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I only got one 10.0 and that was on my first submission about 6 years. I’ve since sent in over 1,500 books without ever getting a 9.9.

Just got these back today

Thanks. They did spell Esposito's name wrong on the label. Don't know if they corrected it since.

Here's one with a cover by Cockrum and Romita. Art by Andru and Esposito.

I don't see a miswrap on the 67

Have you found any of the first 100 difficult to find without miswraps in 9.4 or higher? I primarily collect bronze Spideys and only recently started focusing little bit more on 39 to 100. I had about 40 bronze Spideys in 9.8, but have since sold about 12 of them off. All but my 124, 126, and 195 were nicely centered.

Those are absolutely sweet books.

What would you say is the percentage on silver age books from 1965 and up that have a miswrap? I think ASM 93 is the one of the hardest out of the first 100. I've seen only one graded copy that was centered, but haven’t checked out a lot of raw copies. ASM 67 is tough especially considering the amount of graded copies, but I have seen centered copies of it. Maybe 63?

When I was a kid collecting comics in the 80s Romita was the one silver age artist that stood out to me and many of my friends. I felt he could run with the best of them at that time – Byrne, Art Adams, Perez, etc. Back then I looked at most of the work of silver age artists and thought they drew funny. Today I have a great appreciation for Kirby’s work and who knows maybe in another 10 years I’ll become a Ditko fan.

Here's another one

I won this one on ebay 6 years ago.

Usually when there’s an auction with many killer books in it I pick the one I want the most and that’s the one I go for, but that auction had so many sweet books that I tried to win 4 of them. Because of cost I figured if I could win one them I’m done, but wound up losing all 4. Its funny back then I could come in 2nd whereas today I’m lucky if I come in 3rd.

Lost this one in the 2003 Heritage auction for 1500, but picked it up a year later for 700.