Spider-Variant

On 4/21/2024 at 7:17 PM, ganni said:

Marvel tales indeed Spider-variant! Maybe everybody felt sorry for Spider-guy losing his pants.  While Spider-man and you(Spider-variant) have pants all the time!

Unless I have time to post the NBS variant of ASM#157....

I remember buying this issue off the stands 48 years ago.  So crazy what stays with you, but this small mistake registered in my brain.  

On 4/21/2024 at 3:32 PM, ganni said:

Glynis finally found time to dress Spider-guy up in this copy

 

Marvel Tales, my friend?

On 4/21/2024 at 3:41 AM, Get Marwood & I said:

I never liked that dog, in the first panel. Odd looking thing, I always thought. And this story was my first introduction to the phrase "SIC 'IM!" 

I'd never heard that before and, if I'm honest, I had no idea what it meant. No Google in them days, to look that one up.

Did he go back and pay her for the window in the end? I can't remember now.

I agree that the dog looked odd in that first panel.  No, there was never a scene or mention of him returning to pay, lol.

On 4/20/2024 at 7:04 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

I honestly thought it was a cigarette in her hand

That brought a laugh my friend!  

Definitely lost some resolution and with the colors, it gets even worse.  Example, look at the dogs mouth in the original art vs the published page.  Teeth just disappear in a sea of black colors.  And this is the first time in 48 years (almost exactly to the day)  that I realize this young lady is doing her toe nails, lol.

On 4/17/2024 at 5:00 PM, maidenmate91 said:

Love Gray Morrow covers. Picked up this sweet copy for $13 today. The green cover is crazy. 

Hmm, this is a book I do not believe I have ever laid eyes on before.  Thanks for sharing.

You are 100% correct.

Now, per my Reddit conversation, this gentlemen almost implies that this was not a printing error but an actual coloring error.  That Glynis had inadvertently specified that Spider-Man's booty be fleshed toned.  That's seems like an incredible hard error to make, but his friend (whom he did not name) said the mistake was clearly by Grace (who we surmise was actually Glynis).    Lot of assumptions here, so take it with a grain of salt.

No idea if this is what actually happened or not, but it makes for Chat board discussion 48 years later, so I like it.

On 4/17/2024 at 6:38 AM, Get Marwood & I said:

I spent a while back in the day checking to see if it was in every copy, which it was (so not an error 'variant'). Happy days 

I have not seen a copy, if it exists.  

On 4/17/2024 at 12:14 AM, Get Marwood & I said:

From the old Spidey error files...

Get Marwood for the win!

On 4/16/2024 at 8:34 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

Is this the one where it looks as though Spidey has no pants?

Lol 😅 😆 

Yup

On 4/16/2024 at 10:23 AM, Spider-Variant said:

Who knows why the printed page of this original art page by Andru and Esposito is infamous, or at least laugh-worthy?

Ok, in just a crazy happenstance, someone on Reddit was looking for the book that this faux pas occurred in.  He had posted his question to the world five years ago.  I replied today seeing how it was fresh in my mind.  He actually replied back today and thanked me, apparently never finding it over the last five years.

Now here is the really interesting part, his friend worked in the room with Glynis Wein, who was the colorist for Amazing Spider-Man 157, during this time period and the friend had relayed to him about the error.  Such a small world.  Love it.

Who knows why the printed page of this original art page by Andru and Esposito is infamous, or at least laugh-worthy?

On 4/12/2024 at 6:54 PM, hchill25 said:

Heck fire, let's post some more....

Really nice books.  Most of these were before I started collecting the series at issue 242.  I always thought Flash covers were dramatic.  I love these.

On 4/11/2024 at 10:19 AM, pmpknface said:

Ok, so I was trying to pin down when the end of the Bronze age would be as far as Spidey goes but I think these 2 still fit.  If not just yell at me.  Here's the first one, ASM #209 1st Calypso:

And another a year later (man, Marvel loved those top banners back then huh?), 1st Speed Demon:

 

Probably make it on the tail end of most BA definitions.  But I won't complain either way, nice books.

