Amazing Spider-Man Collecting Thread! 37 37

[Mark 1]

ASM 5

 

I always loved this cover!

[Ghost Town]

Great book, Don! White pages too. Don't see that much with Spidey #5.

[trmoore54]

My...that's a big one!

Seriously...nice book Don!

 

Here's mine...(courtesy of Dave/thehumantorch)...

 

 

[trmoore54]

Woohoo...1st to post on page 500!

 

In the bestest SA Appreciation Thread of all!

 

with FF and JIM a close 2nd and 3rd of course...

[Peter Loves Gwen]

Woohoo...1st to post on page 500!

 

In the bestest SA Appreciation Thread of all!

 

with FF and JIM a close 2nd and 3rd of course...

 

Very nice #5 Tom, and you know I mean it(inner PQ of OW or better is fine by me).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I saw page 500 coming, and wondered what should go here;

[Peter Loves Gwen]

I will make new scans of my collection soon. This is still the first appearance of Spider-Man, trimmed or not.

 

[trmoore54]

I will make new scans of my collection soon. This is still the first appearance of Spider-Man, trimmed or not.

 

 

I like!

[Ghost Town]

I will make new scans of my collection soon. This is still the first appearance of Spider-Man, trimmed or not.

 

I'm curious what the top edge looked like before the book was subjected to the blade. The rest of the book is so nice, I wonder how bad it could have been. Can you tell where the color touch is?

 

Stan did a nice job with the signature placement, by the way.

[jimjum12]

I will make new scans of my collection soon. This is still the first appearance of Spider-Man, trimmed or not.

 

I'm curious what the top edge looked like before the book was subjected to the blade. The rest of the book is so nice, I wonder how bad it could have been. Can you tell where the color touch is?

 

Stan did a nice job with the signature placement, by the way.

 

.....Amen, brother. I popped my restored FF 5 ( 8.0) out of the slab a couple months ago and it's the best thing I ever did. It's cool to handle it......GOD BLESS....

 

jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

[Peter Loves Gwen]

I have been fighting with my scanner with settings to try to get more natural pictures. Below are two pictures of the raw book before I sent it for Stan to sign.

 

The color touch is one the brown in a few places, visible in these barely. The slight bleed through at the spine was easy to spot in hand. Given the one moderate spine stress at the middle, I'd bet this was a VF copy and someone decided a little work would let them call it a NM at a glance. The other edges and corners are all really sharp, I'd guess that the top overhang had some kind of dings to it, a minor cut etc. It looks like none of the pages were cut, just the cover.

 

[Peter Loves Gwen]

Here's the best scan I came up with after adjusting the scanner settings for about an hour. This is not a very good scan, I don't like really it.

 

 

The #15 was hell, the blues kept looking more like purple. The AF 15 didn't work well with those settings, and I began with default settings again. It just looked too dark that way, and not much helps to brighten it without looking over exposed. So I stopped with this, and plan to try that software that Barton suggested a couple of months ago.

 

Edited July 7, 2012 by Peter Loves Gwen

[Shark]

Here's the best scan I came up with after adjusting the scanner settings for about an hour. This is not a very good scan, I don't like really it.

 

 

The #15 was hell, the blues kept looking more like purple. The AF 15 didn't work well with those settings, and I began with default settings again. It just looked too dark that way, and not much helps to brighten it without looking over exposed. So I stopped with this, and plan to try that software that Barton suggested a couple of months ago.

 

Any way you go, trimmed or not, she's a beauty. (thumbs u

[peewee22]

I like where it was signed. great book!

[Peter Loves Gwen]

I like where it was signed. great book!

Thanks, I followed the suggestion given to me and cut out a window for the signature. That was smart because it kept the book protected except for that small area.

[Peter Loves Gwen]

These I have never had a picture of, so made scans today. Let me know if these look like decent scans, each took different scanner settings to look this way. The ASM 13 turned out the best, with only a slightly darker tone. The 12 and 15 took a while, as it was awful to try to reduce the purple effect.

 

[Bluetooth-migration]

These I have never had a picture of, so made scans today. Let me know if these look like decent scans, each took different scanner settings to look this way. The ASM 13 turned out the best, with only a slightly darker tone. The 12 and 15 took a while, as it was awful to try to reduce the purple effect.

 

 

outstanding (thumbs u

[Mxwll Smrt]

Wow. Really nice!!

[peewee22]

Pretty books dude!

[Webhead1981]

Can't believe I'm just now stumbling upon this thread. I'm a huge Spidey fan, and have been trying to collect the entire run for a few years now.

 

I currently have every issue of Amazing Spider-Man from #17-689. Also have #5, 6, 8, 12, 13 & 15. So I'm only missing 10 issues from having the entire run. This doesn't include Amazing Fantasy #15, which I'm saving for last...if ever. In regards to the Annuals I have #1, 16-the most recent one.

 

Most of my early issues range from Good to Fine. I try to get Silver Age issues with no writing on the cover, no tears and no pages missing. Date stamps are okay, but I'm pretty picky when it comes to what I buy.

 

I have a few of my favorite covers CGC'd

 

 

[Peter Loves Gwen]

Welcome, and I love #50 also, that isn't posted here much.