SPAWN! A look back at an award-winning collection of graded slabs. 10 10

[pmpknface]

On 12/16/2023 at 6:42 PM, newshane said:

Tested positive for Covid yesterday, so I will be taking a (hopefully) short break. 

D'oh!  This is going to put a serious crimp in my enjoying of the boards now!    J/K, get better buddy.  

[newshane]

SPAWN 246 SKETCH COVER - CGC 9.8 

Yet another variant with no rhyme or reason. Nothing special here. Just black and white. Now, give me your money. 

I was getting sick and tired at this point, but 250 would push me over the top. 

I think my collection stops with 275. 

 

 

Edited December 21, 2023 by newshane

[newshane]

SPAWN 247 - CGC 9.8 

Kind of looks like I did on Saturday.  

 

Edited December 21, 2023 by newshane

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 12/21/2023 at 1:54 PM, newshane said:

SPAWN 247 - CGC 9.8 

Kind of looks like I did on Saturday.  

 

I DO hope you feel better  

[newshane]

On 12/22/2023 at 8:26 AM, ADAMANTIUM said:

I DO hope you feel better  

Thanks! The first day was fairly brutal. Just needed a few days of doing nothing. Pretty quick turn around, but I still feel a bit off. It's a very strange virus. Random symptoms come and go. Thankfully it never settled in the chest and stayed upstairs where it's a bit more manageable. 

Glad to be back on the mend! 

 

[newshane]

SPAWN 248 - CGC 9.8 

 

[newshane]

SPAWN 249 - CGC 9.8 

At some point, Spawn started to look more like Carnage than anyone else...with the crazy teeth and all. 

Personally, I love the classic look of the character as established in the early issues. 

 

[DocSaum]

Happy 12th boards anniversary! 

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 12/24/2023 at 1:14 PM, DocSaum said:

Happy 12th boards anniversary! 

Whhheeeee Doggies!

+1+1+1 

[ADAMANTIUM]

[newshane]

12 years! 

And over the last year, I've shown off the first 250 issues of the former collection! I've tried to remain consistent in posting daily, but there have been a few shortcomings. No wonder! This has been one of the most active years of my life. I sold one property and bought another, moving the family along the way. I finished my dissertation, and it was accepted by the university! Fighting various health issues along the way, I've managed to stay intact and rack up the wins! 

So, here we are. soldering on with issue 250. There will be many variants. 

We will wrap up the regular series around issue 275, and then we will be looking at some deep cuts! All the mini-series and one-shots will be posted here throughout 2024! Stay tuned! 

Merry Christmas! 

SPAWN 250 - CGC 9.8 

 

[LadyDeath]

A very fun thread! I've enjoyed following along. 

[newshane]

SPAWN 250 - CAPULLO VARIANT - CGC 9.8 - SIGNED BY GREG CAPULLO 

Sorry about the glare from the thick slabs, but these were all anniversary double-sized issues. 

Very attractive cover art and signature from Capullo! 

For these issues, I had all the color variants signed. I kept the black and whites universal. 

PS - that codpiece is on FULL display.  

 

Edited December 26, 2023 by newshane

[newshane]

SPAWN 250 CAPULLO SKETCH COVER - CGC 9.8 

In case you didn't know, the CGC tells you twice on the label...this one's a sketch cover!  

Have to say, it's great seeing Capullo's work return to the series! 

 

[Poutine]

I have the figure that inspired that cover

[newshane]

SPAWN 250 JOCK VARIANT - CGC 9.8 - DOUBLE SIGNED BY JOCK AND TODD MCFARLANE

These double thick slabs were very difficult to scan. 

At some point in the mid teens, Todd McFarlane started signing his books as "T. McFarlane" instead of using his entire name. 

 

Edited December 28, 2023 by newshane

[Spawnman75]

ASTONISHING!!! 👀 

[newshane]

SPAWN 250 JOCK BLACK AND WHITE VARIANT - CGC 9.8 

 

[newshane]

SPAWN 250 MURPHY VARIANT - CGC 9.8 - SIGNED BY SEAN MURPHY 

Probably won't find many of these out there...at least not ones signed by Sean Murphy. 

;-) 

Another one of the last batch I ever had graded. As mentioned before, you can tell because of the "new" slab design. This was one of the "pressure" slabs that was quickly abandoned by the CGC. I wonder how many of this particular design are still out there? 

 

Edited December 29, 2023 by newshane

[LadyDeath]

On 12/29/2023 at 2:05 PM, newshane said:

As mentioned before, you can tell because of the "new" slab design. This was one of the "pressure" slabs that was quickly abandoned by the CGC. I wonder how many of this particular design are still out there? 

Is that what this is? I have a LD slab where the book is floating in place with no inner well. Thought it was a QC error.

https://d3nvbf5pqk2vjh.cloudfront.net/cgccomics/monthly_2023_01/1724296751_s-l1600(1).jpg.ab07fa1b9e8fc7523076742666fd7ab8.jpg