Dutch74

ASM17: pending scan

Your not reading the rules wrong, but the books were taken after a discussion through PM. I feel that is not fair as I am sure my PM's were sent first

I am really by this. I sent a PM within minutes after AS68 and 72 were posted, I never got any answer and now they are sold to somebody else who sent a PM. Is this how sales are being made in this forum? Good luck with the remainder of this auction.

Why don’t my PM’s get a response?

ASM 93

ASM 89

per PM

I am not criticizing the 9.9, not at all, but I am just curious. I thought centering had to be perfect in order to qualify for 9.9 or 10. Obviously I am mistaken?

absolutely classic!

Haha, somehow neither has any appeal to me. My newsstand collection is also close to being complete.

Finally found this book in great condition, which completes my variant collection of ASM 1-700 / SS 1-31 / ASM 1-18 / ASMRYV 1-5 / ASM 1-28. What will I do now?

Exactly my thoughts.

You think they will stick to the legacy numbering for more than 200 issues!?

I don't believe that. The pic posted by @bababooey says it all. The renumbering has nothing to with respect for the original numbering, the only desire was to get as quickly as possible to a massive number, which 'justifies' another hoard of variants in order to boast the sales. Therefore, I think the so-called legacy numbering will last for 25-30 issues at most. At that time they will be around #815-820, a year will have passed since the #800 and sales will have dropped again to the standard level. They will need another artificial way to increase interest and sales and a #825 will not do it. If they had true respect for the orginal series and numbering, ASM would have restarted at 701 after Superior Spider-Man, just as they did after the brief interruption by Amazing Scarlet Spider. That would have made volume 3: 701-718 and volume 4: 719-750. I think they didn't want to do that as it would have meant that the big #750 (ASM vol4 #32) would be a simple tie-in.

and this is not a great variant either, but I have the feeling that the ASM26 Walmart is generally overlooked and in some years it might become quite difficult to find. I also have the feeling that grade of this book might be an issue, as it was shrinkwrapped with two other books.

The above is not a favorite of mine. For instance, I prefer the ASM25 Immonen variant

one of us asked for a scan of the ASM25 1:1000

I am not into Spectacular Spider-Man so much, but maybe something like this Spectacular Spider-Man v1: 264 Spectacular Spider-Man v2: 1-27 (=265-291) Spectacular Spider-Man v3: 1-4 (=292-295)

Indeed it is not important, but it is still a nice little puzzle. And I have some kind of fetish when it comes to numbers I agree when it comes to the #.1 extensions. They were always additional to the core title and never replaced it. That is why I regards them as mini-series and never bothered to collect them. The -1 is another story, it replaced the core title for 1 month. Still, we could say we have the -1 and the +788 books... In that case Slott mistakenly ended up with the correct legacy number Or did I miss any other interruptions of the ASM series? The only problem with the inclusion of Amazing Scarlet Spider is that the numbering of 406-700 was wrong...

Thx, don't understand how I could have overlooked that post. Superior Spider-Man 32 and 33... that is completely ridiculous. It shows a disturbing disrespect for the history and continuity of the series. Speaking of continuity, Amazing Scarlet Spider 1 and 2 would fit better into a calculation adding up to 789. But of so, what about ASM -1?

Damn, how do they get to #789? I (think) I have a complete run with ASM v1 + v2: 700 SS 1-31 (=701-731) ASM v3 1-18 (=732-749) ASMRYV 1-5 (=750-754) ASM v4 1-32 (=755-786) I need to know what I should add to my collection to 'make it right'

thanks! How could they get to #788? ASM v1+v2 = 700 Superior Spider-Man = 31 = 731 ASM v3 = 21 = 753 ASMRYV = 5 = 758 ASM v4 = 30 = 788. Would this mean ASM 30 will get a double numbering, like they way they went back from v2 to the legacy numbering?

Hi, Is there any news about the return of ASM to the legacy numbering? I thought 31 would be the end, but now 32 has been announced. best, thx, E

Yes, you don't see that often. I have nearly completed my ASM newsstand run, just needing some old books which are not that difficult to find. But many books of my collection are in the 8.5 or 9.0 range. If anybody has a ASM 607 that they want to sell for a nice price... Still want to upgrade that one.

Yes, that is the book I am still looking for. Want to sell? . My 1:1000 copy is still at another boardie's place. He's collecting my books and a couple of time he ships a big package to my house. That saves a lot of money. He told me though the book is spotless and an easy 9.6/9.8 candidate.