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Previous Count - 389. Summary for July: Amazing Spider-Man 271-282, Annual 19-20 Spectacular Spider-Man 111-121, Annual 5 Web of Spider-Man 10-20, Annual 1 Still working my way thru the copper age Marvels that I haven't previously read (with some I have, just to not skip around). Frankly nothing much jumps out at me when I think back, except for maybe some Peter David work that didn't really grab me like I expect Peter David work to grab me. Coming up - for long-time readers of my posts in these threads, it's time for the 100 Back Issue a Week Challenge, something my LCS manager does in honor of the Baltimore Comic Con. For the next 5 weeks, I will attempt to read 100 back issues each week. I usually have a theme, and this year I've gone with one done before - characters or titles which debuted some even multiple of 5 years ago. So, if it started in a year ending in "3" or "8", it's eligible. I started last Friday, and will end on the last day of August. Right now I'm repeating some titles (Superman family of books - 1938) from previous years picking up where I left off, and some newer stuff like Invincible and Hellblazer. Other possibles that have some interest in this thread would include LSH and SiP. So stay tuned! And if you have a suggestion, let me know. New total thru July Spideys: 427

IBTL!

Yeah, a lot of places list the wider version as "Silver Age Thick" referring to the thicker books fitting better. For those of you interested in their backing boards, I just got an email that they are having a sale on most of their boards.

Sure, but I understand it's no longer a parking lot...can you meet me at Bloomingdales instead?

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Update for June, previous total of 317. House of Slaughter 11-15 Liked this one a whole lot more than the previous arc. Marvel Team-Up 137-150 Amazing Spider-Man 249-270, Annual 18 Spectacular Spider-Man 86-110, Annual 4 Web of Spider-Man 1-9 Continuing with my run of Spidey titles, finishing off MTU and continuing along with it's replacement in the lineup, Web of Spider-Man. Some memorable issues along the way - Assistant Editor's Month! Debut of the Black Costume! The End of the Black Costume (sorta)! Mary Jane's big reveal! Secret Wars II crossover! The Death of Jean DeWolfe! Slowly approaching the end point of my Spider-Man reading, don't know what will follow - perhaps pick up some of the DC titles where I left off with the 70s? Or where I trailed off in the 90s? Hey, who knows? As they used to say, Stay Tuned! New total for the year - looks like 389. Well below where I wanted to be at this point.

Way to live up to your forum name!

The best part of a person's collection, IMO.

You can hardly go wrong asking Mark about most anything comic related.

So sorry to hear this, Mike. Don't be surprised if it hits you at weird moments. A few years ago my mother died in early November after a few months worth of hospital/rehab/hospital where she really wasn't there most of the time, so it wasn't a sudden thing. At Thanksgiving that year, I saw my wife making homemade pimento cheese for our family dinner, which my mother had always done. I didn't know my wife had asked her the year before how to make it (which was weird itself, as she doesn't really cook). I just lost it - and I don't even like pimento cheese.

I'm surprised no one has remarked about the (I assume) typo in the subject line. When I first saw this thread, I thought, "Wait, did Geoff Johns do a teenage Green Lantern story or something?"

To be perfectly frank, while there were jokes that Microchip was you on a second account, I would say it seems like two different people posting under the Hero Restoration name. Half of your responses have me say, "This guy has had it rough, but he seems to see what he's been doing wrong, I hope he manages to get it together" and half have me thinking, "Wow, this guy is a complete @ss." You would do well to try and expand on the former and shrink dramatically on the latter.

I think if you read thru this thread carefully, you'd find that there were people supporting you and giving you the benefit of the doubt who changed their minds after some of your attacks against people who had 5-figure books with you and had paid thousands for work that hadn't been done for multiple years, along with your "sure you can have your books back but NO REFUNDS". The attitude you have adopted here has not helped your case, particularly the refund stance. I get that you can't afford to pay everyone back right on the spot, but if you were really concerned with your reputation you would have expressed some attempt to make things right at some point.

What a load.

Make that 13, unless you were already counting me. But, really, that show was doomed from the start, way too unrealistic - I mean, their pilot episode had a plan for a plane to be hijacked and crashed into the World Trade Center, for goodness sake.

And yet you feel it's a good use of your time to make all those (rather silly IMO) responses here?

Gee, a fella doesn't check in here very much for a few years and misses all the good stuff!

An excellent typo (or pun, not sure)

That was only back when they were double-secret moderators. 🤫

Is that anywhere close to Phil's Parking Lot? (talk about "old school")

You left off "PERNTS!"

The truth is out there?

Time to change your signature line? Anyway, congratulations! ASM is one of the two Marvel titles I collect that I have not completed a run of - I need #1,3,9, and 14.

Just curious - do you count the Showcase issues in for your quest? I am missing two of the Showcase issues (4 and 8) as well as 112. #132 is on my list as I recently discovered my copy has some defect that I either missed (like a missing centerfold) or didn't care about at the time but decided was just too rough, even for me (who doesn't have high standards, with many 2.0 or 2.5 books in the collection as long as they aren't awful).