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Amazing Spider-Man Collecting Thread!
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Webhead1981

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Posted this in the group shot thread but thought I would post it here also.

 

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Pictured are #5,6,8,12,13,15,17-49 & 51-137

 

I don't have a ungraded copy of #50 as I haven't been able to find one in my price range and in the condition I want.

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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

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:makepoint: Welcome to our Spidey appreciation thread! ( :gossip: had to get the head-pound thing out of the way... lol )

 

Just in case you may not be aware...if you want to check out individual Spidey collector's Registry sets, the bars in our individual sig lines are direct links to our sets...

 

WTTB! :headbang:

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Blind Owl

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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

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Great books webhead...that sounds so cool... lol

This is the place to go for Spiderman...welcome... (thumbs u

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asteroid-comix

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I've been trying to decide which books to grab next for my collection, so I took a look at the census. May be common knowledge for most, but found the following interesting about graded copies of the first fifty issues of the ASM run.

 

 

Issues with the most copies graded…

1. #1 with 1587

2. #14 with 1480

3. #50 with 1419

4. #40 with 1148

5. #39 with 968

6. #19 with 921

 

 

Issues with the fewest copies that are VF/NM or better…

1. #11 with 31

2. #1 with 33

3. #2 with 40

4. #4 with 48

5. #3 with 61

6. #5 with 62

7. #7 with 64

8. #12 with 75

9. #28 with 75

10. #6 with 80

 

 

Issues with 9.9 graded copies (there are no 10's)...

1. #19 with 1

 

 

Issues with the most 9.8 graded copies…

1. #33 with 25

2. #47 with 11

3. #45 with 10

4. #30 with 7

5. #19 with 6

6. #43 with 6

7. #49 with 6

8. #8 with 5

9. #17 with 5

10. #29 with 5

11. #34 with 5

12. #50 with 5

 

 

Issues without a 9.8 graded copy...

1. #14 with 21 in 9.6

2. #7 with 9 in 9.6

3. #9 with 9 in 9.6

4. #28 with 6 in 9.6

5. #11 with 5 in 9.6

6. #4 with 3 in 9.6

 

 

Issues with the fewest NM or better copies...

1. #4 with 9 in 9.4 or better

2. #2 with 11 in 9.4 or better

3. #1 with 12 in 9.4 or better

4. #11 with 13 in 9.4 or better

5. #23 with 13 in 9.4 or better

6. #3 with 14 in 9.4 or better

7. #28 with 17 in 9.4 or better

 

 

Based on the above, I think I'm going to target #11 ( :sick: ) and #4.

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Webhead1981

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Issues with the most 9.8 graded copies…

1. #33 with 25

 

 

Great news as this is one of my favorite covers. Too bad 9.8 is out of my price range so I'll aim to buy a 7.0-8.5 copy in the near future

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Issues with the most 9.8 graded copies…

1. #33 with 25

 

 

Great news as this is one of my favorite covers. Too bad 9.8 is out of my price range so I'll aim to buy a 7.0-8.5 copy in the near future

 

A warehouse find to our benefit. Now the trick is to find a nice one with a good wrap.

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Issues with the most 9.8 graded copies

1. #33 with 25

 

 

Great news as this is one of my favorite covers. Too bad 9.8 is out of my price range so I'll aim to buy a 7.0-8.5 copy in the near future

 

A warehouse find to our benefit. Now the trick is to find a nice one with a good wrap.

Issue #33 is the easiest of the first 50 to find in high grade with over 211 copies in 9.4 or better. :o

 

For comparison, next up with the most would be issue #45 with 146 copies in NM or better.

 

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Point Five

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Just curious. Does anyone know more about the warehouse find of #33s (year when discovered, location etc) ?

 

I have a dim memory of coming across an outdoor NY flea market in the 1980s, where a comic dealer had a small bundle of what looked like nice copies of #33, all unbagged (!) with a big rubber band (!!) tying them together. (Remember, back then no one obsessed over an extra spine crack or two, it was pretty much a Good-Fine-Mint grading spread.) The dealer was asking $15 each, regardless of condition. Always wished I'd pulled out the nice ones, but for a kid in the 80s they might as well have been $1500 each. Didn't buy any. :P

 

 

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Just curious. Does anyone know more about the warehouse find of #33s (year when discovered, location etc) ?

 

I have a dim memory of coming across an outdoor NY flea market in the 1980s, where a comic dealer had a small bundle of what looked like nice copies of #33, all unbagged (!) with a big rubber band (!!) tying them together. (Remember, back then no one obsessed over an extra spine crack or two, it was pretty much a Good-Fine-Mint grading spread.) The dealer was asking $15 each, regardless of condition. Always wished I'd pulled out the nice ones, but for a kid in the 80s they might as well have been $1500 each. Didn't buy any. :P

 

 

Quick tell Doc Brown to get the Delorian ready!

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Damn!! Theres a 9.9 ASM 19 ?!? :o

 

According to gpa, it went for 29k in February, 2009. I actually thought it would have been a little higher but that must be an INSANE book!

 

Would anyone happen to have a scan of that puppy? :wishluck:

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Just curious. Does anyone know more about the warehouse find of #33s (year when discovered, location etc) ?

 

I know for sure that multiple copies of that issue were a part of the Mile High 2 collection, but I don't know how many or if that's the main reason the issue is so plentiful. Fantastic Four #48 came out within a few weeks of ASM 33 and is similarly plentiful, and it was also a part of Mile High 2. I've heard that FF 48 was plentiful before Chuck bought Mile High 2 which suggests the issues were a part of multiple stashes.

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