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Amazing Spider-Man Collecting Thread!
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I've been looking for a 9.4 or 9.6 ASM #55, but not many have popped up in recent years. 

Here's my #56. 

I'm glad I'm not the only one who isn't a big fan of the covers from this era. I really miss Ditko at this point. This type of Romita cover, where there's just a drawing of a big Spider-Man and a big villain (or two) with not much in the background, isn't very exciting to me. Obviously, this was Romita's style going back to the classic #39 cover. I do like #48 a lot with the city down below. Ditko had the opportunity to introduce a bunch or new villains and then Romita had to try to keep a lot of them fresh (after the Rhino, Shocker and Kingpin were introduced and as the original villains came back around time and time again). 

It's still very interesting to see how the art and stories progressed over the years. 

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On 8/9/2024 at 11:37 AM, mosconi said:

I may be in the minority, but I do like this cover.  The newspaper background adds a new dynamic to Romita's previous covers.  Spidey and Doc Ock charging in unison at the viewer is a fun visual too...

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Doesn't hurt that it's a Green River Pedigree as well... :baiting:

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On 8/8/2024 at 11:15 AM, trmoore54 said:
On 8/8/2024 at 6:30 AM, Straw-Man said:

not a fan of this cover.

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Ditto. 

No,.. Romita. :insane:

It's my least favorite from 1-150.

It's like Romita just had too much other work to get done that month.

I've spent so little time in my life looking at the covers for 55-59, that I hadn't ever noticed the little MCG box under the main logo box.

I have no idea what they thought that added, but it only lasted a few months.

Can we just skip to #60 now?

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