On 4/10/2024 at 9:11 AM, MattTheDuck said:

I'm kicking myself for not buying another 25 copies when I got this one off the rack.  If only we could see the future, eh?  It's easy to have more regrets than joy from this hobby if you focus on lost financial opportunity.

 

 

Well said Matt. 

On 4/9/2024 at 5:05 AM, Get Marwood & I said:

Nothing strikes greater fear in the heart than a little tuft of hair 

BUD-UD-UD-AH!

I do wonder sometimes about how bad the original face had to be for Marvel to take the time to correct it?

On 4/8/2024 at 9:44 AM, Lee B. said:

Hi all!  If you hadn't seen this yet, a bunch of vintage photocopies of partially inked pages from Amazing Spider-Man #129 is ending in a few days on ComicLink:

https://www.comiclink.com/Auctions/item.asp?back=%2FComicTrack%2FAuctions%2Fauctions_first.asp&id=1758660

These pages came from the estate of Dave Hunt, and all proceeds from the auction will go to Dave's family.  Thanks!  

Lee, thanks the heads up.  I can't afford them, but man I love to look at them.  

On 4/8/2024 at 12:45 AM, Get Marwood & I said:

Comic mysteries.... 

 

It's hard to tell, but there are a few tell tale signs of a piece added around the neckline. 

This from the Heritage description:

"Slight toning, trimmed top corners, tape residue staining on the top/bottom edges, the Punisher's face is a discolored art paste-up, whiteout corrections, with light staining and handling wear. In Very Good condition."

Shall we all club together and buy it? 

 

The only part of his head that is not a paste-up is that little tuft of hair, lol.

Andru Spider-man original art prices have exploded.  I love that he is finally getting the acclaim he deserves, but nearly all pages are definitely out of my resource capabilities.  Even character pages are too pricey.  I still love looking at them and posting them.  Love finding the comments in the borders and the production warts from 50 years ago.

Another great Ross original art page over on Heritage Auctions, from Amazing Spider-Man 175.  This is page 22 but HA doesn't look they list the page number.

The somewhat interesting thing here is it looks like the image of the Punisher's head in that last panel was altered and a correction piece glued over the top, but appears removed to me.  The image below is what was published in the finished comic, meaning someone would have had to remove the correction piece before publishing.

Hmm, another theory is that is the corrected image and the glue just turned color after aging all these years.  Guess if I had a spare $15K I could find out, lol....

Cool page up on Comic Link.   I like the little note to the colorist to make sure the letter is yellow.  I wonder if the letters "U N" between the policemen in that first panel are for Dave Hunt?  Probably, but hard to say.

Wonder who did the doodles on the back page?  It looks like Ross wrote his name, but that doesn't look like his ink work.  Maybe Frank Giacoia, the inker for the issue.

On 2/26/2024 at 3:41 PM, MattTheDuck said:

A couple of early Bronze Age books from the @Dale Roberts recent blockbuster sale.

 

Oh, that Iron Man 29 is not an issue I see often.  Nice book!

On 2/19/2024 at 8:50 AM, kimik said:

Thank you for the info. So the yellow stickered copies are the harder ones to find. Sweet.

I found that thread to the odd ASM regular issue with the All Detergent sticker.  I complied a lot of data for the thread.  I would say based on a quick ebay search, more stickered copies are coming out into the open.

On 2/19/2024 at 12:15 PM, makeminemarvel said:

Picked up these Bronze Age Spideys from a Craigslist ad. In looking at my existing 143 compared to the new one the blue/purple stood out but upon further review it’s just fading. 

Maybe, maybe not on the fading.  There are a lot of blue copies out there.

On 2/19/2024 at 9:14 AM, kimik said:

Sorry to see that they destroyed the one copy trying to remove the sticker. I am debating whether to get my copy graded or not. It is nicer than the copies with stickers currently listed on eBay, but does the current market mean it is not worth it price-wise?

Not sure what these are going for today.  The copy I had was graded after I traded it and came back an 8.0.  Highest copy with a sticker I have seen.  Yours maybe higher but hard to determine a grade in the plastic bag.  Please post it if you do get it graded.