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McFarlane Spawn Homage Covers

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troywall-migration

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Hi everyone, I'm on a mad quest to put together a full collection of the recent homage covers McFarlane did for Spawn (sketch variants) to CGC SS.

 

#231 homages the 1990 Spider-Man #1, and it is the last one which homages a cover I recognize.

 

My question is: Did the homage covers stop at #231? Or did they extend beyond and I simply do not recognize what he might have been homaging at #232 forward.

 

Thanks in advance for anyone with more knowledge than I!

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rh3522

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My favorite one is 228.. the action comics 1 homage... and theres only 300 of those badboys

 

$_57.JPG

 

 

Are you doing the sig series with McFarlane? I need like 100 books signed by that guy

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troywall-migration

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I think lightening struck with the sketch variants for a number of reasons. They're super rare, as noted by an above poster, because of Spawn's low sales.

 

But lapsed Spawn fans and readers who had never given Spawn a second look alike took notice of Todd's homage covers. People absolutely love them.

 

The mind reels at what 9.8 CGC SS editions of all these sketch variants could bring. I have all the sketch variants, but I know at least 3 of 'em ain't coming close to 9.8. Luckily, my Action Comics and Walking Dead sketch covers look flawless.

 

Time will tell when McFarlane is ready to do a signing and I submit them to the CGC.

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Oh, and despite Spawn's low sales, Todd still maintains a rabid fan base. Todd's work for the big two has maintained high popularity because people just love his art. Well, for ASM, the intro of Venom surely didn't hurt. Ha.

 

I think if Todd illustrated the interiors the sales would not be as poor. Alas, that will likely never happen again.

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I just got mine in the mail 2 weeks ago! Would like to pick up a few more!

 

SpawnmeetsDead_zps5843efce.jpg

 

Speaking of Spawn #1 B&W.

 

I was working for Greg Buls in Mesa in the summer of 1999. He had a bunch of these, because he was trading them directly to Todd's company for them. He would get 25 or so at a time.

 

$10 each.

 

I bought maybe 3, sold them on eBay for $25 each.

 

:facepalm:

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I have all of them in 9.8. ALL of them! :devil:

 

:gossip: ...and one of them is even a 9.9.

 

To be helpful, I've listed them all below.

 

The homage covers began with issue 220 and ended with issue 231.

 

Spawn 220 - (Spawn 200 homage)

Spawn 220 Anniversary Collector's Special - (Spawn 1 homage)

Spawn 220 Savage Dragon Variant - (Savage Dragon 1 homage)

Spawn 220 Savage Dragon Sketch Variant - (Savage Dragon 1 homage)

Spawn 220 Sketch Cover - (Spawn 200 homage)

Spawn 220 Youngblood Variant - (Youngblood 1 homage)

Spawn 220 Youngblood Sketch Variant - (Youngblood 1 homage)

Spawn 221 - (AF 15 homage)

Spawn 221 Sketch Variant - (AF 15 homage)

Spawn 222 - (Amazing Spider-man 316 homage)

Spawn 222 Sketch Variant - (Amazing Spider-man 316 homage)

Spawn 223 - (Walking Dead 1 homage)

Spawn 223 Sketch Variant - (Walking Dead 1 homage)

Spawn 224 - (Batman: The Dark Knight Returns 2 homage)

Spawn 224 Sketch Variant - (Batman: The Dark Knight Returns 2 homage)

Spawn 225 Obama Wins Variant - (Watchmen 1 homage)

Spawn 225 Obama Wins Variant Sketch Edition - (Watchmen 1 homage)

Spawn 225 Romney Wins Variant - (Watchmen 1 homage)

Spawn 225 Romney Wins Variant Sketch Edition - (Watchmen 1 homage)

Spawn 226 - (Incredible Hulk 340 homage)

Spawn 226 Sketch Variant - (Incredible Hulk 340 homage)

Spawn 227 - (Amazing Spider-man 300 homage)

Spawn 227 Sketch Variant - (Amazing Spider-man 300 homage)

Spawn 228 - (Action 1 homage)

Spawn 228 Sketch Variant - (Action 1 homage)

Spawn 229 - (Incredible Hulk Annual 1 homage)

Spawn 229 Sketch Variant - (Incredible Hulk Annual 1 homage)

Spawn 230 - (Batman 430 homage)

Spawn 230 Sketch Variant - (Batman 430 homage)

Spawn 231 - (Spider-man 1 homage)

Spawn 231 Sketch Variant - (Spider-man 1 homage)

 

If you want to see scans and descriptions of my complete homage cover collection, please visit MY SPAWN REGISTRY

 

Happy hunting!

 

PS - the 225s and the 228 sketch were the most difficult to track down. Good luck. It won't be easy (or cheap) to grab them all.

 

*Spawn 222 also had a "Kudranski" variant, but it was a super limited run and wasn't officially part of McFarlane's homage run.

 

 

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Offhand does anyone happen to know the print run on the #226 sketch variant (Hulk 340 swipe)?

thanx

 

16,814 preorders for the regular cover reported by Diamond Comic Distributors (117th place). This issue was sold the same month as Spawn #227.

 

The sketch edition was a 1:25 dealer incentive. So roughly 675 to 700 copies were probably sold.

 

I wouldn't expect there to be over 1,000 copies at the very, very most.

 

My numbers are from comicchron.com.

 

 

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