Spider-Variant

Yes, it seems my stuff has a way of making it to other platforms. I guess I should feel flattered.

Hmmm, wow, almost looks exactly like my thread.... https://tombrevoort.com/2023/04/29/the-claws-of-the-cat-5-the-lost-issue/

Someone posted this on another forum, no idea of the origins of the piece. But if it is real, then the prelim sketch by Kane would have the plan for this cover.

That's a very beautiful book!

Hey @Frisco Larson, where do you have your Copper Age of comics beginning? I know everyone has a different definition. I think for me, definitely the new suit Spider-Man was copper age. Shoot, I tell people my Bronze age ended with Ross Andru's last issue, ASM 185 in 1978, lol. Just Curious....

I didn't like that the vulture here, while taking a serum, looked like the first vulture. As aside, I think the 1978 Spider-Man calendar had a number 3 on his chest, lol.

Kind of annoying. I didn't really like this storyline in ASM 127-128. Even as a kid reading it, it was too implausible (even comic book implausible).

The Vulture Hangs Ten! Surfs all over Spidey

Yes, definitely looks like page 5. Thanks so much for sharing. If I can edit my original post, I'll sequence it in.

Ok, just noticed they changed the title from "The Vulture Hangs Out!" to "The Vulture Hangs High!". The first title is dumb, but the second doesn't even really make sense.

You are the man Lee!

Why do I love this panel so much? From ASM #148.

Nice page. Agree, I bought all the original art I owned after 1996 and never really paid a lot for a single page. Had I kept it and sold it today, I would have made tens of thousands of dollars, which seems incredible to me. I had a Ross Andru Spider-Man page that I regret selling more than selling my AF #15. Not because it was worth more, just because it was one of a kind.

Post away. Love me some original art.

Why does Bruce Springsteen come to mind right now?

That's still some nice popping colors on that book, after 50 years.

That's a great story. Love hearing small tales like this. My older brother told me he had this issue but it was stolen when he left all his comics in the car when they shipped our car to Hawaii. I just tried to imagine it in my head as he started me on the collecting path. I was about three years behind you, with issue 153 being my first official issue off the stands. Seems like yesterday.

Ah, that really wipes me out and makes me feel flushed, . That's cool. Never looked at that before.

I'm not even sure what that is.

Although this is the Bronze Age, these books were definitely in my Golden Age of collecting during my youth. Love these books.

I think I posted this Xerox before but a little latitude please, lol. I often see an original art board with push pin holes in it and wonder "who the hell would do that?" But looking at the Xerox of ASM 134 page 31, I think the answer is.... Ross Andru. The push pin holes on both are in the same location (look at that oil spot on the fourth panel in the margins. So, either Ross or the letterer must have used them to secure the board while working, since the next stop was Dave Hunt. I also notice the original art board has been trimmed (because the notes in the margin are gone). I think this had to due with reproducing the art for the printing plate, but I could be blowing smoke on this one.

Yes, I definitely got this one through mail order and it didn't stand out. I love all the issues around this, with 92 and 97 being two of my all-time favorite covers.

I enjoyed Sal's version of Spidey, not as much as I enjoyed Ross's though. I thought his early issues of Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-Man were great. But Sal also drew one of my least favorite Amazing Spider-Man covers... That right hand just looks weird to me, almost pancake flat.

Again, not Ross Andru, but his fill-in on Amazing Spider-Man while Ross was working on his Magnum Opus, Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man. ASM 154 was the second issue that I bought off the stands back in the day. I didn't know much about artist, etc., but knew this art was definitely different than issue 153. I also love the little pacing notes in the borders of the art. Panel six reads "SM (Sand Man) begins to move."