{"id":1280,"date":"2010-10-05T09:57:39","date_gmt":"2010-10-05T16:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/?p=1280"},"modified":"2011-08-23T08:43:36","modified_gmt":"2011-08-23T15:43:36","slug":"comic-book-cover-swipes-exposed-27-spider-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/comic-book-cover-swipes-exposed-27-spider-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Comic Book Cover Swipes Exposed #27 Spider-Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"b18d58\">After looking at hundreds of comic book covers, it becomes quickly apparent that not every cover is 100% original. Whether done intentionally or even underhandedly, there&#8217;s something about uncovering these &#8220;swipes&#8221; that adds a new element of fun to reading and collecting comics.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong>Todd McFarlane<\/strong>&#8216;s adjectiveless <em>Spider-Man <\/em>#1 was one of the best selling comics ever. It&#8217;s gone on to inspire many homages and swipes over the years.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blogimages\/spider-man-01-black-bagged.jpg\" alt=\"Spider-Man #1\" title=\"Spider-Man #1\"\/><br \/>\nSpider-Man #1<br \/>\nAugust 1990<br \/>\nTodd McFarlane\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blogimages\/lethargic-comics-weakly-03.jpg\" alt=\"Lethargic Comics, Weakly #3\" title=\"Lethargic Comics, Weakly #3\"\/><br \/>\nLethargic Comics, Weakly #3<br \/>\nAugust 1991<br \/>\nGreg Hyland\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blogimages\/spawn-008.jpg\" alt=\"Spawn #8\" title=\"Spawn #8\"\/><br \/>\nSpawn #8<br \/>\nFebruary 1993<br \/>\nTodd McFarlane\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blogimages\/skin-13-half-a.jpg\" alt=\"Skin13 #\u00bdA\" title=\"Skin13 #\u00bdA\"\/><br \/>\nSkin<sup>13<\/sup> #\u00bdA<br \/>\n1995<br \/>\nBill Maus\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blogimages\/marvel-zombies-1-second.jpg\" alt=\"Marvel Zombies #1 second print\" title=\"Marvel Zombies #1 second print\"\/><br \/>\nMarvel Zombies #1 (2nd)<br \/>\nFebruary 2006<br \/>\nArthur Suydam\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p><u>On Ebay<\/u>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/stores.ebay.com\/CyberspaceComics__W0QQ_sacatZCyberspaceComicsQQ_sidZ13296653?_nkw=%22spider-man%22&#038;submit=Search&#038;LH_TitleDesc=1\">Spider-Man<\/a> | <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/stores.ebay.com\/CyberspaceComics__W0QQ_sacatZCyberspaceComicsQQ_sidZ13296653?_nkw=%22todd+mcfarlane%22&#038;submit=Search&#038;LH_TitleDesc=1\">Todd McFarlane<\/a> | <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/stores.ebay.com\/CyberspaceComics__W0QQ_sacatZCyberspaceComicsQQ_sidZ13296653?_nkw=%22spawn%22&#038;submit=Search&#038;LH_TitleDesc=1\">Spawn<\/a> | <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/stores.ebay.com\/CyberspaceComics__W0QQ_sacatZCyberspaceComicsQQ_sidZ13296653?_nkw=%22lethargic%22&#038;submit=Search&#038;LH_TitleDesc=1\">Lethargic<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After looking at hundreds of comic book covers, it becomes quickly apparent that not every cover is 100% original. Whether done intentionally or even underhandedly, there&#8217;s something about uncovering these &#8220;swipes&#8221; that adds a new element of fun to reading and collecting comics. Todd McFarlane&#8216;s adjectiveless Spider-Man #1 was one of the best selling comics [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-swiped-comic-book-cover-swipes-exposed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1280"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2988,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1280\/revisions\/2988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}