Amazing Spider-Man #299 pg 15 (Todd McFarlane/Bob McLeod) pub'd 1987
Artists: Todd McFarlane (Penciller) , Bob McLeod (Inker)
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DescriptionMy favorite McSpidey pages are a. Venom or b. Black Suit Spidey. While the last 24mos have turned up more McSpidey pages than I've seen in 5yr periods, it is still exceedingly hard to find Venom or McBlackSpidey. I haven't seen one since 2019. When this page serendipitously turned up, I 'pounced' and was fortunate to get a handle on it and am excited to add it to the McSpidey vault!After Todd's run on the Incredible Hulk at Marvel, they decided with ASM 298 to give him a run at the primary Spidey book. Todd learned on his previous gigs that it was his strong preference to ink his own work (later he would want to write too of course). I don't know the story here, maybe there were concerns on his ability to hit deadlines with pencils+inks, but in the first 2 issues here, Bob McLeod did the inks. By ASM300 Todd would be doing both pencils+inks as he worked to refine his signature McSpidey style that really put him on the map. Said another way, this page is only 35 pages into his ~900 page run (across 45 issues) on ASM/SM and in this period he was really in his jam and pushing to change the Spider-Man character to his style to create buzz. I imagine some folks at Marvel fought him the entire way. To me McLeod over McFarlane is as if McFarlane and Sal Buscema combined styles - a tighter look on the characters married with spaghetti webbing. Ok, enough backstory! Let's look at the page. Top panel - we see a truck letting off a hitchhiker Left panel - our hitchhiker is walking towards a destination called ESU Middle panel - Whoa - he has found a facility in the middle of BFE with guards, he makes a familiar sounding quip. Right panel - Holy cow, that's Peter Parker pulling a Clark Kent costume reveal. But wait, that's not the usual Spidey costume we're used to? (Note, this Pete 'look' is interesting as it's def pre McFarlane vibe, so you can imagine McLeod inking it to look more like a 'standard' marvel type of a look. Or perhaps Todd knew he had to pick his battles and it was best to start changing up webs and Spidey vs. Pete. Bottom panel is the pay-off-> TWHIP Black Suit Spidey (Venom?) with some of the first Spaghetti webbing, uses his webs to get into the secret facility by webslingin' in the trees. While not quite the 'broken hip' classic McSpidey pose, it's a dynamic pose between webs that Todd treats us to here. Color page from the book is in alt images. This is the third page I've been able to find from 299 Signed by Todd in the bottom, I hope you enjoy this page as much as I am! Social/Sharing |
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Amir E 
Member Since 2020
3 - Posted on 4/6/2022
Do you have a McSpidey tree in your backyard? Wow again! Venom's first appearance issue! Very special page. That bottom panel is just so much fun!
Dave W
Member Since 2006
3 - Posted on 4/6/2022
McFarlane! Ba da ba ba ba im loving it! Oh wait, that goes with another "Mc" franchise ... but I am loving all these McGems you are dropping lately - works for me. Congrats Scot! Thanks for sharing!
Chris Snorek
Member Since 2009
2 - Posted on 4/6/2022
McAwesome! I don't know what else to McSay about these McPages but you keep McScoring them somehow!??!?!
McSpidey Fan
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 4/6/2022
Chris Snorek wrote:
McAwesome! I don't know what else to McSay about these McPages but you keep McScoring them somehow!??!?!
Thanks Chris! Well 2 were ones I had since 05 but somehow escaped CAFing them. So not as crazy as it seems!
James S
Member Since 2017
2 - Posted on 4/6/2022
Fantastic dude! Was this one hidden under your washing machine?
Peter Sullivan
Member Since 2006
2 - Posted on 4/6/2022
McLeod is such a strong inker that he Bob McLeods all art, which is no bad thing. It does look nothing like a McFarlane inked page though! Just looks like Bob was trying out a slightly different approach.
George H
Member Since 2009
2 - Posted on 4/6/2022
An absolutely epic find from ASM 299!!! Such an iconic and classic issue giving the world some long lasting lore.
Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005
2 - Posted on 4/6/2022
McLeody with a chance of Venom!
"Two all-time artists, spidey sauce, gets us Todd, pencils, webbing, and those Venom suit buns"
McSpidey Fan
Member Since 2005
2 - Posted on 4/6/2022
Marcus Wai wrote:
McLeody with a chance of Venom!
"Two all-time artists, spidey sauce, gets us Todd, pencils, webbing, and those Venom suit buns"
Thanks Marcus!
Eric Wenger
Member Since 2012
2 - Posted on 4/6/2022
Wow you are adding McFarlane pages on a weekly basis! Amazing piece, and black suit as well.
McSpidey Fan
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 4/6/2022
Eric Wenger wrote:
Wow you are adding McFarlane pages on a weekly basis! Amazing piece, and black suit as well.
Thanks Eric!
Jeffrey Wedding
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 4/6/2022
The only way this could be better (because I do look Bob's inks) is if Peter had said "time to make the donuts." But I'm sure that would have spawned legal issues.
Tangled Web Art
Member Since 2020
2 - Posted on 4/6/2022
Thanks for the background story of this fantastic page (especially Spidey and the webbing on the last panel)!
Paul P Spiderversity
Member Since 2011
2 - Posted on 4/7/2022
Oh those last two panels!!! Such incredible McSpidey goodness.
Eric B
Member Since 2008
2 - Posted on 4/7/2022
In my head, every time a Spidey page comes up, I image you saying "Time to go to work". Anothr fine addition for your collection Scot. Congrats.
McSpidey Fan
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 4/7/2022
Eric B wrote:
In my head, every time a Spidey page comes up, I image you saying "Time to go to work". Anothr fine addition for your collection Scot. Congrats.
Hey Eric, it does tend to work that way :)
James Dornoff
Member Since 2019
2 - Posted on 4/7/2022
Amazing early run McSpidey page, featuring an awesome swing hero pose.
McSpidey Fan
Member Since 2005
2 - Posted on 4/7/2022
James Dornoff wrote:
Amazing early run McSpidey page, featuring an awesome swing hero pose.
Thanks James!
K Gearon
Member Since 2011
2 - Posted on 4/15/2022
WOW! So awesome, man! McFarlane black costumed Spidey! Great bottom splashy shot, AND you got a maskless Pete/costume change! Hard to top, buddy, hard to top. Big congrats!
McSpidey Fan
Member Since 2005
2 - Posted on 4/15/2022
K Gearon wrote:
WOW! So awesome, man! McFarlane black costumed Spidey! Great bottom splashy shot, AND you got a maskless Pete/costume change! Hard to top, buddy, hard to top. Big congrats!
Thanks KG!
Will K
Member Since 2006
2 - Posted on 5/21/2022
FWIW, in Bob McLeod's Patreon, he recently posted the pencils and inks for comparison purposes. And some commentary. Not really a McFarlane fan, but based on the pencils, I think Bob did a great job.
McSpidey Fan
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 5/22/2022
Will K wrote:
FWIW, in Bob McLeod's Patreon, he recently posted the pencils and inks for comparison purposes. And some commentary. Not really a McFarlane fan, but based on the pencils, I think Bob did a great job.
Thanks, link?
Will K
Member Since 2006
1 - Posted on 5/22/2022
McSpidey Fan wrote:
Thanks, link?
Bob posted pencils and inks on 5/15/2022. Bob's Patreon is... https://www.patreon.com/bobmcleod
Andy Wurst
Member Since 2004
1 - Posted on 6/2/2022
Wonderful to see this page found a new, fitting home. Huge congrats.
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