Frisco Larson

I'm just now starting to pick up really high grade Spidey Bronze Age.

I didn't see a thread focusing on very high grade Bronze Age, so I started this one! Post those certified 9.8 and higher copies here!

The PAYOFF to Pay the Penalty.

Wow, those Savannah copies are awesome!!!

To the official last issue ….

The official first issue ….

Love this info bc!!! Some of which I already knew but some I didn't and the exact issue info could be a handy reference tool to have! I've said many times that in particular, Tales to Astonish and Strange Tales (the less expensive of the big four) seem like tremendous bargains and they still have that pre-hero feel to them with their back up stories (at least for a while). Good stuff!!!

I repeated the same process the next year, picking the best Spidey from that collection, having Matt press it and having CGC grade it. This is the result. Not bad for 2 books that sat in a cardboard pop case without bags for about 3 decades!

I bought a Marvel Silver Age collection in the mid 90s from a woman who bought them off the stands. She kept them stacked in a old style cardboard Shasta soda case where you could mix-n-match different flavors and fill this 24 count half box thing, about 4 inches in height. In all, as I recall, there were 110 comics. They varied in grade and as I got into Golden Age, I sold off most of the other titles, keeping only the Spider-Man run, with a few others that didn't sell. One year in the very early 2000s, I went through them and brought the best one (by my eye) to Chicago to have it CGC graded. I DID have Matt press it first and this is what it came back as:

Thanks so much! It was one of those things where it "says" 9.6 but looked better than every 9.8 I saw come to auction. I was lucky that day!

And to show that they're welcome here too, an early Marvel 9.6 with a touch of work on it.