The Riverside Times

Spider-Man #16 RANDOM THOUGHTS ...  Spider-Man #16 was published in November 1991 and was the final issue for this title written and illustrated by Todd McFarlane . Months later McFarlane headlined a collection of artists that founded Image Comics , where he launched his own title,  Spawn . Spawn went on to become the most successful Image Comics title, and McFarlane revolutionized comic book merchandising  along the way. •  This is a special sideways issue; All pages are written and drawn in a landscape layout. In this book, it works, and as you might expect, McFarlane fills the frames with awesome images.   • The fact that #16 is McFarlane's last on the title is acknowledged in several places throughout the issue:  On the cover, Spidey says "Bye, Todd".  On the last panel of the issue, a fantastic 2-page mural featuring Spidey and X-Force , there is a message thanking the fans for reading, signed by Todd McFarlane. In "Crawl Space", the reader