Peter Loves Gwen

Hi Justin. FYI, the other AF 15 thread will always get attention, because tons of members have it in their "Watched Topics" list. I have it in mine, and every time someone posts again there, it comes up high in the list.

I miss this thread, and others too. I need to post my last couple of group shot pictures, before I've sold too many of what's in them.

You're crazy for saying that. Is there really anything between 328 and 441 that you need to own? I am not saying there's nothing worth reading, I am saying that in my opinion there's not really anything worth collecting in the last 25 years. Yes, the first appearance of Carnage might be the exception. Still, that leaves the last 23 years. I guess I'm just old school. I was just joking around. I wanted to be one of the people that you thought would think you were crazy... if that makes sense. But to answer your question, no, I don't need to own anything between 328 and 441. I don't need to own anything prior to 328 either. I just want to. There was a lot of good stuff in that 100+ issues, at least, that's how I choose to remember it. As an example, the death of Aunt May in #400 was a great story. Too bad they ruined it by bringing her back. Pfft, Aunt May was on her death bed in so many issues way back in the #100-200 range, she couldn't have been alive past about #210, when a weird storyline had her as a villain. The whole Marvel world is crazy, but I liked Spider-Man early on simply because it was more believable, and far less ridiculous than every other title. Things changed more and more after the early 1970's, I think they ran out of imagination for possible ideas, and let fly with the nutty UFO alien and any crazy thought idea which pooped up. I didn't read much after the #200 range, but picked it back up when it got to the #350 range. I let it go again after the #370 point, the stories were not very good, and the issue price was too high. They tried to grab attention back with some special covers, and then the explosion of variants began. The Stern run in the mid-200s, especially surrounding the Hobgoblin, makes for excellent reading. Really, #238-300 was pretty darn good as far as I remember. Past the McFarlane run the stories do tail off, though there are still a few gems there. Very true. There are lots of good runs throughout the whole title ..., but there are unfortunately a lot of really bad runs of stories scattered along too. Those bad run are very embarrassing to a true ASM collector. I didn't take to the PPSSM title when it came out, and only after the WOS title started did I begin to collect some readers to check out. Stan Lee should have taken a bigger role in deciding what was good enough to create, and what should have been trashed. Money isn't everything, many consumers black ball bad products etc. Spectacular was my favorite Spidey title to read for a long time in the 90s, and I've long thought it should get more love than it does. It also made me a big fan of Sal Buscema (I realize he is polarizing, YMMV). They aren't worth anything, but basically #100-200 or so of that run generally stands up with anything else being published in that era, and makes for fun, inexpensive collecting and good reading. Thanks, I have those but I don't think I've read much of them beyond maybe #25 or the few runs that were part of cross overs of note in ASM. I'll try to find a way to get to reading some of those.

You're crazy for saying that. Is there really anything between 328 and 441 that you need to own? I am not saying there's nothing worth reading, I am saying that in my opinion there's not really anything worth collecting in the last 25 years. Yes, the first appearance of Carnage might be the exception. Still, that leaves the last 23 years. I guess I'm just old school. I was just joking around. I wanted to be one of the people that you thought would think you were crazy... if that makes sense. But to answer your question, no, I don't need to own anything between 328 and 441. I don't need to own anything prior to 328 either. I just want to. There was a lot of good stuff in that 100+ issues, at least, that's how I choose to remember it. As an example, the death of Aunt May in #400 was a great story. Too bad they ruined it by bringing her back. Pfft, Aunt May was on her death bed in so many issues way back in the #100-200 range, she couldn't have been alive past about #210, when a weird storyline had her as a villain. The whole Marvel world is crazy, but I liked Spider-Man early on simply because it was more believable, and far less ridiculous than every other title. Things changed more and more after the early 1970's, I think they ran out of imagination for possible ideas, and let fly with the nutty UFO alien and any crazy thought idea which pooped up. I didn't read much after the #200 range, but picked it back up when it got to the #350 range. I let it go again after the #370 point, the stories were not very good, and the issue price was too high. They tried to grab attention back with some special covers, and then the explosion of variants began. The Stern run in the mid-200s, especially surrounding the Hobgoblin, makes for excellent reading. Really, #238-300 was pretty darn good as far as I remember. Past the McFarlane run the stories do tail off, though there are still a few gems there. Very true. There are lots of good runs throughout the whole title ..., but there are unfortunately a lot of really bad runs of stories scattered along too. Those bad run are very embarrassing to a true ASM collector. I didn't take to the PPSSM title when it came out, and only after the WOS title started did I begin to collect some readers to check out. Stan Lee should have taken a bigger role in deciding what was good enough to create, and what should have been trashed. Money isn't everything, many consumers black ball bad products etc.

