Ultimate Spider-Man Thread - show them if you got em 0

[whetteon]

The Marvel title that saved their publishing busniess and launched a whole new brand of story telling doesn't have a thread?!

 

So I'll start!

Edited October 7, 2021 by whetteon

[ADAMANTIUM]

Got these for

$15 + any tax appropriate,

back when my LCS used to have slab rummage sales....

[whetteon]

On 10/7/2021 at 11:49 AM, ADAMANTIUM said:

Got these for

$15 + any tax appropriate,

back when my LCS used to have slab rummage sales....

 

 

 

Wow! Some nice books!

Edited October 7, 2021 by whetteon

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 10/7/2021 at 12:12 PM, whetteon said:

Got these for

$15 + any tax appropriate,

back when my LCS used to have slab rummage sales....

bit of a mistype, it was $15 + tax a piece  

[whetteon]

Even better! Wow! What a steal. Especially for the SS. 

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 10/7/2021 at 12:34 PM, whetteon said:

Even better! Wow! What a steal. Especially for the SS. 

 I also got a Spawn #9 cgc 9.6 for $20, those were the among the 1st slabs I had ever bought when getting back into the hobby in 2015.

I had never held a 9.8 in my hand before these three. There was a whole short box full, and I didn't really know what I was looking at ha!

In fact I was younger and had driven to meet my mom for lunch at her then job. I stopped in before the lunch meeting at the LCS and then went back to the LCS afterwards to get more!

I remember it well and posted about it in my registry with the books. Cause I had just discovered a "new way to collect!"

Edited October 7, 2021 by ADAMANTIUM

[whetteon]

Just a little fact for the newer members of this forum: At it's height, the Ultimate Spider-Man #1 white cover variant in 9.8 sold for $1400 in 2004.  This factoid tells you how hot and desired the comic was. There wasn't any other comic of that era that was launched in the new millenum even coming close to those numbers for some time (With the exception of the Batman #608 Variant).  It set off something of a buyer frenze even pushing the 1st Ultimate Venom apperance issue #33 up to $40+ when it was a bit unheard of. This was after the comic bust. So to say these comics were "on fire" is hard thing to grasp in an era of deflating comic values.

The magic? - Marvel made Peter Parker relavant again, removed a lot of the backage that over complicated the 616 character and updated his urban speak. That's about it.  Rember that next time you see "Into the Spider-Verse" at theaters. :)P

 

[whetteon]

WE NEED MORE PICTURES!!!!

[littledoom]

On 10/7/2021 at 10:47 AM, whetteon said:

WE NEED MORE PICTURES!!!!

I have a few Ultimate Spider-Man 1s sitting around. A couple keepers in my boxes and one to sell. love that comic! That book got me into collecting! A hot $100 book at the time (it's actually back up again).. basically it was like Batman 1 New 52.. awesome Bagley digital enhanced art

Edited October 7, 2021 by littledoom

[WEBHEAD]

I have them all except for the variants

it really pissed me off when they killed him

[Catwomancomics]

#50 first Ultimate Black Cat

#152 Campbell cover

[chrisco37]

A lot of people bag on the series, but I thought it was great.  I had just gotten back into comics and this series was, I believe, on #6 or so.  The first TPB had just come out and I picked it up and thought it was great.   I put the book on my pull list and it was always one of my first reads when I'd pick up my sub.  

Bendis was on fire back then with this and his amazing Daredevil run.  

I really enjoyed the familiar but updated Spidey.  Thought Bagley's art was great as well (especially when Thibert was inking).  The Ultimate Line really helped re-ignite my interest in comics as well as many others.  I always thought the early 2000's should've been labeled the "Ultimate Age".   It was so big at the time.  

[chrisco37]

I sold all my USM’s earlier this year in the “great purge”, but I kept these: 

 

[chrisco37]

Wish I had picked up more back in the day when art was “cheap”.  

[whetteon]

Bagley art on spidey is a premium. Well done.

[chrisco37]

Thanks.   I know his ASM art commands more (title and all), but I thought his art on USM was better.   

One page that I really regret not buying was from the Black Costume arc.  It was basically a swipe from AF15 when Spidey confronts the burglar.  I remember looking at it multiple times on Spencer's website.  Never pulled the trigger though.  Wish I had.  It would've been a cool one to have.  

But, I'm more than happy with the 2 above.  I thought they were both great action/battle pages when I picked them up.  

[followtheleader]

I'm a big fan of the series too. 

I enjoyed the Ultimate universe.  Picked up Spidey, FF, and X-men since day one. 

Had to sell my #1 White when my pup got cancer and needed massive surgery.  But I still have the regular #1 and Dynamic Forces #1.  A few of the KB reprint #1s.  

Patrick

[valiantman]

Fewer than 30 copies of the white variant were CGC graded 9.8 in the old modern (red) labels.  Who knows how many have stayed slabbed for 20+ years?

Here's one that I was able to track down:

[HeroDreamer]

Bagley was my first artist when I started reading (Amazing) Spider-Man.  I have never been able to snag an ASM page but these USM pages have kept me happy.  The Carnage page is my favorite.  Kingpin beating the spoons off of Moon Knight and Pete is always fun to look at.  The other two were just nice examples of Ultimate MJ.  Kinda sci-fi feeling pages during the clone saga where MJ turned into a Red Goblin.  One of these days I'm going to try to pick up a page with a fully costumed Spidey.

 

Chrisco37, love your pages!

[whetteon]