I used to work for the company in Ottawa Canada that prepared the files and color separations for the first hundred or so copies of spawn plus all the packaging, I have a 1 of 20 action figure Todd made just for us.
Thank you so much for this video, I've been waiting to see this list of Spawn books for a long time now...trying to collect a complete Spawn run is a lifetime grail run with books this rare, almost impossible to ever do it.
I just went through my small collection yesterday and I have a mint 227 sketch variant. Not a Spawn fan. Dont own any other Spawn stuff Only bought it because I thought it would look good with my ASM 300. Completely forgot I had it but 6:00 sure did make my balls tingle.
Dave..I watch pretty much all of your videos and this has been my favourite so far. The edit and the pacing is spot on and I really enjoyed all the fun facts. Would love to see you make videos like this for other characters. Thanks for all your great content.
Thanks. Ya this was a lot of work. Been working on this video for months. I’m glad people appreciate it. I’ll try to do more. But it was a lot of work to do. But I’ll probably be faster now that I know what I need to do next time
Great video! I mainly only collect spawn comics and this is so helpful! I didn't even know some of these existed.I'll be using this as a guide pretty much forever. Thanks for the video!
What a great video! I absolutely love Spawn! I had so many of these books but in 2001 I had a house fire and lost it all! In the past few years I have slowly started to get a collection back together, but for many years I had no drive to collect again sadly. I had tens of thousands of books and cards, just so many rares amd I had all mint books too. I took care of everything very well. Thanks for sharing!!
This is the best TH-cam video I’ve ever seen I am so happy to actually see someone other than myself that love spawn as much as I do Thank you for making this video
This is an amazing list thank you so much for putting this list out I have every single one of these books except for the error cover and I have 30 of the employee covers including some that you didn't put on here. So if you ever want to do a part too let me know lol thanks man
Great stuff and very informative my guy! I’ll keep an eye out for some of them! I have some GameStop variants for King Spawn 1 and Gunslinger Spawn 1. I would imagine they have a much lower print run than the regular runs. 🙂
Very well done Dave. Plenty of info and I enjoyed it all. Thanks for posting. I never kept up with Spawn though I did buy the first few issues when it came out. All I have left are #1 and #4 signed by Todd at FAO Schwarts toy store in NYC back in 1994. Best.
Amazing video. I'm a big Spawn collector but I don't consider the Dave Sim ones to be "Spawn" variants, we all know the story behind them but they're not published by McFarlane. As for the 306 MK variant, fun fact: last month on the Spawn subreddit there was a guy who worked at Netherrealms who posted a photo of a big stack of these on a coffee table - the NR studio management just put them up for employees to grab for free. So clearly they didn't destroy lots of these. So this employee grabbed more than two dozens of them and was trying to sell them via PM for $2000 each. I expect a rash of new census entries very soon.
Yep, and someone was selling around 70 non-graded ones. I'm glad I never jumped at this, in fact this whole debacle is the reason I'm getting out of the graded and variant comics scams. It's all a grift.@@bakermichael777
I tend to fall the other way in regard to Spawn 10. It’s a Dave Sim variant and the fact it’s not published by McFarlane makes it even more of a rarity. This was only possible due to the two writers’ original agreement on the crossover allowing for Sim to reprint Spawn 10.
@@MarkJackson-ux2uf I know, but I'm a stickler for "McFarlane official". Or used to be, back in September I decided to leave the Spawn variants collecting and have been selling all the stuff I have,
I'm a die hard Spawn fan. There are some issues in here that I never knew existed. Wow. Thank you for this video. Got some new books to add to my wishlist 😂
To let everyone know that the indiegogo spawn 10 still has some comics for sale after it ended!! Just bought the classic set of 4. One of the comics only have 2 left for 495 each. I've only found one on Ebay for sale! He offered me it for 390. Wish i had money right now!!
That King Spawn book is too expensive for me to buy 😅 but I enjoyed the history lesson and fun facts since I like Spawn. I just hope the Todd father comes out with a remake movie for Spawn.
Regie collects did a show on the Mocca variant. 500 print run with 100 damaged. This was verified by mocca director. Leaving only 400 viable copies. so in my opinion that makes the book scarce.
