[@conroyjett]

The panel featuring the Daily Bugle reminds me of the opening credits for Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest. Also, I love McLeod's inking in this issue. He help gives Mary Jane a tinge of classic Romita that would sadly disappear when he took total control of the art.. After that MJ would look more like Tammy Faye-Baker than the iconic classic Romita MJ..

[@MEghost-hx6dp]

Bob McLeod. One of Marvel´s best inkers in the 70-90´s, but his drawing-/ inking style is also very dominant (in a soft way). A better counterpart to McFarlane´s Spider-Man series, to study his artistic evolution, would have been The Incredible Hulk, Vol.1 issue 340-343 (1988), probably the 1st time he ever inked his own pencils in a series - and it still looks a bit un-evolved (but cool, nonetheless), he nearly uses no shadow effects at all. Two years later, over his Amazing SM run, his artwork clearly had become so much more solid + self-confident.

[@GameShowFTW]

Great episode. Really interesting to see McFarlane's art subdued if I can say - the faces, for the most part, don't even remotely remind me of later McFarlane. Even some of the body proportions and structure. Interesting stuff. On the "24-issue run", I'd say Bagley's Ultimate Spider-Man keeps it fresh for the most part. I'd say his first 40 issues are his best, then it becomes kind of same-y (it is still fantastic, but nothing really chages/ he doesn't grow with the art, if that makes sense) but the around the 80/ 90 issue, it becomes fantastic again, until he leaves the series in issue 115. Stuart Immonen takes over and it's awesome. He's divisive but I think he's fantastic on the run. Great energy in his art.

[@masonmonroe1316]

In the name of "Bob" ... appreciated the quick ref to Church of the Subgenius.

[@vipersyndicate4124]

second appearance of Chance. He first appeared in Web of Spiderman

[@naokichannel8480]

Yep the boat is an Akira swipe, The Comics Journal had it in an issue I think.

[@ryancreery]

the vampire boy in Salems Lot, lol

[@jamesfletcher3720]

Another great video guys! I got this comic straight out of the newsagents when first released (sadly sold for peanuts and long gone now) so this resonates a lot of nostalgia with me. Seeing it again now though it's clear to to me that Bob McLeod did a LOT of heavy lifting on the inks here. Really enjoyed the points you were making regarding the nuts and bolts skills as an illustrator required to be a jobbing comicbook artist and the trails of pulling off accurate long range 3 piont perspective. Funny that you mentioned that end sequence, even as a kid I was confused by it, looked to me that this new shadowey villain would turn invisible whenever he put his hands together!😂 Don't know if you have covered Todd's work on Batman: Year 2 yet? Definitely worth disecting his work on that serial IMO.

[@andrewp_cc]

You guys are the best. Keep it up.

[@russellsmith1605]

Re: that New Universe ad…It really looks like Jon Bogdanove to me

[@matterstoyou2970]

Amazing 1st pun intended McFarlane

[@spiderphil]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@jemhoare2105]

Yes it is. McFarlane was born to draw Spider-Man. Get him and Dave M. back to do a run set in late 80s continuity and style. No brainer.

[@BenSniffPanEntertainment]

I'll say, Todd McFarlane is the best Spider-Man comic artist ever!