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We have a winner! The Detective had a few scenes shot in Far Rockaway and the one I posted was one if those.

So, you have a 50/50 shot,

Any guess on the movie name? It's not Ocean's 11 starring William Turner.

Um, but no.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA! Funniest thing I will see all day my friend.

Indeed it is.

Oh, I remember wanting them. I think I had put enough money in coins in an envelope before my brother told me it wasn't going to work, lol.

Truer words were never written on these boards.

So, the first piece was last seen at a Staples, and the second piece was never shipped to you from the estate of Norm Breyfogle. And the two events are not related? Seems like if you paid for the art, yet it was never sent to you, you should be entitled to a refund from the estate. Obviously the art is probably more valuable to you than the money, but it seems you paid for it and it was never sent. And on the art last seen at Staples, was it being scanned? What's the story here? Just curious. Ah, ok, I stopped being lazy and read your other thread, where you answered these questions....

Nice, not sure I have ever ran across these. What year are these from?

Ok, this is it I promise, last post on the house that Ross Andru used to model his residence for the Mindworm in Amazing Spider-Man 138 (Nov. 1974). (Unless I find anything neater than this, that is). Although no one in their right mind would try to discern it from watching the few seconds it's on screen, the house actually appeared in a movie released in 1968. Spending more time than I am willing to admit, here is the best view (I use that term euphemistically) of the house from the movie. I'll see how fast someone can come up with the movie's title. The guy in this shot is pretty famous. Not quite Elvis famous, but as close as it gets.

That's what I thought as well.

I thought King-Size issues were essentially Annuals, while the Giant-Size issues were a new series for each character. Are there any King-Size issues that aren't annuals?

Yes, and that's 20 years before he ever drew Amazing Spider-Man. Ross was 50 in 1977. I keep forgetting this. He had 30 years in the industry by that time.

Yes, I remember you had posted that photo. Even here, I think Ross looks different in the two photos. He looks older in the earlier dated photo to me, lol.

Mike Esposito's daughter just shared this 1957 photo of her and Ross on Facebook . This is definitely my favorite Ross picture ever and once again illustrates how there is no way you would recognize Ross based on the different photos out there of him. Man was a chameleon.

Yes, this issue actual has one of those pages. We discussed the use of these a while back in this thread. That's definitely a possibility. The penciled in issue number and MAY all seem like Ross's though, at least to me.

“Excelsior!”

The mysterious case of the Amazing Spider-Man 139 original art board. If you look at every original art board from ASM 139, you will notice something interesting (well, to my easily intrigued butt). Ross wrote issue 136 in pencil on every one. Oh that's easy, he just messed up the 139 and 136. Well, except he also put MAY on everyone too. ASM 139 had a cover date of Dec. 1974, which means the on the stands date was around 9/10/74, which means the schedule date should have been August, not MAY. But for ASM 136, with a cover date of Sept. 1974 and an on the stands date of 6/74, a May schedule date would have made perfect sense. So much so, that the original artwork for ASM 136 has the May schedule date on it (I actually have seem 3 pages, not just one, as this stated before the edit.). So why the hell was Ross penciling ASM 136 and MAY on the artboards for ASM 139. Obviously ASM 136 would have shipped 3 months earlier. Did he just pencil too many artboards for ASM 136 and used them on ASM 139. I even wondered if the story in ASM 139 was originally intended to start after the end of ASM 135, but there would be too many things that wouldn't line up, like why would Peter be looking for an apartment (if ASM 136, 137, 138 all didn't happen or were going to happen later). I don't know and no one probably ever will. Just a cool chance to show Ross's Grizzly though.

All Hail the Mighty Get Marwood! We're not worthy, we're not worthy.....

May the spirit of Marvel be with you!

Oh neat, what issue? Unless you want to remain anonymous, of course...

I think I wrote in but never had anything published. Anyone else remember writing in?

The best, the best. When I discovered back issues through the mail, I think I had died and gone to heaven. I remember saving up my money, begging my older brother to write me a check, mailing in my order, and waiting for those Spider-Man back issues that I had missed to arrive. I checked the mailbox every day after school. Seems like only yesterday and not 40 years ago.

FYI, I went back and edited my 1968 photo to show the Mindworm's home. I laugh as I type that, because just like a kid in 1974, I now really believe the Mindworm once lived there.