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That's superb, isn't it

21,000 posts over six years.... ....and 20,987 of them were rubbish

Cheers Lee - for thread posterity, here's what's up on CL: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #129 COMPLETE 19 PAGE INTERIOR PENCIL MOCKUP Primary Artist Name: MARVEL PRODUCTION ART Secondary Artist Name: Year: 1974 Dimensions: The art has an image area of approximately 10" X 15". End Date: 12/7/2022 9:48:45 PM ComicLink Comments: From the estate of Dave Hunt, credited as colorist and an inker for this important key issue introducing The Punisher, comes this unique production mockup of the complete interior pencils and lettering to Amazing Spider-Man #129. It reproduces onto oversized smooth copy paper Ross Andru's pencils and lettering that fits the 10" X 15" dimensions of the artwork. It was not a normal practice to make such copies at this stage but since Hunt was not the only inker, it's possible he was sent copies of the pages he wasn't inking so he could see what they looked like. A few years would pass before this story was seen as anything significant, so it's interesting that this specific mockup exists. Hunt, who passed away in 2017, worked for Marvel as an inker and colorist starting in 1972 until he moved over to DC starting in 1978. For decades now, Amazing Spider-Man #129 has been one of the most coveted and valuable comic books published in the 1970s. Pristine examples graded 9.8 by CGC now sell for over $30,000 and the original story artwork would be well into the seven figures. The Punisher really took off as a character in the early 1980s and by the late 80s was appearing in multiple titles of his own as well as numerous crossover appearances. The Punisher has been featured in three live-action movies and in two seasons of his acclaimed self-titled streaming series on Netflix. The Punisher is expected to return as part of the mainstream Marvel Cinematic Universe, which means his biggest days are likely still ahead.

That's because we're better at everything, Gad

I love that sticker

And then there's the likelihood of simple mistakes. Or are we supposed to believe that no one ever got anything wrong, or made a mistake, in comic production and distribution? "Whoops, wrong pallet". It's great to identify the design - what should have happened, all being in order, but there will always be exceptions, to prove the rule, as our MJI in a pence copy showed yesterday! (This is why I urged you to post in the Whitman / Multipack thread Skwerl - as an 'ask CGC' question, this thread will die and disappear and your contributions on the subject won't be heard / debated)

That winged horse marginally beats mine in the beauty stakes Andy

You'd imagine they'd have more than one stapling machine wouldn't you, if only in case one broke down. They were producing millions of comics, after all. The additional thickness of the MJI copy may indeed have needed a different pressure / calibration. Or, the expert of the time might laugh at that notion and say "That machine could put a staple through a brick" and the different staple location could be just down to a different machine's set up. Like you say, we'll likely never know for sure, for the specific time frame of the MJIs, but it's fun speculating all the same.

This thread might interest you Skwerl, if you haven't already seen it: Make sure you wear a hard hat though, as discussions about 'Whitmans' can get a little heated

Is that him on the roof?

"Monstrollo my big hairy equine arse. Look at all these humans. Total rubbish. One kick in the nuts from me and it's bye bye Monstrollo"

Did the horse kill him?

Hoof ucked up this time?

Did anyone else get an interruption in horse antics? Please select one of the following: Yay Neigh

Look what they did to Silver!

I say thee NAY! Well, maybe a bit.

It's fun mucking about with it though, isn't it ™

@AJD Andy Andy ANDY! Come and play

Stop copying KirbyJack

You better watch out. I've got some digging to do... we'll see if I can find it. You've got pictures of my wife?

At the other end of the scale, it could be the size of Jupiter and those useless fers would still miss it

Hi-Yo Silver - Post Away! ( Any genre you like, Yorick. It's just got to have a horse on it. Or an ugly headed horse thing)