@@barrygingell5600 I grabbed 2 copies myself, but you figure thecwell is dry now at ebay. Everyone is probably submitting to be graded to sell at astronomical prices. Personally I am waiting for another mcfarlane signing and get it pressed at the same time. So for now they stay raw
@@marky1221 I would love to get one signed and graded but the ones I got certainly aren't 9.8's. Also, getting stuff to the U.S from the U.K does make these signings more difficult I imagine. Truthfully I have never tried it, but I would like to.
@@barrygingell5600 I've only done one signing with CGC and it was for mcfarlane. It went well and the press pushed my book to a 9.8. So I definitely will do it again. My one spawn 3d copy has a spine tick from hell. My other copy looks to be a 9.4 or higher, but I can't grade so I leave that to the graders.... I'd say that if the opportunity presents itself, you should try for it. Even if your copies aren't mint, it's not like there are that many copies roaming around out there.
@Comic Book Investments a few years back I started going after the newsstands and that's where I have stayed selling a large portion of my direct copies to fund the hunt for newsstands. There is an error comic that didn't make your list but finding the actual numbers would be very tricky. It's a Spawn 9 newsstand with the poster inside. Newsstand copies didn't get the poster inside, other then number 1. For some reason there were a few issue 9s that had the direct poster inserted into the newsstand. I don't have a copy but I do know there have been a couple sent into CGC.
Pretty sure my nearest hole in the wall comic shop has the Spawn #1 Black Ink Error Variant. I stopped by the other day to pick up Spawn 330 black blank, and saw it Spawn 1 graded (either 9.2 or 9.4) on the wall behind the counter for $4,500. Talked to the guy and he let me hold it. I had no clue about the error variant, so I’m I thought he was just a super fan with an WAY overpriced issue 1. He said something about black ink and I was like “eh” sure dude…but now I know! Now I’m considering making him an offer for it.
@@ComicBookInvestments Do you think you can do something similar like this for other well known comic book legends like Liefeld, Frank Miller, Jim Lee, Jack Kirby, etc. You are very knowledgeable and I TRULY ENJOYED WATCHING THIS!!! I shared this video with 25 people I know who are McFarlane fans.
In my research I found it to have 1,000 copies released. So it would be too high. Yes the king spawn has more. But the initial video was to start at king spawn
Bro this was an AWESOME!!! VIDEO but if I could BUY ONLY 1 SPAWN BOOK on this list it would have to be Spawn 303 your #11 on the list that book is DOPE AF!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥
I’m sick tired hearing about cgc someone have spawn issue 1 cgc and cbcs , Pgx cgc will sell more it’s not right should be equal same price people are paying for name on label., not big fan of sketch covers I own one sketch cover that’s it for me cgc doesn’t make comic prices of value it’s sellers who do that I have bought book in cbcs first appearance of carnage got that book i saw is going for same price in cgc and cbcs depends on seller, ultimate fallout signed I bought 300 another seller is selling same book for higher price in cbcs and Pgx cases
I used to work for the company in Ottawa Canada that prepared the files and color separations for the first hundred or so copies of spawn plus all the packaging, I have a 1 of 20 action figure Todd made just for us.
Thank you so much for this video, I've been waiting to see this list of Spawn books for a long time now...trying to collect a complete Spawn run is a lifetime grail run with books this rare, almost impossible to ever do it.
Thanks. Ya I spent nearly 50 hours on this video lol 😂 but ya I want to complete a spawn run eventually too
Loved the video. It was a great format to quickly display the books and toss in some some Spawn trivia too.
Awesome, thank you! ya I spent alot of time on this video
I just went through my small collection yesterday and I have a mint 227 sketch variant. Not a Spawn fan. Dont own any other Spawn stuff Only bought it because I thought it would look good with my ASM 300. Completely forgot I had it but 6:00 sure did make my balls tingle.
Dave..I watch pretty much all of your videos and this has been my favourite so far. The edit and the pacing is spot on and I really enjoyed all the fun facts. Would love to see you make videos like this for other characters. Thanks for all your great content.
Thanks. Ya this was a lot of work. Been working on this video for months. I’m glad people appreciate it. I’ll try to do more. But it was a lot of work to do. But I’ll probably be faster now that I know what I need to do next time
Great video! I mainly only collect spawn comics and this is so helpful! I didn't even know some of these existed.I'll be using this as a guide pretty much forever. Thanks for the video!
