These pins are based on the Todd MacFarlane covers of Amazing Spider-Man issues #300 and #301 where Spider-Man gives up the black, symbiotic uniform and reverts back to his old spandex. The black suit later comes back a few issues later, as Venom.
​​ Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko, his first appeared in Amazing Fantasy issue #15 (August 1962). Lee and Ditko conceived the character as an orphan being raised by his Aunt May and Uncle Ben, and as a teenager, having to deal with the normal struggles of adolescence in addition to those of a costumed crime fighter.
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The period these pins were made between 1988 - 1993, Spider-Man was going through some major upheavals. First there was the alien black symbiotic suit, then the whole clone wars thing and the Scarlet Spider.​ Planet Studios produced a number of pins to reflect the period.
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Made in 1988. Planet pin #042
Made in 1992. Planet pin #212. Based on a John Romita Snr. image which he drew countless times where Peter Parker's Spidey sense would tingle.
Made in 1988. Planet pin #022
Made in 1993. Planet pin #BP6 Spidey head
No date. Planet pin #022a Spidey head Earring.
Made in 1993. Planet pin #310
Made in 1995. Planet pin #MRV-2 Spidey face. Same design as previous pin but soft enamel. Sold in bubble packs... see Planet Advertising
Made in 1991. Planet pin #169
Made in 1991. Planet pin #202. Several characters appeared in Santa hat's - the Thing, Wolverine, the Punisher, Venom and the Incredible Hulk.
Made in 1993. Planet pin #MM93 cowboy hat Spidey. Exclusively produced for Marvel Admin. Very rare, this is the only one I've ever seen. Why is he wearing a cowboy hat? I've no idea - he's never worn one in any comic or promotional material I've ever seen.
Made in 1994. Planet pin #1012 Spidey head pin gold plate
Made in 1992. Planet pin #SM302 Spiderman 30th pin set 2. Part of the John Romita Snr., 30th Anniversary Spider-Man box set.
Made in 1989. Planet pin #083
Made in 1994. Planet pin #SBOX-1B tracer. Part of the Amazing Spider-Man box set. Just a brass plate with no cloisonne and a cheap yellow plastic pin stop.
No date. Planet pin #MPG1B tracer for gallery set. This was a original pin from the Spider-Man Pin Gallery set issued in 1995.
Made in 1991. Planet pin #156.
Made in 1992. Planet pin #264
Made in 1991. Planet Pin #264A... this is a guess... when Planet made an earing version of a larger pin, the added "a" to the inventory number.
Made in 1993. Planet pin #267.
Made in 1994. Planet pin #327. One of a series of Marvel logo pin's featuring Spider-man, the Hulk and the Wolverine.
Made in 1992. Planet pin #220. Marvel also used a similar image for a normal (cardboard and safety pin) badge that was a freebee at conventions. The Spider-man figure is taken from the next pin along.
Made in 1989. Planet pin #054. This was also release in the Spider-Man Pin Gallery set issued in 1995. I have also seen a varition that doesn't have the black band around the edge.
Made in 1987. Planet Pin #002.
Made in 1988. Planet pin #012
Made in 1990. Planet pin #138. Based on the Todd MacFarlane Spider-Man issue #1 cover from August 1990.
Made in 1989. Planet pin #057
Made in 1995. No Planet pin #. Painted type pin.
Made in 1993. Planet pin #246
Made in 1994. Planet pin #MPG1A Spiderman pin for gallery set. Sold only as part of the box set - "Spider-Man Pin Gallery". Again notice how the same figure has been used on this and the next two pins.
Made in 1993. Planet pin #A001 Spider-Man but I've also seen this labeled as #A006 in a Planet advertisement. A photo etched pin.
Made in 1994. Planet pin #M1-11 Spiderman. Same image as the previous pin, but in a circle! A painted type pin.
Made in 1991. Planet pin #172. Based on the Todd MacFarlane cover of the Amazing Spider-Man issue #301, the issue he reverts back to his original costume.
Made in 1992. Planet pin #180. Based on the Todd MacFarlane cover of the Amazing Spider-Man issue #300. I have also seen a variation where it doesn't have the black band around the edge.
Made in 1992. Planet pin #VOTE-1 Spidey elect. Pin
Made in 1992. Planet pin #213. I think this was given as a givaway with a computer game. I also love the eyeballs.
Made in 1990. Planet pin #130
Made in 1991. Planet pin #BP1 big pin Spiderman
Made in 1993. Planet pin #297
Made in 1993. Planet pin #275
Made in 1987. Planet pin #001. The first Marvel Planet pin! This was also release in the Spider-Man Pin Gallery set issued in 1995.
Made in 1992.Planet pin #SM301 Spidey’s 30th year pin set. From the Spider-Man 30th Stan Lee box set. This is a Steve Ditko image but I'm unsure from where.
Made in 1994. Planet pin #335
Made in 1995.Planet pin #379
Made in 1989. Planet pin #086. John Romita Snr is the artist and the image is from the Spectacular Spider-Man Magazine issue #1 (1968)
Made in 1995. Planet pin #392
Made in 1994. Planet pin #358. The Scarlet Spider was Peter Parker's clone who called himself Ben Reilly.
Made in 1995. No Planet pin #.
Made in 1988. Planet pin #007. This pin was also release in the Spider-Man Pin Gallery set issued in 1995.
Made in 1991. Planet pin #007a Black Spiderman earring
Made in 1992. Planet pin #SM302 Spiderman 30th pin set 2. Original pin. Part of the John Romita Snr., 30th Anniversary Spider-Man box set.
Made in 1992. Planet pin #SM302 Spiderman 30th pin set 2. An original pin. Part of the John Romita Snr., 30th Anniversary Spider-Man box set. The colour is a bit off on this scan. If you go to Boxed Sets there is a better image.
Made in 1993. Planet pin #SBOX-1A Spiderman. Part of the Amazing Spider-Man box set. A painted type pin.
Made in 1994. Planet pin #MCP1A maximum carnage box Spiderman. Part of the Maximum Carnage box set.
Made in 1994. Planet pin M1-20. Soft enamel pin came in a blister pack.
Made in 1994. Planet pin #M1-14 or M1-20 - I'm unsure as I don't that the blister pack it came in. Soft enamel pin.
Made in 1993. Planet pin #272
Another Todd MacFarlane cover, for Spider-Man issue #1, that was made into a pin.
Some of Spider-Man's Friends & Villains
Made in 1996. Planet pin #TBZ01 Spidey-Mary Jane pin. A soft enamel pin.
Made in 1989. Planet pin#084
Made in 1989. Planet pin #066. I've seen somebody selling this on eBay, saying it had been taken from some McFarland artwork but I've been unable to verify this.
Made in 1991. Planet pin #337. The glider is polished metal, which is difficult.
Made in 1994. Planet pin #M121 green goblin cut out. Sold in a bubble pack.
Made in 1992. Planet pin #244 This weapon was used by both Green & Hobgoblin.
Made in 1989. Planet pin #082
Made in 1994. Planet pin #355A. Sold as part of a two pin set - this together with the small pumpkin bomb.
Made in 1994 Planet pin 355B. Sold as part of a two pin set - this together with the previous image of the Hobgoblin.
Made in 1992. Planet pin #243. For a long time, I thought this was just a Hobgoblin pin but have found out it was a Demonic version of the character.
Made in 1989. Planet pin #093
Made in 1992. Planet pin #144. I have no idea what the letters on this pin mean "MDOOMDO".
Made in 1994. Planet pin #356
This is how these two pins were sold, with a black & white cityscape printed on a piece of thin card