Spider-Variant

Nah, total team effort, let it fall where it may...

Gosh, it seems like yesterday my older brother and I were buying two copies of Amazing Spider-Man 150 (second book down on the Spider-Man column). He thought we needed two copies because it was going to be a collectors item. Well, that never really panned out, but hell, I'm still thinking about it 46+ years later, so he must have known something.

@Get Marwood & I At 20 post per page and 100 pages on my screen for this topic, this thread finally made it over 2000 replies. Not too shabby.

Most original art is 11" by 17", but can be larger (Twice Up). Even smaller, if it is the art for say a trading card. Generally speaking, grade does not directly effect the value of original art, because it is one of a kind, and no one will ever have the page in better condition than yours. But perhaps if two similar pages came up to auction, maybe there would be a little more money for the better condition page. That cover is awesome, from a much beloved issue too.

That is all my work that Dan featured over there. I did most of the write-up, but Dan picked his 13 favorites, his that's the theme over there. I posted all the material here, then eventually took it to Facebook. I posted about 125 of them in this thread. I go by Reggie, the Rober thing is a long story, lol.

That is the correct example. That is the Brooklyn Bridge that Mr. Kane drew while Gerry's text reads The George Washington Bridge. Here is the Queensboro Bridge, inadvertently named the Brooklyn Bridge in Issue 175 text. Now if only some ASM artist drew the Queensboro bridge and called it the GW, we'd have the Trifecta .

This may be the only time Ross drew it. He did draw the Queensboro bridge in issue 175 and the text called it the Brooklyn bridge. Of course Gil Kane drew the Brooklyn bridge in ASM 121, but the story referenced it as the GW bridge. So, it all comes full circle, lol.

Here is one of the last few Xeroxes that I have an image from the Late Dave Hunt, who inked the backgrounds on the Amazing Spider-Man from issue 127 to 170. This is another from issue 134, where I have always said that Dave was the unsung hero on this issue. In this panel, not a lot of Dave's work over Andru's pencils, but some good detail on the George Washington Bridge. Frank Giacoia would do the inking on the main characters after Dave had finished the background inks. I have included the original art page for comparison. If you look at that second panel on the Xerox, there was a person pointing behind Flash Thompson, but it looks like Frank inked him out of existence, lol. There are also some margin notes on the Xerox, but I can't make them out.

Great questions, but above my paygrade, so to speak. I'm afraid I don't know myself. I think you can ask CGC on the boards somewhere, or at least that used to be a thing. It does change though, which is nice. The All Detergent variant of ASM 184 for years was listed as a No Price variant, until I have noticed recently CGC properly identifies it. Progress.

Printing error, sure. Variant, no. But I see the rationale of say if 20% of the printed copies had the same printing error, where you could call it a Error Variant. There is actually a 35 cent variant that on some copies also has a printing error, which I find interesting.

I have not my friend. Not sure I recognize the Spider-Man image either.

That's top ten by "Replies" in the Bronze Age Forum and it's the youngest thread of those ten as well.

My my count, we need about 12 more posts in this thread to get it above 2000. That's not too shabby for a thread dedicated exclusive to one artist on a five year run of a comic series. Now had @Get Marwood & I left it only to the five issues of ASM that it started out, I think it would not have lasted quite so long.

Steve, I applaud your dedication and passion to comics. I always wish there were some better format for this knowledge, instead of various threads, buried in Topics. I thought the guys over at STL Comics were on a good path, with their permanent galleries on various topics.

I noticed that too.

Not Ross Andru, but from the much beloved (by me anyway) 1978 Amazing Spider-Man Mighty Marvel Comics Calendar. Paul Gulacy and Pablo Marcos "March" Illustration Original Art. Not a fan of the Jackal here and Dr. Octopus looks way too athletic, but everything else works for me.

Yes, I really like the format of the book, I even love the box it comes in. I knew that the original art from ASM 165 was owned by a single person and I was pretty sure ASM 153 was the same way. Wonder if there are any more complete ASM stories owned by a single owner? I bet ASM 149 is, as I have never seen an original art page from that book.

Well, it definitely is now!

Hey @1webslinger how did you like this book? I love mine.

Hey @Get Marwood & I, you buy the first titantic issue of Spider-Lover? Check out that Xerox, second panel. They even got it wrong on the published page, as Super-Giant Spider-Man was reduced from 100 pages to 60 pages and published as Giant-Size Spider-Man #1.

Here's another Xerox of Dave Hunt's background inks over Ross Andru's pencils on the Amazing Spider-Man 134. Dave did background inks on the Amazing Spider-Man from issues 127 to 170, and IMHO brought a lot to the book. This page looks like it is about 80% backgrounds, so Dave gets to really show his skills. He puts in some of his signature features as well, like the "Backgrounds by Hunt" and his son's name on the boat. Ross does a great job of story telling here visually and I love the way Peter is in motion from the first panel to the last. I like the expressions of the gang encouraging him to hustle in that last panel especially. I don't have a picture of the original art page but have added a copy of the finished comic page for comparison.

I'm probably going to see it again in the theater. First movie I have seen in the cinema in a long, long time. Totally recommend it.

The book was a storage nightmare. Very nice copy.

I had only a few war comics growing up, didn't really gravitate to the genre, but I swear I had some Weird War Tales issues. This is an amazing cover, submarines and comics, what's not to love.

Ok, don't want to go into any details (go over to the thread in Comics General if you do ), but I feel I would be remiss if I didn't state I saw the Spider-Man movie No Way Home and I thought it was brilliant. Nuff Said!