Amazing Spider-Man Collecting Thread! 37 37

[JohnH19]

On 10/12/2021 at 8:36 PM, chrisco37 said:

Good luck.  I’m still not sure I’ll end up completing it without “settling” for the GRR #1.  I’m getting priced out on a first print 1.  Only way I could do it at the moment would be to sell my AF15 to pay for the ASM1.  And I’m not doing that.

My run is #2 up to the end of Vol 1 which is #441. I have the Marvel Milestone and the facsimile edition of AF 15 and the GRR of ASM 1. Those will have to do me probably forever.

[Pantodude]

Whatever the length of the ASM run (and whether that includes AF15 or not), I would suggest ASM Annual #1 like the folks above, but also Spidey's first cross-over in Strange Tales Annual #2 (yes, the chubby Spidey cover!  A must-have).  That way you cover Spidey's key early appearances.  

Edited October 14, 2021 by Pantodude

[Straw-Man]

YES to s.t. ann. 2!

[JohnH19]

Yes to ST Annual 2 since I just got my copy a couple of months ago.

[Webhead2018]

I have a real beater copy of annual 3 myself. That is my earliest annual. Would folks also count marvel superheroes issue that was spidey. As isn't that also one of the earliest crossover/appearances out side of asm.

Edited October 14, 2021 by Webhead2018

[chrisco37]

I don’t have the ST annual.  This is probably the earliest Spidey x-over I still have:

 

[alexgross.com]

just got this one from comiclink yesterday. it completes my collection of all sinister six villains first appearances with white pages. still need more books to complete a full ditko run but well on my way. 

[Straw-Man]

love it!

[Frisco Larson]

On 10/13/2021 at 5:23 PM, bennman123 said:

The latest additions to my Spidey run. So happy to see it rounding into form.

 

Nice copies!!! What a great selection of big Spidey issues!!! 

[Frisco Larson]

On 10/14/2021 at 6:50 PM, alexgross.com said:

just got this one from comiclink yesterday. it completes my collection of all sinister six villains first appearances with white pages. still need more books to complete a full ditko run but well on my way. 

Wow, that's a beauty and with WHITE pages!!!!  

[Frisco Larson]

I see Strange Tales annual #2 as sort of a cousin to the Spidey run! Such an early appearance and it really adds to the Spidey/Torch relationship!

[DST]

On 10/14/2021 at 7:50 PM, alexgross.com said:

just got this one from comiclink yesterday. it completes my collection of all sinister six villains first appearances with white pages. still need more books to complete a full ditko run but well on my way. 

That’s about as nice a copy of this book as you’ll find, congrats again 

[Pantodude]

Not to hijack the thread, but ASM#1 continues to set all-time highs as a slab, but now even as a raw.  A fellow boardie reported (with a picture of the result and of the raw book in the "Marvel UK Price Variants" thread) that an auction house across the pond sold a raw ASM#1 (a pence copy, roughly 3.0 - 3.5 grade?) for $10,000 pounds sterling plus 25% commission, which means over $17K.  

That is well above the $13.5K mark set on Oct. 9 per GPA for a 3.5 (cents version) and also above the all-time GPA high of $16,800 for a 3.5 set on Aug. 15 for an ASM#1.   This means that while some keys flattened or even regressed a bit since the all-time highs set in the Spring of this year, ASM#1 not only peaked in August, but now peaked again today via a raw no less.   The AF15 effect, no doubt.  

Edited October 16, 2021 by Pantodude

[Sweet Lou 14]

On 10/15/2021 at 2:53 PM, DST said:

That’s about as nice a copy of this book as you’ll find, congrats again 

Agree, this is a very strong 7.0.

[Webhead2018]

Hell looks like it's just reprints for me for that issue same as af15. As I can't swing those prices. Looks like my raw 3 for this time be my oldest asm.

[Straw-Man]

let's revisit the first dozen appearances of the spider, shall we?

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