Weird that like half of these that aren't that great stories, yet because they're first appearances, they're worth more than the countless brilliant stories in this series.
That's how you know its only about mostly speculation not quality stories. The Doc Ock story arc from 70 to 75 was pure classic as well as the Child With In complete story arc by J.M. Demeittis which is a sequel to Kravens Last Hunt. Highly recommend.
@@alexandervelez2774 - The Return Of The Sin-Eater arc is one of my favorites as well (It was also possibly the BEST Electro story!). As well as Spectacular Spider-Man #250 (Norman Osborn at his BEST!).
There used to be more emphasis on stories. Stories had a quite a bit more value then they do now. First appearances have always been popular, but they never had the focus and price bonus as extreme as it is compared to regular issues.
As a Spider man fan who grew up in the 80s and 90s it was fun to see some of the comics I grew up reading. I leaned towards Spectacular Spider Man because buying back issues was much cheaper than from the Amazing Spider Man line. Sadly my entire comic book collection from my youth got stolen from a storage unit decades ago.
PPSS #90 was the FIRST APPEARANCE of the black suit. It came out 2 weeks before ASM #252. I was collecting heavily at the time as a child so I remember!
What an informative video thank you so much for sharing your Peter Parker knowledge! I'm going to get my Spectacular Spider-Man collection out LOL I need to check this out!
Marvel launched its 2nd ongoing title for Spider-Man in 1976, labeling it Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man. However, as years went by, many retailers racked it under "Spectacular" -- probably to be closer to other Spider-Man related material -- and the name officially changed The Spectacular Spider-Man, even though many still referred to it as "Peter Parker."
Great video. I started collecting this series about 6 months ago. Reliving my childhood so to speak. I have issues 1 thru 24. Looking forward to slowly adding the next 239 issues. 😃
How didn't you make a joke about a character named corona or the fact that it was a flute that spread throughout NYC? Lol. Great vid! I gotta grab a few of these.
Thanks. I'm saving this video for reference.I've leaned towards the ASM books but I do have some of these, Including two copies of number one. Maybe they'll introduce Tarantula in the mcu one day. Always pictured someone like Antonio Banderas playing him. His costume looks awesome & this cover looks great next to ASM 129 with the yellow background. Always thought ASM #132 was his first appearance & Spectacular Spidey one was an almost cover swipe
Solid video that brought back memories. I remember getting SSM off the spinning racks during the 90s. Picked them mostly because they were cheaper than ASM. Recently picked myself up a nice 9.4 CGC slabbed SSM issue 1 for under $100. Raw copies of these keys can be easily found in the $1-2 bins. The nostalgia -- and my personal bias that this series is so underrated -- is quite strong.
Last year i picked up both '91 Spectacular Spider-Man #176 and #177 first and second appearances of Corona, 30 year old comicbooks that later become a reality in '20 to '21 of the Corona virus pandemic that well be significance of what is happening now.
What about 75-79? 75 was the anniversary issue and had black cat and a solidly unhinged doc ock. Probably my fav storyline. Waited eagerly each month for dad to bring the next issue.
Sadly this is what is wrong with the industry these days. People are buying comics because they think it's going to be worth something, not because they enjoyed the story contain within the issue. They tried it in the 90's and it crashed the market. Now they're trying again because of the movies.
I was around in the 90s...the talk of a 'crash' is exaggerrated. The only ppl who lost money were the dummies who invested in Valiants, Death of Superman and Knightfall thinking they would get rich.
@@Boxingbear Not true at all. Marvel declared Chapter 11. For a while in 1997, none of my LCSs even wanted to take Silver Age back issues for anything near FMV. It was a tough time.
@@RonSM2112 I can recall it actually being a great time to buy if you had money to spend as a collector. I didn't have a whole lot of disposable income back then because I was going to University and only working PT. I do remember the LCS's around here were not very interested in buying. But I didn't see anybody lose their business or anything. I just think that whole thing gets very exaggerrated. But I wasn't selling then either, so..meh
All of these ppl wasting money on 9.8 this and 9.8 that Modern issues with a print run of 10 million will be sorry in about a decade. Movies only remain in the larger public consciousness for so long and that will also affect prices of certain books over the long term. But SA Keys are money in bank no matter what.