Big fan of this, excellent analysis! Keep up the great work!
that was great thank you for taking the time to do this its appreciated
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hey David nice list and most definitely nice shirt!
Don’t forget to sweep that leg
@@ComicBookInvestments 100% I have the same shirt btw lol
What a great video! I absolutely love Spawn! I had so many of these books but in 2001 I had a house fire and lost it all! In the past few years I have slowly started to get a collection back together, but for many years I had no drive to collect again sadly. I had tens of thousands of books and cards, just so many rares amd I had all mint books too. I took care of everything very well. Thanks for sharing!!
By far the best comic channel on TH-cam
Great video Dave! Alot of these I was unaware of. There's also some foreign variants from Mexico, Europe and Japan that seem to be quite rare.
There are some foreign ones. But these are the most rare
This is the best comic video I’ve ever seen on TH-cam .. keep rockin Dave !
Thanks, I put alot of time and effort into this one, glad you appreciate it
@@ComicBookInvestments I’m sure you did slayed it man !! I’m still kicking myself for selling my 174 wayyy back lol 😝
Bro, OUTSTANDING Explanation on and awesome history lesson of Spawn!! Excellent Review
Thanks. Glad u liked it
This is the best TH-cam video I’ve ever seen I am so happy to actually see someone other than myself that love spawn as much as I do Thank you for making this video
Thank you. I’m glad u liked it. Spent a lot of time on this. So it’s nice to be appreciative
Great video with lots of info, thanks ; I was curious as to why Spawn 1 3D M.O.C.C.A. didn’t make the list (around 400 copies)?
Spawn IS my favorite... GREAT VIDEO!!°
This is an amazing list thank you so much for putting this list out I have every single one of these books except for the error cover and I have 30 of the employee covers including some that you didn't put on here. So if you ever want to do a part too let me know lol thanks man
thats awesome, I'd like one day to put together a run of spawn, i fell more in love when I did this video. You even got the mortal kombat cover too?
@@ComicBookInvestments yeah mine is Near Mint
@@ComicBookInvestments if you are looking to buy let me know my business is selling his set and he has the employee cover
Thanks for the hard work !! Great video
Thanks. Ya it was a lot of hard work
Great stuff and very informative my guy! I’ll keep an eye out for some of them! I have some GameStop variants for King Spawn 1 and Gunslinger Spawn 1. I would imagine they have a much lower print run than the regular runs. 🙂
Yes lower then the regulars for sure
Thanks4 sharing! Great vid
*_This was a great video._*
Glad you enjoyed it
@@ComicBookInvestments *_Do you know how many variant covers there for Spawn?_*
*_I sorta found a visual answer here: _**_th-cam.com/video/7RIoZMg3Pyg_/w-d-xo.html*
Great video. Thanks for all that effort.
Thanks. Glad you appreciate it
Very well done Dave. Plenty of info and I enjoyed it all. Thanks for posting. I never kept up with Spawn though I did buy the first few issues when it came out. All I have left are #1 and #4 signed by Todd at FAO Schwarts toy store in NYC back in 1994. Best.
Thanks. Ya it was a lot of research to go through
Great video!
Hi Dave, my brother has an extensive comic book collection and SEVERAL Spawn comics. Any recommendations to offering these for sale?
really good info!
Thanks. Lots of work in this video
Amazing video. I'm a big Spawn collector but I don't consider the Dave Sim ones to be "Spawn" variants, we all know the story behind them but they're not published by McFarlane. As for the 306 MK variant, fun fact: last month on the Spawn subreddit there was a guy who worked at Netherrealms who posted a photo of a big stack of these on a coffee table - the NR studio management just put them up for employees to grab for free. So clearly they didn't destroy lots of these. So this employee grabbed more than two dozens of them and was trying to sell them via PM for $2000 each. I expect a rash of new census entries very soon.
