Spider-Variant

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!

Here's another look at Harry Osborn's and the Lovely Liz Allen's stroll on Mott Street in NYC Chinatown. This from Amazing Spider-Man 171 with pencils by Ross Andru and inks by Mike Esposito. This issue was on stands in May 1977. The first comparison is new but the others I had shared before. I'm looking for the real life reference Ross used for the panel before this one and I found this nice overview photo. The Quon Luck restaurant, as I had posted before, also appeared in an issue of the Punisher War Zone. The On Leong Tong Building appeared in ASM 184, Ross's penultimate issue on ASM. I love all the small detail Ross puts in, like the small arrow at the bottom of the Quon Luck restaurant sign and the white arc on the Golden Dragon restaurant canopy. Ross even put that circle shape at the top of the building on 83 Mott Street. I've pretty much exhausted my search for real life references used by Ross, but when I find something interesting to me, I post it, with a little of the previously shared backgrounds.

I'd go 5.0, maybe even 5.5 on a good day.

I did like the way the spider slayer came back better and improved over the years. It seemed like a natural progression to me. Loved ASM 107 with Romita art.

Well, if my memory doesn't betray me, the idea was pitched to Spider-Man in ASM 126, where he and the Human Torch jumped right on it. We see some of the frame in issue 127 as Peter and Johnny Storm put in the hours to build it. Then, the full first appearance would be ASM 130. Spidey drove it off Pier A in issue 141 and we see it on the bottom of the Hudson in issue 142. We don't see it in ASM 157, when Spidey goes diving for it. And finally, it returns in ASM 160, with an assist by the Tinkerer (funded by the Kingpin). Spidey delivers it to Corona Motors at the end of the issue. I didn't peek once @FoggyNelson. I have though been looking at these issues recently, I will admit.

Oops, nope, those web shooters were there since the onset of the Spidey Mobile in ASM 130.

Well, it looks like with this fiasco, Spidey has a way home, lol. Didn't the terrible Tinkerer install those Web Shooters? ASM 160, if memory serves.

I love Steve, great actor. Nice book.

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