The only real keys up through Kraven’s Last Hunt are #1, first Carrion, first Frank Miller Daredevil, first Roderick Kingsley, first Cloak and Dagger, first black symbiote costume, death of Jean DeWolf and Kraven’s Last Hunt issues. The rest is fluff. Post Kraven issues I don’t know anything about, I had stopped collecting by then.
i aint watching the whole vid cause im going through spiderman comics never hsving read any but he has so many crappy villians that im glad are still there
Thank you for this video. Awesome job! I have a couple of questions that would help me understand exactly what you mean when talking grade and price: When you say "high-grade copy", in your opinion, what does that mean? Near Mint and higher? VF/NM or higher? Also, when you give the estimated price for a high grade copy, are you talking about raw comics or books that are certified by CGC, CBCS, etc...? Thank you.
Bro. Where the heck were you getting thoes prices from? You lost your mind 😂The highest some of thoes books went were $200 and that was for graded 9.8s
@@k-cx7137 I am very picky when I buy comics cause after 15 years of collecting and I only have 3 short boxes cause I only buy key issues,rare variants,low print runs and cook cover art cause those are the only books that have any value.
Weird that like half of these that aren't that great stories, yet because they're first appearances, they're worth more than the countless brilliant stories in this series.
It feels do be like that, I got Ivy's first appearance and its kind of lackluster, the back up story is brilliant though.
That's how you know its only about mostly speculation not quality stories. The Doc Ock story arc from 70 to 75 was pure classic as well as the Child With In complete story arc by J.M. Demeittis which is a sequel to Kravens Last Hunt. Highly recommend.
@@alexandervelez2774 - The Return Of The Sin-Eater arc is one of my favorites as well (It was also possibly the BEST Electro story!). As well as Spectacular Spider-Man #250 (Norman Osborn at his BEST!).
@@wowisntitanamazinglyamazin9550 - Poison Ivy?
There used to be more emphasis on stories. Stories had a quite a bit more value then they do now. First appearances have always been popular, but they never had the focus and price bonus as extreme as it is compared to regular issues.
0:32 A comic book series running for years. That’s a thing of the past, sadly.
As a Spider man fan who grew up in the 80s and 90s it was fun to see some of the comics I grew up reading. I leaned towards Spectacular Spider Man because buying back issues was much cheaper than from the Amazing Spider Man line. Sadly my entire comic book collection from my youth got stolen from a storage unit decades ago.
Aww that sucks man sorry that happened my stepmom sold some of mine for drugs🥲
PPSS #90 was the FIRST APPEARANCE of the black suit. It came out 2 weeks before ASM #252. I was collecting heavily at the time as a child so I remember!
What an informative video thank you so much for sharing your Peter Parker knowledge! I'm going to get my Spectacular Spider-Man collection out LOL I need to check this out!
Marvel launched its 2nd ongoing title for Spider-Man in 1976, labeling it Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man. However, as years went by, many retailers racked it under "Spectacular" -- probably to be closer to other Spider-Man related material -- and the name officially changed The Spectacular Spider-Man, even though many still referred to it as "Peter Parker."
That Spectacular 43 is the first Roderick Kingsley aka the Hobgoblin...
Great video. I started collecting this series about 6 months ago. Reliving my childhood so to speak. I have issues 1 thru 24. Looking forward to slowly adding the next 239 issues. 😃
How didn't you make a joke about a character named corona or the fact that it was a flute that spread throughout NYC? Lol. Great vid! I gotta grab a few of these.
Fun video! Only missed 2 keys, 116 and 119, classic sabretooth fights :)
Thanks. I'm saving this video for reference.I've leaned towards the ASM books but I do have some of these, Including two copies of number one. Maybe they'll introduce Tarantula in the mcu one day. Always pictured someone like Antonio Banderas playing him. His costume looks awesome & this cover looks great next to ASM 129 with the yellow background. Always thought ASM #132 was his first appearance & Spectacular Spidey one was an almost cover swipe
Awesome 👍 think you for the tips
Solid video that brought back memories. I remember getting SSM off the spinning racks during the 90s. Picked them mostly because they were cheaper than ASM. Recently picked myself up a nice 9.4 CGC slabbed SSM issue 1 for under $100. Raw copies of these keys can be easily found in the $1-2 bins. The nostalgia -- and my personal bias that this series is so underrated -- is quite strong.
Unless it's graded a 9.8, which is not normal, I don't think these go for that much however these are keys. Cool video
Amazing video! Thx.
Thank you! Thanks for watching.
Last year i picked up both '91 Spectacular Spider-Man #176 and #177 first and second appearances of Corona, 30 year old comicbooks that later become a reality in '20 to '21 of the Corona virus pandemic that well be significance of what is happening now.
Thanks for posting. This is a good breakdown of this series books for the speculators out there.
