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Ross Andru's Amazing Spider-Man Club
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1 hour ago, FoggyNelson said:

Central Park is on my bucket list of places to visit👍👍🦃it’s like we’ve already been there though because I have watched so many movies that the park was in👍

What your favorite thing about the park? Mr Spider-Variant??

I've only been a couple of times.  I lived in upstate NY for 20 years and only made it down to the city a few times.  I think the cool thing about Central Park is that you go from concrete jungle to this amazing park.  It would have been so easy to continue putting up buildings, but someone preserved a little outdoors.  It's like it doesn't belong, but you are glad it does.  

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This was the last real life reference from ASM 168 that I was searching for.  The Orange Julius was recognizable, but not Felschmeels.  That's because it's not a real reference.  The real product being advertised was Fleishmann's gin, whiskey, and vodka.  My guess is that Dave Hunt did the wording on the signs, but no idea why he would have changed it.  As I have posted, Ross drew the Winston cigarette billboard and with that the Gordon's gin sign with massive bottle, so apparently those were fine.  Maybe it was an inside joke.  

The other neat thing in this panel is the artist's names worked in Dave H, Ross An, and Mike Espo (illegible). 

If you study the action in ASM 168, Ross flows from the real life references starting at the Paramount Building and ending up at the Sony sign.   Pretty neat.

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21 minutes ago, Spider-Variant said:

Maybe it was an inside joke

Maybe one of them couldn't spell Reggie :grin:

Did you do this one from 180? I can't recall it:

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50 minutes ago, Get Marwood & I said:

Maybe one of them couldn't spell Reggie :grin:

Did you do this one from 180? I can't recall it:

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Great find @Get Marwood & I.  I did the Radio City Music Hall, but not that specific panel.  Never thought I would find a pic of Linda Ronstadt's name scrolling by.  Definitely going to add it.

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16 minutes ago, Spider-Variant said:

Great find @Get Marwood & I.  I did the Radio City Music Hall, but not that specific panel.  Never thought I would find a pic of Linda Ronstadt's name scrolling by.  Definitely going to add it.

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Here's a few original art panels from page 7 of ASM 151 (up on Heritage for auction right now).

Even though it's a character page, I like the way Ross flowed the story and made the characters as dynamic as possible.

Harry is spot on in my mind as someone who had been recovering from a major issue.  Ross draws him gaunt, reserved, even a little awkward, making the reader forget the Goblin just below the surface.

The other thing I love about this issue is the inks by John Romita.  Just so, so much crisper than Mike Esposito's.  And of course, he majorly influenced the appearance of MJ.  Alas poor Gwen wasn't in this issue.

 

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