Ross Andru's Amazing Spider-Man Club 9 9

[Frisco Larson]

On 4/26/2023 at 4:35 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

 

Very cool and unusual. 

[Spider-Variant]

Not Ross, but from the 1978 Amazing Spider-Man Marvel Calendar.  Plus it's correct for 2023.

[ganni]

The MCU future....

 

[JohnH19]

I got so lucky when I found this book at a local shop during a half price sale around 15 years ago.

 

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 5/7/2023 at 7:26 AM, JohnH19 said:

I got so lucky when I found this book at a local shop during a half price sale around 15 years ago.

 

Awesome awesome awesome 😎 it's sad that my first thought was that after 15 years it belonged in a slab.

Eek

So cool to have one, but it DOES look high grade! Congrats 🎉👏

 

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Edited May 7, 2023 by ADAMANTIUM

[JohnH19]

On 5/7/2023 at 8:50 AM, ADAMANTIUM said:

Awesome awesome awesome 😎 it's sad that my first thought was that after 15 years it belonged in a slab.

Eek

So cool to have one, but it DOES look high grade! Congrats 🎉👏

 

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I have never sent a book in for grading but this would certainly be among the first to make the trip from Canada to Florida.

[ganni]

The Andru's magic... even Doctor Otto Octavius enjoys a piece of chicken

 

[Get Marwood & I]

On 5/8/2023 at 8:08 AM, ganni said:

The Andru's magic... even Doctor Otto Octavius enjoys a piece of chicken

 

Even though some of these stories were utterly preposterous - Doc Ock marrying May, having KFC in fetching green with orange gloves (why!?) - and then failing to kill Hammerhead (when he was in physical form) for ages just because he had a lump of metal in his head, I read them all a million times and get a warm glow every time I see them. As a kid, I was 100% in on it all 

[ganni]

I'm reading it now Marwwood......... makes me think how young I was when I started reading comic books 

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Andru's run always makes me laugh and they are so good.

[Spider-Variant]

On 5/8/2023 at 5:03 AM, Get Marwood & I said:

Even though some of these stories were utterly preposterous - Doc Ock marrying May, having KFC in fetching green with orange gloves (why!?) - and then failing to kill Hammerhead (when he was in physical form) for ages just because he had a lump of metal in his head, I read them all a million times and get a warm glow every time I see them. As a kid, I was 100% in on it all 

This couldn't have been said better, ever!

[Spider-Variant]

On 5/8/2023 at 5:36 AM, ganni said:

I'm reading it now Marwwood......... makes me think how young I was when I started reading comic books 

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Andru's run always makes me laugh and they are so good.

If memory serves, JJJ went through 3 secretaries before hiring Gloria Grant.  

[Get Marwood & I]

On 5/8/2023 at 2:17 PM, Spider-Variant said:

If memory serves, JJJ went through 3 secretaries before hiring Gloria Grant.  

Yes, JJJ hired GG to work with PP and RR before marrying MM 

[Spider-Variant]

On 5/8/2023 at 9:36 AM, Get Marwood & I said:

Yes, JJJ hired GG to work with PP and RR before marrying MM 

Hard to replace BB, um BL, with just anyone.

[ganni]

[Get Marwood & I]

On 5/8/2023 at 11:10 PM, Spider-Variant said:

Hard to replace BB, um BL, with just anyone.

Indeed. Come to think of it, Ned Leeds....? Les Leeds, surely? 

[Spider-Variant]

On 5/9/2023 at 10:04 AM, Get Marwood & I said:

Indeed. Come to think of it, Ned Leeds....? Les Leeds, surely? 

Louis Leeds,

[Get Marwood & I]

On 5/10/2023 at 3:01 PM, Spider-Variant said:

Louis Leeds,

 

[Garystar]

On 5/3/2021 at 6:30 PM, Spider-Variant said:

Gary, if you look in this thread you will find a panel by panel breakdown of all the times Dave Hunt used "XX" during his background work.  I think I found one more since I posted that.

