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[HighVoltage]

 

Sort of...black inks are actually more succeptible to cracking/stressing than other colors (or so I've learned on the forums - Dicex maybe?), so black-covered books really are more "fragile" than white covered books. Add in the fact that stresses appear more prominent on black-covered books, and it's not surprising that these books are much tougher in high grade.

 

Here are the census numbers for Spideys 55-64:

 

Amazing Spider-Man 54 (1967) - 193

Amazing Spider-Man 55 (1967) - 156

Amazing Spider-Man 56 (1968) - 248

Amazing Spider-Man 57 (1968) - 223

Amazing Spider-Man 58 (1968) - 222

Amazing Spider-Man 59 (1968) - 337

Amazing Spider-Man 60 (1968) - 138

Amazing Spider-Man 61 (1968) - 172

Amazing Spider-Man 62 (1968) - 301

Amazing Spider-Man 63 (1968) - 118

Amazing Spider-Man 64 (1968) - 397

 

I agree that 60 & 63 are tougher to find in HG. I doubt any HG Spidey collector would disagree!

 

Don't forget about #52, though (128 submissions, 31 in 9.2 or better). For me, that one was tougher than 60 or 63.

[Wally's Comics]

I bidded $255 on that book,thinking I had a fair shot of winning it.I can tell you from experience(#60 is the only book I'm missing in the first 70 ASM's I own)that this book is very tough in grade.I wanted a 9.2,but after looking at this last auction I may have to settle on 9.0............

 

 

Yeah, I think $280 is just retarded money for this book!

 

This should be marked down as scarce in HG over 9.0 in the O.S.

 

On the bright side, seeing my strife, I just sealed a deal to get me a 9.0 copy

from a forum member and I couldn't be more pleased.

 

 

 

[HighVoltage]

Congrats to you & Kudos to the seller!!!

[squidmo2000]

I bidded $255 on that book,thinking I had a fair shot of winning it.I can tell you from experience(#60 is the only book I'm missing in the first 70 ASM's I own)that this book is very tough in grade.I wanted a 9.2,but after looking at this last auction I may have to settle on 9.0............

 

 

Yeah, I think $280 is just retarded money for this book!

 

This should be marked down as scarce in HG over 9.0 in the O.S.

 

On the bright side, seeing my strife, I just sealed a deal to get me a 9.0 copy

from a forum member and I couldn't be more pleased.

 

 

 

Gratz on the 9.0 Nerf,hopefully I will find one too before the decade ends..