Get Marwood & I

Overstreet = you ess of a. Rarely a publication to consider in matters Blighty.

Jinormous Bazookas

Did he really have 'JB' sewn into his robe? That's cool isn't it.

I quite liked her but she had her knockers

We'll be the judge of that

It's not a thing for me either - I haven't seen many like that on my travels and always assumed it was a kid cutting it out for his scrapbook or something.

You only read Robot's posts? Welcome to the thread Rich. Took your bloody time but better late than never. Boys - this is the chap I referred to back in 1982 who was doing the ND stuff. Give him a warm welcome won't you

Bit psychedelic isn't it

I saw that Ock one while I was searching. The tentacle's about a thousand foot long isn't it

Thanks Mark. Quite enjoyed doing it as it goes. I might have to look out for the other ones now.

Ta-dah! My sister (The Jigsaw Queen) challenged me to do it in an hour. I took two, but in my defence I did spend half an hour in the middle chasing a dementia patient down the road

Of Course! I had this one in my head:

A mild tease Amatta I thought the 'don't throw it away' picture comment was reasonable, but you can't please everyone can you.

It's quite ugly though isn't it. It could affect resale too, if you're ever leaning that way.

I dunno, it's Amatta's.

Jesting aside, it looks like it's had a fight with a heat gun and lost. Give CGC a ring and tell them you're not Happy. If they say "Well, which one are you then?" tell them not to be childish. https://www.cgccomics.com/contact/

Calm down, it's not so bad that you have to throw it away Amatta!

It doesn't Reggie, no, not on the box but it is Whitman #7718 and when you Googleate that you get examples saying 1978 - but with different images: Mine is the only one I can find so far with that particular image, which is odd. The other too are Andru swipes too - I recognise both (top one when he makes the Spidey parachute and bottom one when he's in front of the Museum, no? I'll let you look them up and weave your illustrative comparison magic )

I couldn't resist buying this in the week, firstly because it's something to do in lockdown, secondly because I'd never seen it before and thirdly because I recognised the image immediately as an Andru swipe: At first I thought it was an amended this... ...and then remembered it was an actual this: Just a little kink in the nose there, it seems: I'll let you know when I've finished it. Its got a 180 pieces, so it might take me a year or two...

I'm speaking from experience, having collected, completed and then sold a full ASM run. I've posted my feelings about this many times in different threads and there are many aspects to consider. Money, space, desire, age, personal circumstances, changing focus - they all play a part and everyone is different, everyone will reach different conclusions which may or may not work for them in the long run. But there is one other notable element that I have encountered myself and that is the sensation that comes over you when the goal is almost complete. I have experienced this three times in my collecting life - that phase, as you near the finishing line, where your thoughts turn to selling or stopping or changing course. There must be some psychological process where the act of completing a task has the affect of lessening your interest in it. Once the thrill of the chase is over, what replaces that thrill? If you did complete the full run somehow, what would you do - dig it out once a year and look proudly on it? What is the point of ownership? In this phase, it is easy to convince yourself of the merits of a particlar downsizing path as you have largely lost the thrill of the acquisition. And you can easily forget the value of the sheer effort involved in putting the run together in the first place. It's why phrases like "you never know what you've got until it's gone" exist. My advice is this - complete and keep the ASM #1-200 run as the monument to the achievement. That's where all the best stuff is. That is where Spider-Man really exists, in those Ditko, Romita and Andru panels. And that is where the future value largely sits. Sell everything else other than those books that mean something to you and invest the funds in comic books that you love and which are not hampered by having to fit a run or set or goal. Books that don't break anything, should you sell them. That way freedom lays. Sell ASM #1-200 and you will likely regret it. You've put in a lot of time and effort in to build the set - at least keep the best of it.

Might be this one though - indicia January 1965:

That and a stamp

Looks like a Gold Token Super Mag there above the FF#41. It's not Treasure Island, looks like a "Walt Disney's" something or other, but I can't find a cover match

Regarding the above film, just a thought, if the Marvel comics on the rack are all July/August 1965 cover dates, and the film was released in 1966, then it's reasonable to assume that the film was filmed in 1965, perhaps around the summer July/August window (it's not raining ). Given that the comics appear to be the stamped cents copies which predated the return of pence printed copies after the hiatus, it again could indicate that the comics were getting through, around the right time (a 3 month shipping window places the books on our racks with cover dates matching the calendar dates) and, therefore, this is further evidence that the UKPV hiatus may not have been due to shipping strikes as previously suggested. It looks like the stamped cents comics were getting through, being on sale around the right time, and that the printed UKPV gap was likely something contractual. I'm going to watch the film and see if there is anything in it to date it - maybe a newspaper or something

I occasionally check the 'missing' issues list, and thought this AUS lot underlined the probability that Cage #1 & 2 don't exist: