Bronze-Age Spideys 15 15

[sledgehammer]

current and previous copy

[Esaravo]

[sledgehammer]

Seeing that date stamp reminds me of the first drugstore that I would head to once a week, at 10 years old.

Getting to that drugstore in the afternoon, on the day each week that the books arrived, and seeing that they still hadn't opened the binded package sitting on the floor, used to make so so crazy.

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 10/9/2024 at 5:49 AM, sledgehammer said:

Seeing that date stamp reminds me of the first drugstore that I would head to once a week, at 10 years old.

Getting to that drugstore in the afternoon, on the day each week that the books arrived, and seeing that they still hadn't opened the binded package sitting on the floor, used to make so so crazy.

I'm sure it made you want to get hired right then and there  

[Esaravo]

On 10/9/2024 at 6:49 AM, sledgehammer said:

Seeing that date stamp reminds me of the first drugstore that I would head to once a week, at 10 years old.

Getting to that drugstore in the afternoon, on the day each week that the books arrived, and seeing that they still hadn't opened the binded package sitting on the floor, used to make so so crazy.

As a kid I would make my way to several drug stores and variety stores each week. At one of the stores, if the books were still bundled up when I got there, sometimes the guy behind the counter would hand me a pliers and let me remove the wire. Those top and bottom books had deep grooves in the middles of their tops, bottoms, and each side. Those were the days, so many places sold new comics, they were literally everywhere. Great memories!

[universal soldier]

Funny, I've looked at the cover of #116 so many times but as they say, I was today years old when I realized that Spidey doesn't appear to have the white covering over the eye holes. Maybe the smasher knocked them off.

 

[universal soldier]

Bsck to #117

 

[eeb03]

[Lee Enterprises]

[ThothAmon]

[Dick Pontoon]

Didn't care for these issues very much.

[MattTheDuck]

Original and another nice book @alexgross.com was kind enough to give me a shot at.

 

[spracknetch23]

[Spider-Variant]

On 10/9/2024 at 8:03 AM, universal soldier said:

Funny, I've looked at the cover of #116 so many times but as they say, I was today years old when I realized that Spidey doesn't appear to have the white covering over the eye holes. Maybe the smasher knocked them off.

 

It's actually some amazing attention to detail, as this story rolls over from the end of the Dr. Octopus vs Hammerhead storyline.  In Amazing Spider-Man 113, Dr. Octopus rips off Spidey's Mask, and he must borrow one from a costume store sometime later in the story.  This faux mask lasts all the way to this issue.  

The interior art for ASM 116 had to be altered from John Romita's original work in the first Spectacular Spider-Man magazine to remove the eye covers on Spidey's mask to update the story to follow from the end of the Amazing Spider-Man 115 storyline.

[pmpknface]

The last part in this 3-part Disruptor / Smasher saga concludes in ASM #118.  Starting tomorrow we're looking at a nice run of classics!

[sledgehammer]

current and previous old label copy. on to tomorrow. 

[Esaravo]

[eeb03]

[Lee Enterprises]

I just won this #101 upgrade to 9.6. Below it are the ones I had previously. 

 

[ThothAmon]