Infinite Marvel Picture Frame books 22 22

[Mr.Fantastic]

On 9/4/2021 at 11:29 AM, Ghost Town said:

I don't disagree. ASM #113 and #115 just create their own kind of frames. And both books fall with within the 11/71-12/72 timeframe.

I was the guy who asked Gemma to create the full PF set way back when. (The 25¢ PF set already existed in the registry.)

The list I sent her was the list that had been posted in this thread. 

If I can figure out how to post a poll here and enough folks vote for including those 2 books, I'll ask Gemma to add those 2 books to the set.

I didn't realize there was a registry set of PF books.  I scanned the registry briefly, but didn't see one.  Would someone be kind enough to post a link to it?? TIA.

[Ghost Town]

On 9/5/2021 at 11:13 AM, Mr.Fantastic said:

I didn't realize there was a registry set of PF books.  I scanned the registry briefly, but didn't see one.  Would someone be kind enough to post a link to it?? TIA.

Here you go.

It's called "Marvel - Picture Frame Marvels - Complete Set".

And here's the 25¢ Picture Frame Set.

[djpinkpanther67]

On 9/5/2021 at 5:34 PM, Ghost Town said:

Here you go.

It's called "Marvel - Picture Frame Marvels - Complete Set".

And here's the 25¢ Picture Frame Set.

Barton’s too modest to mention he’s #1 in both sets 

[djpinkpanther67]

Been looking for one of these. Just arrived yesterday 🙂

[namisgr]

On 9/3/2021 at 9:56 PM, Mr.Fantastic said:

Picture Frame Comic Book List

I found a pretty comprehensive list of Picture Frame books. Sharing the link to it above. Courtesy of CBR.com

The link has one very small point that's not entirely accurate.  While it's true that virtually all of the Marvel titles stopped with picture frame covers on or before December, 1972, there is as the lone outlier Incredible Hulk #159, with a January 1973 cover date.

I'm with you guys, and have always thought of ASM 113 and 115 along with Cap 144 and 155 as true picture frame covers. Cat #1, too.

[WernerVonDoom]

Barton's picture frame set is the most beautiful set in the registry.

[batmiesta]

On 9/6/2021 at 3:29 AM, WernerVonDoom said:

Barton's picture frame set is the most beautiful set in the registry.

It is what we in the UK like to call "The dogs bollocks" .

[Mr.Fantastic]

On 9/6/2021 at 10:59 AM, batmiesta said:

It is what we in the UK like to call "The dogs bollocks" .

If I ever start another registry set I may name it that.

[batmiesta]

On 9/6/2021 at 5:19 PM, Mr.Fantastic said:

If I ever start another registry set I may name it that.

You will have to make sure it is the best though. 

[djpinkpanther67]

Latest batch. Thanks @joeypost

[MGsimba77]

5,040

https://comics.ha.com/itm/bronze-age-1970-1979-/superhero/the-amazing-spider-man-107-marvel-1972-cgc-nm-mt-98-white-pages/a/7246-96288.s

[Ghost Town]

On 9/11/2021 at 2:43 PM, MGsimba77 said:

5,040

https://comics.ha.com/itm/bronze-age-1970-1979-/superhero/the-amazing-spider-man-107-marvel-1972-cgc-nm-mt-98-white-pages/a/7246-96288.s

There were a lot of healthy prices on the PF Spideys. And the rest of the Spideys too.

[batmiesta]

Healthy? I have another word for it, potty! 

[Ghost Town]

On 9/11/2021 at 3:32 PM, batmiesta said:

Healthy? I have another word for it, potty! 

I can guess, but definition, please? I think some of your Queen's English hasn't made it across the Atlantic.

[batmiesta]

On 9/11/2021 at 11:37 PM, Ghost Town said:

I can guess, but definition, please? I think some of your Queen's English hasn't made it across the Atlantic.

 Nutty! Balmy! Crazy.

[Frisco Larson]

On 9/9/2021 at 1:46 PM, djpinkpanther67 said:

Latest batch. Thanks @joeypost

WOW, that's the mother lode right there!!!! Well done indeed!!!  

[Frisco Larson]

Electro being one of my favorite Spider-Man villains since I was a kid, I also really like that he's a Daredevil villain! 

[Frisco Larson]

[Off Panel]

On 9/11/2021 at 6:04 PM, Ghost Town said:

There were a lot of healthy prices on the PF Spideys. And the rest of the Spideys too.

I was very surprised to see that ASM 107 go for $5K.

I've been focusing on 100-120 in 9.8 lately, and I've been saving 107 for the end with the assumption it will be one of the easier/cheaper ones to pick up. They've always been in plentiful supply (with almost 50 9.8s in the census).

Having said all that, the Heritage copy was particularly nice-looking.

[Off Panel]

Here's a double shot of the first Spidey picture frame book, an issue I never expected to have two of.

Amazing Spider-man 102 was the first real blocker I hit in my collecting. In the early 80s I spent literally years trying to connect two runs of Amazing Spider-man, one from 89-101 and one from 103-227. This was about the time that condition started mattering more to me, and I was looking for a really nice copy (which back then meant a VF+ or a NM-) which I absolutely could not find. It was the decade before Ebay, so I was hunting in every comic shop and antique market I could find -- not seeing many 102s and the few that I found had all been smacked around real good.

After about four years of scouring the South, I finally found a VF- copy and said good enough.

When it came time to add this issue to my run of 9.8 Spidey's, I flashed back to all those miserable years of unsuccessful searching. Also, knowing there are only 12 copies of the book in grade, I may have overcompensated a little in going after 102 aggressively. So now I'm the father of twins.

It would be nice if I could combine these two copies into one super-book. The left copy has a much nicer wrap, but the right copy has brighter colors and white pages. I'm sure I'll sell one of them soon but today it's kind of fun having the pair. (Also, there's still a raw VF- in my collection, "so I got that goin for me which is nice.")