Another Amazing Spider-Man Collector

It seems every other collector is after a run of ASM. I can see why: while the cost of the first 20 or so books is rather high, Amazing Spider Man has to be the most 'do-able' or approachable run of a major comic book character. I mean, you can just forget about Batman or Superman. And I don't know if the Hulk or even characters like Wolverine have the same gravitas as Spider-Man.

That said, I've often thought what if I'd really decided to be cost efficient and go after the perfect combination of affordability vs name recognition. When I think about collecting in that way, I usually come away thinking I'd have been better off trying to collect the Fantastic Four, or maybe even DC's The Flash.

What do you think?

As I've gone towards my goal of collecting an entire run of ASM, I've included a far more approachable subgoal: collecting (and in the case of significant books, slabbing) every Black Cat cover appearance. Here's one of the few slabbed copies of her recent mini series.

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