You're crazy for saying that. Is there really anything between 328 and 441 that you need to own? I am not saying there's nothing worth reading, I am saying that in my opinion there's not really anything worth collecting in the last 25 years. Yes, the first appearance of Carnage might be the exception. Still, that leaves the last 23 years. I guess I'm just old school. I was just joking around. I wanted to be one of the people that you thought would think you were crazy... if that makes sense. But to answer your question, no, I don't need to own anything between 328 and 441. I don't need to own anything prior to 328 either. I just want to. There was a lot of good stuff in that 100+ issues, at least, that's how I choose to remember it. As an example, the death of Aunt May in #400 was a great story. Too bad they ruined it by bringing her back. Pfft, Aunt May was on her death bed in so many issues way back in the #100-200 range, she couldn't have been alive past about #210, when a weird storyline had her as a villain. The whole Marvel world is crazy, but I liked Spider-Man early on simply because it was more believable, and far less ridiculous than every other title. Things changed more and more after the early 1970's, I think they ran out of imagination for possible ideas, and let fly with the nutty UFO alien and any crazy thought idea which pooped up. I didn't read much after the #200 range, but picked it back up when it got to the #350 range. I let it go again after the #370 point, the stories were not very good, and the issue price was too high. They tried to grab attention back with some special covers, and then the explosion of variants began.

Thanks, that's the last of the big issues I will buy.

Hey Brian, I think you need to find another one. Here's mine, what do you think?

When it comes to conflict resolution, he's amazingly civil with his words. He's a "she" I'm embarrassed to say. I spoke to "her" on the phone years ago when I got a book graded VG that had the entire cover torn in half. I was civil and she was ...barely controlled. I was warned never to bid again;) I didn't need much warning. Originally the books were her father's. I think she did so well, she bought some on her own. I didn't see the recent listing, but I recall her/seller two years back when there was a 9.2 ASM Annual 1 being offered on eBay. She sent me a message responding to my best offer, to sell it off of eBay, to trade contact information. eBay blocked my communication with her when I tried to respond, when I first got the message, but eBay had seen it first. She did the same thing again a few months later, for the same book. She also claimed that it was a consignment, so she was willing to pass along contact information. eBay blocked my messages again. I even asked Tom here on that same listing to make an offer. He was kind enough to do so, and the goal was to make a deal at a good price. She did the same thing again with him, she offered to make a deal off of eBay, and of course eBay blocked Tom from sending her another message. Some people really have no ethics, no decency, and their evil shines through when given the chance. I see the feedback now looks wonderful, and the new eBay policies delete any old listings details, making it nearly impossible to judge their character from listings over 90 days old.

So you have 2 copies of every awesome book in your collection? I'm working on it!! I've only had two of ASM 14 at one time, but I used to have about three of everything. Keep going, more boxes, more bags, boards, and Mylars.

That's an excellent idea, thanks.

Go for it! Thinkin' about starting a #4 thread in about a month or two...wink wink... I'm going to post it first....wink wink I took a few group shots before I sold the two last month.

Take it from someone who has completed the entire ASM run.Go for the big keys first,then the fillers will fall into place. (thumbs u Ditto. Find the list of issues by rarity, Tom made it, and look it over to see generally which issues are hardest to find. Start a thread yourself discussing which issues should be hunted the most and which require the most patience, and fast available funds. I can tell you some, grow a buying pool, and jump on only the big hardest books first. Avoid others unless they are a steal and easy to resell if you have to just to get back the money pool. ASM 11 should be very close to the top of the list, not at all far behind AF 15, or ASM 1 and 2. That #11 is way harder to find than ASM 3-10, 12-23 etc. ASM 24-26 would be not far behind the first four, I'd place those next. Good luck and have fun.

Excellent, that's a beautiful book. Well done.

Beautiful book, and I like seeing John Romita's signature. Well done.

Wowwww. Did it just have CT? He probably still has it. Guys are bananas with speculation. They'll pay good money for a book, and ask even crazier money for it. I bought that Annual 1 about 25 years ago, and didn't know it had the CT on it. I gave $255 for it then. I'd like to have it back now, since I'm down grading. Tom, can you unsell it and let me get it back from you, would you take that loss? It's still beautiful to see in the raw pictures I have, a super straight copy.

Cool. Now the real question, do you quickly read each new book when you receive it?

Great book Shawn, and keep going.

Hi Scott, and welcome. Yes the annuals are for the most part lower in cost than similar age and grade normal issue books. Good luck,

You should add it to your watched topics then its always to hand (thumbs u Ditto, that's how I saw this. (thumbs u

That's a great looking copy. Now you should see what Greg Reece will take it as trade, for the 7.0 he has on his site.

Sweet copy! I'm presently backfilling my 40s issues to complete my 1-50 run...need 42, 43, 45, 46, 47 & 48... Sweet copy there, congrats. Tom, I can help you with every one of those.

Excellent work Tim, on building this thread. I've added it to my Watched threads.

I agree, and it suggests that a signature that is done very well won't bother most people who oppose writing on the cover. Mine looks just like it.

Yes, $63.5k I watched that one, and then the ASM 28 go off at $200 over my bid.

Well done, they made a ton of them per year since the 90's when I stopped my last time.