You were right!! Just saw a pile of 9.8s sell on eBay all at once the other day. Some dude selling like 10 of them
Yep, and someone was selling around 70 non-graded ones. I'm glad I never jumped at this, in fact this whole debacle is the reason I'm getting out of the graded and variant comics scams. It's all a grift.@@bakermichael777
I tend to fall the other way in regard to Spawn 10. It’s a Dave Sim variant and the fact it’s not published by McFarlane makes it even more of a rarity. This was only possible due to the two writers’ original agreement on the crossover allowing for Sim to reprint Spawn 10.
@@bakermichael777 it really crashed in price. A 9.8 is now worth 10 times less. Press F for the collectors who bought those at 5k.
@@MarkJackson-ux2uf I know, but I'm a stickler for "McFarlane official". Or used to be, back in September I decided to leave the Spawn variants collecting and have been selling all the stuff I have,
Informative video. BTW, you kinda remind me of J.P. Monroe from Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
Great production. This must have taken forever to put together!
Yes it did 😂 thank you for watching
Very impressive list. The netherrealm story was by far my favorite.
Thanks
I have most of spawn comics from the first issue to the 99 issue of the 1993 to 1999 but some of my collection is missing
Nice 👍🏻
I'm a die hard Spawn fan. There are some issues in here that I never knew existed. Wow. Thank you for this video. Got some new books to add to my wishlist 😂
Awesome. I’m glad I could show you things you never knew existed
What about the spawn black and white it was a variant for I think number 65
To let everyone know that the indiegogo spawn 10 still has some comics for sale after it ended!! Just bought the classic set of 4. One of the comics only have 2 left for 495 each. I've only found one on Ebay for sale! He offered me it for 390. Wish i had money right now!!
That King Spawn book is too expensive for me to buy 😅 but I enjoyed the history lesson and fun facts since I like Spawn. I just hope the Todd father comes out with a remake movie for Spawn.
starring snoop dogg, lol
@@ComicBookInvestments Fo shizzle 😅
I could care less about Spawn but I watched this whole video and it’s great. You do a really good job.
thank you, ya i spent alot of work on it
This isn't a mc farlane diss but is there a list for his original covers vs cover swipes/homages?
Not that i'm aware of, but it would be a good list to make
Great list. Thanks so much for doing this. Isn't the Spawn 3D MOCCA meant to be quite rare also?
Regie collects did a show on the Mocca variant. 500 print run with 100 damaged. This was verified by mocca director. Leaving only 400 viable copies. so in my opinion that makes the book scarce.
@@marky1221 yeah. I saw that video and snapped a couple up. But I think everybody else did the same as they don't seem to be about now.
@@barrygingell5600
I grabbed 2 copies myself, but you figure thecwell is dry now at ebay. Everyone is probably submitting to be graded to sell at astronomical prices. Personally I am waiting for another mcfarlane signing and get it pressed at the same time. So for now they stay raw
@@marky1221 I would love to get one signed and graded but the ones I got certainly aren't 9.8's. Also, getting stuff to the U.S from the U.K does make these signings more difficult I imagine. Truthfully I have never tried it, but I would like to.
@@barrygingell5600
I've only done one signing with CGC and it was for mcfarlane. It went well and the press pushed my book to a 9.8. So I definitely will do it again. My one spawn 3d copy has a spine tick from hell. My other copy looks to be a 9.4 or higher, but I can't grade so I leave that to the graders.... I'd say that if the opportunity presents itself, you should try for it. Even if your copies aren't mint, it's not like there are that many copies roaming around out there.
Ohhhh, Toddy knew the print run on king spawn would be astronomical. How could he not. Retailers got killed on this scam.
Question. Is the capital collection book still valuable. And rare?
Wow great video!
Thanks
i bought them as a kid. 1 thru 5. maybe got thrown away, i moved so many times i cant count
That was BadAss. Thanks.
Thanks for doing the research on this and making a great video - just for future reference:
> means greater than
< means less than
Ahhh I can’t believe I made that mistake. Good thing I said what I meant. Good catch. Back to 1st grade math I go
What is Spawn Issue 1 Direct Edition CGC 9.8 currently worth?
Around $120
@@ComicBookInvestments Okay, thanks for that info, unfortunately it's offered everywhere from $250 upwards
Great video. As a big spawn collector I was so happy to see this list, and very thankful that I have some that you have mentioned!
