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A great Dr. Strange page with all Ditko work was one of my 1st art collecting goals. I looked for a good 10 years and only found 3 pages to reject and one to grab. It seemed like I was seeing spidey pages from most of the big art dealers but no Dr. Strange. It was a fellow collector who finally hooked me up with this one. Strange Tales 127 Page 2 I hear tales of a splash page that may hit the market sometime soon, and it may challenge Spidey splash prices if what I hear is true. Best, Chris Caira That page was certainly worth the wait! Not only Doc Strange, but Dormammu and Clea too, and some classic Ditko quirkiness. Fantastic stuff. Thanks for sharing Chris.

While I tend to agree that the Ditko superhero stuff is his most pricey, I don't know if you can place Dr. Strange far behind ASM. While his Strange is behind ASM in popularity, his output on Dr. Strange was very small compared to his ASM output. Ditko produced approx(pencils and inks) 828 pages for Amazing Spider-Man, Ditko produced apprx(pencils and inks) 298 pages for Dr. Strange. Most of the Dr. Strange stories were either 5,8,9 or 10 pages each with none being longer than 10 pages. Ditko's ASM stories were all at least 20 pages in length. So while Spidey might be more popular than Dr. Strange, he also has a 3 to 1 lead on all Ditko pages that were produced. If the supply were equal I would agree with you ASM pages and Dr. Strange pages of similiar quality would be ASM #1 and Strange #2. But the dearth of Dr. Strange pages in existence and the rarity of quality pages to the market close the gap considerably. For similar in costume action pages I have seen Dr. Strange pages be the equal to sometimes, and at times the superior of, similar quality ASM pages....and that is do to simple relative scarcity. The rest of what you said makes sense. Best, Chris Caira That's a great point Chris. Ditko ASM pages are not all that difficult to find if you have the $$$ but Strange Tales pages?? Very tough.

That is the case for ALL Copper Age books. Not Albedo 2 and TMNT 1 first print. MARVELous.

That is the case for ALL Copper Age books.

Congrats on finally picking up a copy Frederic.

Huge kudos goes to Lighthouse who supplied me with some VERY sweet Copper Age books. Thanks again 'House.

Kudos goes out to the following forumites I have had recent transactions with... r1970d ForthWorld Currin Comics An additional thumbs up goes to October who supplied me with my first ever batch of Neal Adams DC's. All were an absolute pleasure to deal with, thanks guys.

ARCH, WHY ISN"T THIS THREAD PINNED YET?

He is? I better get to hoarding some Iron Fist #14's pronto!!! Now you're talking.

Why has no one mentioned Sabretooth? He's pretty strong...

Isn't everyone?

I was refering to a poster on these boards with my 'hope there is only one' statement (ie Joe_Collector or JC or Comic_Investor or CI...)

Hopefully there is only one...

I told you there was going to be no need to let ol' scissorhands near them! Glad you are happy Carl.

Overdue Kudos goes to all the forumites that I have had recent dealings with... clobberintime nochips rahigh Flamming_Telepath drummy frederic9494 GoodyRickles HighVoltage gman All were a pleasure to deal with. Thanks guys.

I guess no-one has doubles as I have not received a single PM offering to sell me a set.

If when you have read them you decide to pass them on, I am also looking for a set. In fact anyone out there who is looking to offload the run (don't have to be NM) shoot me a PM.

Congratulations Ian, an amazing achievement. I'm sure most people wouldn't have had the patience!

But a yellow label isn't as desirable, by most collectors, as a blue one...

That's 'BOXES'.

Origami.

Just be glad you didn't hang on to it for another 5 years, selling it for a mere 5 bucks would really have hurt.

They look like they are photos of real people the art is so spectacular. Boy, I sure wouldn't want to meet those people.

There is also the rumour that FF #48 actually went into a second printing. There do seem to be two distintcly different hued covers on the issue (one red, one brown) which may or may not back this up.