Thank you! And thanks for watching!
What about 75-79? 75 was the anniversary issue and had black cat and a solidly unhinged doc ock. Probably my fav storyline. Waited eagerly each month for dad to bring the next issue.
Yep. Me too
Sadly this is what is wrong with the industry these days. People are buying comics because they think it's going to be worth something, not because they enjoyed the story contain within the issue. They tried it in the 90's and it crashed the market. Now they're trying again because of the movies.
Yep.....this exactly. When everything is a "key" then nothing is.
I was around in the 90s...the talk of a 'crash' is exaggerrated. The only ppl who lost money were the dummies who invested in Valiants, Death of Superman and Knightfall thinking they would get rich.
@@Boxingbear Not true at all. Marvel declared Chapter 11. For a while in 1997, none of my LCSs even wanted to take Silver Age back issues for anything near FMV. It was a tough time.
@@RonSM2112 I can recall it actually being a great time to buy if you had money to spend as a collector. I didn't have a whole lot of disposable income back then because I was going to University and only working PT.
I do remember the LCS's around here were not very interested in buying. But I didn't see anybody lose their business or anything. I just think that whole thing gets very exaggerrated. But I wasn't selling then either, so..meh
All of these ppl wasting money on 9.8 this and 9.8 that Modern issues with a print run of 10 million will be sorry in about a decade. Movies only remain in the larger public consciousness for so long and that will also affect prices of certain books over the long term. But SA Keys are money in bank no matter what.
Rising in price
Excellent thanks
Thank you!
This is an awesome video. Any chance you could also do one for Web of Spider-Man?
I second this!
(3:48) Rodrerick Kingsley. Spectacular Spiderman 43.
The only real keys up through Kraven’s Last Hunt are #1, first Carrion, first Frank Miller Daredevil, first Roderick Kingsley, first Cloak and Dagger, first black symbiote costume, death of Jean DeWolf and Kraven’s Last Hunt issues. The rest is fluff. Post Kraven issues I don’t know anything about, I had stopped collecting by then.
The issue 90 is currently going for $19+ on eBay.
Big fall from $250?
10:26- PHIL URICH! Ben was his uncle .
Spectacular Spider-Man 43 is also first Roderick Kingsley
Huh I actually have 178, didn't know it debuted any new characters
Phil Urich, not Ben Urich as Green Goblin
i aint watching the whole vid cause im going through spiderman comics never hsving read any but he has so many crappy villians that im glad are still there
Very interesting. I have absolutely no idea why issue 101 is so expensive. There's no reason for it at all. 🤔
He just said bc mcu might make him a villain in spideverse 2
Wait, why no issue #75? That was a pretty important issue .
is there a omnibus for this run?
I dont think they done them back in them days
Just Masterworks right now. Hopefully an Epic Cllection or Omnibus someday.
Thank you for this video. Awesome job!
I have a couple of questions that would help me understand exactly what you mean when talking grade and price:
When you say "high-grade copy", in your opinion, what does that mean? Near Mint and higher? VF/NM or higher?
Also, when you give the estimated price for a high grade copy, are you talking about raw comics or books that are certified by CGC, CBCS, etc...?
Thank you.
Best offer please
Best issues of this run are 64 69 70 72 to 76
Hey dude, why did they use Parker's name above Spider-Man, when comic book readers knew who he was already?
Bro. Where the heck were you getting thoes prices from? You lost your mind 😂The highest some of thoes books went were $200 and that was for graded 9.8s
24?
Spectacular Spider-Man#64 is the only one in that run that I would get cause it is the only really major key.
If you’re only after major keys then you’re under the wrong video
I collect any first appearance,plus rare variants and any cool looking cover art.
90 is also considered a pretty a sought after key as it’s part of the trio of “first appearance black suit issues”
@@k-cx7137 I am very picky when I buy comics cause after 15 years of collecting and I only have 3 short boxes cause I only buy key issues,rare variants,low print runs and cook cover art cause those are the only books that have any value.
Great video- very informative. What size Mylar are those in- does it fit modern bags?
never get mordern/current size mylars... if you're getting the eGerber get the "standard" size.
@@derekd4221 thanks
Hello. What does key mean? Thanks
what does blockbuster mean?
Tombstone not a key ? Sacralidge lol
He supposedly first appeared in wed of Spider-Man.....
They might be keys but most of them are unreadable rubbish.
For collectors only.
How are they rubbish?
I find a lot of the stories interesting.
Really liked issue #87
I don't think these are all considered keys. Where do you come up with this shit?