Below is the full list of Dave Hunt's hidden credits.   I started one for Tony Mortellaro, but it gets tricky.   In the reprints, sometimes Tony would add his famous "backgrounds by Mort", where in the original it didn't exist.  So, if I used Marvel Essential or Marvel Masterworks, I would have to know where they got the art to see if it was truly there.   Not wanting to expend the brain cells, I gave up.  If you come up with something, let me know and I can compare it with what I have.

I posted Dave's list below as text because whenever I post it from Excel, it tends to lose resolution.

Benjamin was Dave's son, so lots of shout outs.  There are some other names he used on buildings and signs, but since we dont know who they are, I didnt list them.

 

Issue    Comic Page    Panel    Description of Hidden Credit
127    1    1    Benjamin on wall sign
128            
129    23    1    Benja on street sign
130    16    2    XX on Pan Am Building
131            
133    10    7    Jamin Co. on sign
134    2    2    Backgrounds by Hunt on fence
134    2    5    Benjamin on boat
134    17    2,3     Nicolescu Western Duds on truck
135    6    1    XX on water tank
136            
137    3    4    XX and BDH on water tank
138    3    2    DA HU in Pete's phone number book
139    1    1    HU on water tank
139    6    2    Ben on sign, XX and H on sign
139    6    5    Hunt and Giacoia Captured on Newspaper
140    14    5    XX on billboard
140    23    3    BEN on building, B under word ballon
141    16    3    BDH on license plate.
142    17    9    XX on car grill
142    17    10    Benj on sign
142    22    4    BDH on can
143    32    4    XX on concrete rumble.
144            
145    7    1    XX on water tower, Ben on sign
147    2    3    Benjamin on sign
147    10    7    XX on water tower
147    22    5    Ben's on sign
147    26    3    Ben on sign 
148    3    1    Larry Shell on signs 
150    1    1    Background Hunt on book spines
150    17    6    Benjamin on street sign
150    22    1    Hunt and Esposito Captured on Newspaper
151    1    1    XX on building
152    3    9    XX on tugboat
152    14    7    Backgrounds Hunt on signs
153    1    1    Hunt Backgrounds on sign
154    1    1    Background Hunt on poster
155            No index card, may not have inked
156    1    1    XX on stack, Background Hunt on sign
156    6    7    Nicolescu Western Duds on truck
157    22    2    Ben in latticework above Bond sign
158    3    1    XX on building
158    15    4    XX on overpass
159    14    6    XX on box
159    16    1    Backgrounds Hunt on sign 
160    10    7    Dave's on sign
160    16    8    Ben on sign
160    23    2    HU on sign
161    7    2    Backgrounds Hunt on sign 
162    7    3    XX on bridge
162    31    1    Ben on sign
163    16    1    Background Hunt on sign
163    16    2    XX on sign
164    1    1    XX on machine
164    10    1    Benjamin on sign
164    16    3    Dave's Trucking on truck
164    17    3,4    XX on crane
165    10    2    XX on overpass
166            
167    11    1    Benjam on sign
168    1    1    Ben on stone wall
168    22    5    Ben on sign
168    23    3    Dave Hunt on sign
170            
GS 5    1    1    Hunt's Snappy Backgrounds on sign
GS 5    3    6    Nicolescu Western Duds on truck, HU on sign
GS 5    6    1    Backgrounds by Hunt on sign
 

I finally (two years) got round to compiling Backgrounds By Tony Mortellaro list. I see what you mean about the differences between original and reprinted versions. I assume Tony's credit was edited out of original but reprints were taken from earlier artwork/proofs and thus stayed in. I've done my list from essentials and shown an example, #105, where the original has been edited out. I wonder if any of Dave Hunt's "hidden" messages were similarly edited. 

 

[Jordysnordy]

CGC and raw picture

[ganni]

On 5/9/2023 at 10:04 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

Indeed. Come to think of it, Ned Leeds....? Les Leeds, surely?