Ghost Town

I bought a bunch of Marvel Tales before I had any conception of what a 'reprint' was, so I felt that too. I did notice a difference between the ASMs and Spectaculars I was buying, and the Marvel Tales, and I actually preferred the older stuff. I'm not sure exactly why, I guess there was just something about Romita Sr's art and the accessibility of the stories that drew me in. My earliest exposure to Spider-Man was in the Ross Andru interiors/Romita/Kane covers days. When I went back and found the Ditko stuff, it was pretty alien to me. It seemed so primitive in comparison. I definitely have more of an appreciation for the Ditko stuff now, but it'll never be the Spider-Man for me. Kind of ironic, I know.

I believe CGC started recognizing the pedigree part way through C-Link auctioning off the runs. Some of the runs had the pedigree notation from the time it was first certified. But also, if you sent a RM book to CGC for re-holdering and the cert number matched up, CGC would add the pedigree notation to the label. So many of them are just new slabs, not re-subs.

Great list, Mike! Some minor additions you might want to consider: Fear #6, Thor #193, Special Marvel Edition #4, and Western Gunfighters #7 are all 52 pagers, I believe. Hulk #159 was released in 1/73. But I think it fits the classic Picture Frame bill.

Wow. Killer book.

That's a really good question. I can't seem to find any in decent shape.

That's great stuff Mike. It is very cool to see the group shots. The Millies, Li'l Kids, and Harveys are really hard to find in any condition better than Fine. But I'm sure you know that already.

Oops. You're right. I thought maybe just Janson's inks were really heavy on this one. But GCD and other sites say Milgrom.

Like my #28 and many others, it's the Golden State copy.

That books is insane. Just beautiful.