kalvin74

19 hours ago, Get Marwood & I said:

You'll be able to count our numbers on one hand soon kalvin! 

Ah, good choice 

I have to say, the main reason I went after the ASM books was because I was a Spidey completist so, of course, I had to have them. It was easily the hardest run of books I ever put together and I like to think I led the way in determining what existed / exists for that title. Hardly anyone else seemed to care too much apart from me and the friend I eventually sold them to.

Being in the UK, collecting them was doubly hard. Ebay.au was about it, and I spent many many hours scouring those pages over a 2-3 year period. I dug out my old records (any excuse!) and can see that they lot cost me £260 to collect (excluded postage). Not bad really.

As far as documenting them went I started off in word:

 

....and then moved on to excel:

 

In the end, I managed what I believe to be the full set of these 53 books and one annual:

 

They looked quite nice as a group I have to say - here they are hiding among their other Spidey variant cousins:

 

I remember one time when I ordered some newsstand books from the US. When the package came, one of the books was not only an AUS copy, but a copy that, at the time, no one knew existed! What are the chances.

I had great fun putting them together and I hope you do too kalvin. If you ever find an ASM book that's not on the list, do come and let us know. I may no longer collect them but they still really interest me. You're up against @nesqrick2 though, and he has proven himself to be the AUS King. 

So good luck! 

 

 

What a journey! Appreciate you sharing your discoveries and the stuff you'd learnt along the way. I'm going to have to keep an eye out for all now - see if I can complete a set down as well. Cheers mate.

So glad I've found some Aussie variant enthusiasts!
I remember these from the newsagencies in my early days of collecting - and have been picking them up here and then.
Sometimes I get caught up in the condition but I think there's always an opportunity to upgrade an issue over time.

Missed the boat on quite a few keys now though, but will focus on the Amazing Spider-Man stuff as a focus.

At the time, I picked up a heap of Man of Steel 17 and 18s - which after digging them up a year or two ago, turns out they were newsstand variants which is pretty cool.

Anyway cheers fellas!

32 minutes ago, Foley said:

Welcome to the boards Kalvin, good to have you!

Thank you, mate! I'm glad to be part of it finally.

cheers

Hello guys,

Long time lurker here, long time Campbell fan. 

The retailer incentive art has been revealed for Domino #1. 
It's finally a different sort of look for a Campbell cover, and I do really like it (ordered it some time ago).

I'd really love to see more pieces that have that Superior Spidey time and love put into them.

Is that even possible for him with the amount of special editions that he creates?
It's been a long time since his fan base have thought... omg.. he has smashed it out of the ball park.

Anyway... cheers fellas. Appreciate the banter on these forums.