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If Kirby had never existed and, say, took over today's Thor title as a new up and coming artist, what do you think people would think? Genius or the new Liefeld?

Yep. Everything Through contributing to groups and sharing info. We had contributors who would review every new release, every week for years. There are some great lists out there if you hunt, and new appearances are found in old books occasionally, usually met with a 'how did we all miss that!' response. I'm on the road today. When I get home I'll post some examples. As I said earlier, there is no definitive list because it depends on your eligibility criteria. Everyone has a different opinion on what should count. E.g. is someone dressed as Spidey an appearance? No if your criteria is 'Parker only', yes if your criteria is 'the physical representation of Spideys suit'. Does Peter out of costume count as a Spidey appearance? Does a photo of Spidey in a story count? It can get silly. Fun, but silly. More later.

Exactly. I was part of a Spidey Completist group once and we rarely agreed on what should be included in the 'I've got everything' list. Lots of different ways of defining 'everything'.

Let's see a picture then

You're talking to a former Spidey completist here crops. 6 years ago I had everything and had 8,000 comics. That included pence, Canadian, Australian, MJI's, variants, subsequent printings etc. Every title. Every mini series. Every variant. Every one shot. Every appearance. Continuity, non continuity. USM, SM 2099 etc etc etc. And still only 8,000. The 12k figure is meaningless without parameters. ASM #666 has 145 variants. Do they count as one? How are they defining appearance? I included Spideys face on a kids t-shirt in the background. Cover appearance only or story? Parker only or Morales? I'm leaning towards dismissing the list as meaningless.

This issue number seems extraordinarily high to me. Anyone agree?

Why did you stop @oldmilwaukee6er?

Must have been a big box. It wasn't a big blue box was it?

They're comparatively hard to find aren't they, especially in high grade. Great alternative cover isn't it. I remember my old copy was covered in blue ink spray. And it wasn't a 9.2!

True, you could read it that way. I've asked Darryl the same question a few times though so I think he knew what I meant. Either way, in line with my research rules, it doesn't exist until I have a confirmed image / copy, and it's therefore not in my confirmed number list. If it was a cheaper copy I'd buy it. Another will turn up sooner or later.

Thanks to those who spotted and liked my two Marvel test galleries in the gallery section. What I'd like to do is post all 3,019 of the scans I have in the files, and then move on to the other 6 publishers. The gallery format isn't working out for me though, so it's currently on hold. I have some questions out with the admin team but I'm finding it really hard to get any dialogue going lately. Hopefully I'll get somewhere with them - it would be nice to see all 5,000+ images up on the site in an easily accessible format. Wish me luck!

It did actually Andy, in the positive. But I don't count it until I see it - that's always been the rule:

Mebbe. Same time tomorrow Kid?

Can't. Better Cases, See?

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Quite Everyone Should Quality Everyone Seeks Comic Vandalism Aside

Quite Everyone Should Quickly Eradicate Shenanigans

Question Every Submission

Clever, Valid Assessment!

Curvy Voluptuous Arse? Quickly Expanding Sausage.

It was a Quite Exceptional Sauce, but in the end, Curry Vanquished Arse.

Andru - Spider-Man

That's a nice Thorpe & Porter 10d stamped cents copy

Another nice copy, you're spoiling us Rommbu! Yes, regrets, I've had a few.....

No worries, thanks s-dali. I pushed them over an edge that they were probably already slowly moving towards