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3 hours ago, KirbyJack said:

I’m always happy to show my Spidey 1. 
Bought as a “good” many moons ago.

Think you got a great deal, that looks much nicer than a GOOD! 

Another sweet Spidey book up for sale from my collection.  This time it's a stunning Spider-Man Annual #16 CGC 9.6 "Newsstand Edition" with the first appearance of the new Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau)!!  This issue is beautifully centered and comes with fresh WHITE pages!!  Super eye appeal and a fantastic addition for any Spider-Man collectors!!

1. No Probation or Hall of Shame buyers.

2. Payment via PayPal, Check, or Money Order.

3. U.S. sales only.

4. $15.00 Priority Mail shipping.

5. All sales final for CGC books.

Spider-Man Annual #16 CGC 9.6  "Newsstand Edition"  WHITE Pages  $139.00

Way to keep this thread at the top!

Up for sale from my Spidey collection is a stunning Spider-Man #252 CGC 9.6 "Signature Series" issue signed by artist Ron Frenz, with a clean, clear, and perfectly placed signature!!  This issue includes the 1st appearance of Spider-Man's black costume which later becomes Venom!  The comic is beautifully centered and comes with fresh WHITE pages!!  Great eye appeal on this key Spidey issue!!

1. No Probation or Hall of Shame buyers.

2. Payment via PayPal, Check, or Money Order.

3. U.S. sales only.

4. $15.00 Priority Mail shipping.

5. All sales final for CGC books.

Spider-Man #252 CGC 9.6  "Signature Series"  WHITE Pages  $299.00

9 minutes ago, WASM said:

Take it

Up for sale from my Spidey collection is a gorgeous Spider-Man #158 CGC 9.0 "30 Cent Price Variant"!!  This issue is beautifully centered and comes with fresh WHITE pages!!  Great eye appeal and a fantastic addition for any price variant collectors!!

1. No Probation or Hall of Shame buyers.

2. Payment via PayPal, Check, or Money Order.

3. U.S. sales only.

4. $15.00 Priority Mail shipping.

5. All sales final for CGC books.

Spider-Man #158 CGC 9.0  "30 Cent Price Variant"   WHITE Pages  $159.00

Beautiful books!  Here's another Spidey ped 

4 hours ago, Jordysnordy said:

Another "upgrade"

What a sweet upgrade Jeff!! 

41 minutes ago, Frisco Larson said:

I never really set out to collect Spidey in "high grade" but I AM acquiring some. 

Love those bright WHITE pages!!  Congrats on another beautiful book

A 6.0 seems about right.  On the centerfold, the bottom staple appears to have some rust transfer staining on the paper.  Still a very pretty book!

20 minutes ago, Frisco Larson said:

Oooooooo, that's a smoker!!!!! White pages too!!!!!! Thanks for sharing that beauty!!!! If you collect the annuals, the annual #1 fits here too!  

Thank you!!!

I've posted the annual before, but it's such a classic Ditko cover, enjoy sharing it again...

4 minutes ago, Frisco Larson said:

Great thread to revive!!  Those are some sweet #1's you've got there Frisco!

10 minutes ago, Frisco Larson said:

Thanks! I've been digging the Mexican publications (I think there were a few publishers there) and I've been picking up some from a variety of Marvel titles. I have one more Spidey ped and I'll attach it here. 

What a beautiful copy and love that classic Romita cover! 

8 minutes ago, Frisco Larson said:

I couldn't make it onto that page Billy Boy and I haven't really been targeting pedigrees, but I offer THIS one to make it a triple!!! 

Very cool book!!  First time I've ever seen a Mexican edition pedigree Spidey!

5 minutes ago, Frisco Larson said:

Those Green Rivers kick serious booty!!!! Awesome that you've been able to get so many of them!!! 

Thank you!!  It's been a long, fun journey searching them out!  One of those Spidey ped's that don't come up for sale too often!

25 minutes ago, Straw-Man said:

LOVE the g. rivers!!!!!

I do too!! And beautiful Mass ped 

3 hours ago, Jordysnordy said:

3rd time is a charm.

My 3rd ASM 20 in 9.2 in the last 4 years. The previous 2 copies had too much white showing on the spine and a little foxing.

This copy will now have a long term home with me.

Love this cover and just a gorgeous book!  Congrats on this fantastic pick-up!!

Anyone enjoy date stamped pedigrees?  Those are my favorite type of stamped books and Green River's are extremely cool examples!

2 hours ago, shadroch said:

Over in the Golden Age forum, a thread about the Lamont Larsen collection was just bumped, and the original post deals with this subject. Its a good read, if not very definitive.

That was a great article on the Larson pedigree collection!  Came to find out that some of his books had written on them PN and ON, representing the distributors Publishers News and Omaha News.  Very cool story and so informative 

5 minutes ago, shadroch said:

Over in the Golden Age forum, a thread about the Lamont Larsen collection was just bumped, and the original post deals with this subject. Its a good read, if not very definitive.

Appreciate it shadroch!  Going to go over and check it out!

Congrats to both buyer and seller!  That is a gorgeous book

14 minutes ago, rjpb said:

Ah, I misread that (what I get for skimming). In that case a Feb. arrival date would make sense for a May cover date. My understanding is that by the 1960s, local distribution was a monopoly in most regions of the U.S., some large cities being exceptions. These distributors would in turn receive periodicals from the printers via national distribution companies ( which were often indentified as part of the cover art (IND, ANC, etc.). It's never been clear to me if the letters one finds on old comics regarded as distributor marks are put there by retailers signifying local distributors (if more than one), or local distributors signifying what national distributor would be responsible for returns. 

Thanks for that info!!  Very interesting, so the letter may represent a local distributor or possibly the national distributor.  Or as shadroch noted, could even be the initial of the stocker who placed the books on the newsstand for sale!  May never know the absolute truth but still very intriguing to me 

1 minute ago, shadroch said:

I don't think its an industry wide code, just something a particular dealer or newsstand did.

Gotcha, so the R and P are probably the initials to a distributor's name so the retailer would know where to send the unsold books back to?  I assume some newsstand retailers did the letter coding if they had multiple distributors to keep track of, while other newsstands may have only had one comic distributor and didn't need to do it?