That’s awesome. Ya there are a lot of cool interesting books on here
@Comic Book Investments a few years back I started going after the newsstands and that's where I have stayed selling a large portion of my direct copies to fund the hunt for newsstands. There is an error comic that didn't make your list but finding the actual numbers would be very tricky. It's a Spawn 9 newsstand with the poster inside. Newsstand copies didn't get the poster inside, other then number 1. For some reason there were a few issue 9s that had the direct poster inserted into the newsstand. I don't have a copy but I do know there have been a couple sent into CGC.
Will I have #91 of spawn in newsstand
Pretty sure my nearest hole in the wall comic shop has the Spawn #1 Black Ink Error Variant. I stopped by the other day to pick up Spawn 330 black blank, and saw it Spawn 1 graded (either 9.2 or 9.4) on the wall behind the counter for $4,500. Talked to the guy and he let me hold it. I had no clue about the error variant, so I’m I thought he was just a super fan with an WAY overpriced issue 1. He said something about black ink and I was like “eh” sure dude…but now I know! Now I’m considering making him an offer for it.
Hell yes. This is a video I've wanted to see.
Glad u liked it
Great channel keep up the great work BTW that Spider-Man looks very creepy to LIFE LIKE and standing way to close to you LOL. Have a great day.
Thanks for the visit, and the spider man looks life like because he is ALIVE! lol
@@ComicBookInvestments Do you think you can do something similar like this for other well known comic book legends like Liefeld, Frank Miller, Jim Lee, Jack Kirby, etc. You are very knowledgeable and I TRULY ENJOYED WATCHING THIS!!! I shared this video with 25 people I know who are McFarlane fans.
@@ComicBookInvestments Keep up the good work
I love this channel.
Thanks. Glad u liked it.
Appreciate this.
I missed the 189 sketch variant.
Awesome super cool list, i wish i had only one, but then again i can always dream, its lower than any cover price in existence.
ya I'd like to get a spawn run together at some point
Great video. Can’t believe I got my green variant Malibu Sun for $150
I give you $300 for it. Double your money 😂
Love this video and thanks so much for making it. #THANKSDAVE
Thanks for watching it
@@ComicBookInvestments Always.
More of this please
Do you see Errors becoming a more traded side of collecting?
If the error is rare and desired
@@ComicBookInvestments what about just random double covers? They seem like a great buy, 2 for the price of 1.
Love these "Did you know?" videos. Do X-men next and call it X-Facts.
Good to know.. thanks
No Spawn 1 3-D Mocca variant?
In my research I found it to have 1,000 copies released. So it would be too high. Yes the king spawn has more. But the initial video was to start at king spawn
PS. Again, great vid but I'm in shock! How the heck did you miss the 1997 SPAWN #1 B&W retailer incentive?? :o
there is roughly 3,100 of those, so it doesnt even come close
I just sold my Spawn Headless variant, was a nice sell.
I just bought one
@@ComicBookInvestments perhaps you bought mine lol
I got 4 spawn savage dragon newsstand
Nice 👍🏻
Bro this was an AWESOME!!! VIDEO but if I could BUY ONLY 1 SPAWN BOOK on this list it would have to be Spawn 303 your #11 on the list that book is DOPE AF!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥
thanks, after doing this video I have a new appreciation for spawn comics lol
I got the spawn 243
I like your shirt.
Got a few of these raw, not 9.8 though. trying to put a run together for a few years now. But yeah, never gonna happen.
It was very fun to do this list and find all the comics I didn’t know about
@@ComicBookInvestments I didn't know about a couple either. It just means there are a bunch more books i cant afford.
Todd said ever offered, not ever made.
I have the whole collection and many more I want to sell them
Really. That’s awesome. Email me and I’ll tell u what your best option could be to sell them. David@collectorscomics.com
I have one of these comic book 🤑
I’m sick tired hearing about cgc someone have spawn issue 1 cgc and cbcs , Pgx cgc will sell more it’s not right should be equal same price people are paying for name on label., not big fan of sketch covers I own one sketch cover that’s it for me cgc doesn’t make comic prices of value it’s sellers who do that I have bought book in cbcs first appearance of carnage got that book i saw is going for same price in cgc and cbcs depends on seller, ultimate fallout signed I bought 300 another seller is selling same book for higher price in cbcs and Pgx cases
I don't really collect too many variants