Brash Smurf Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Everyone knows the true first appearance of Venom is in Action Comics #1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjonahjameson11 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 9 hours ago, divad said: But, but . . . ALL of us already know that. You would think so but there’s many who think it should be the web of Spidey issues waaaghboss 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatsby77 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 1 hour ago, jjonahjameson11 said: You would think so but there’s many who think it should be the web of Spidey issues Really? I have never met a collector (or dealer) who would prefer to have a Web of Spider-Man # 18 or 24 over an ASM # 299. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divad Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 On 5/18/2020 at 6:32 AM, Gatsby77 said: On 5/18/2020 at 5:27 AM, jjonahjameson11 said: You would think so but there’s many who think it should be the web of Spidey issues Really? I have never met a collector (or dealer) who would prefer to have a Web of Spider-Man # 18 or 24 over an ASM # 299. Don't get around much, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjonahjameson11 Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 3 hours ago, divad said: Don't get around much, eh? Nope, not lately 😉 divad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divad Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 On 5/17/2020 at 7:08 AM, valiantman said: Unless the colorist made a mistake, I think we can say that's a black costumed arm... Peter's pants are white and his socks are brown, but the arm and hand between them stay black. That's no shadow or the sock would be black in the shade. As far as the white patch goes, we can't tell which hand this is. It looks like a right hand to me, so the white patch would be pointing toward the street, not the reader. Yes, it was all "retconned" later, but there's definitely a structure of the plan in place at this point - all black villain that doesn't trigger Spidey-sense. If it's supposed to be a woman in Web of Spider-Man #24, her bicep and forearm are drawn bigger than Peter's in this panel. From Web of Spider-Man #24 (March 1987) And furthermore . . . I think the next page really cements this: Hollywood1892 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeksAreMyPeeps Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 On 5/17/2020 at 10:08 AM, valiantman said: Unless the colorist made a mistake… It's just artistic license Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valiantman Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 9 minutes ago, GeeksAreMyPeeps said: On 5/17/2020 at 9:08 AM, valiantman said: Unless the colorist made a mistake… It's just artistic license It's a black costume, as drawn and colored. divad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeksAreMyPeeps Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 On 5/22/2020 at 4:17 PM, valiantman said: It's a black costume, as drawn and colored. It may be nitpicking, but I think coloring back then mostly would have been with CM&Y, with the black coming from the inks, so that would be a choice of the inker (or the editor or writer, if it was directed). My take on the panel is that it's intended that the arm be obscured. I think there would have been a better way to show that than having the rest of the panel in daylight, but I don't think we can take the black arm to mean that it was black in color, rather than in shadow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollywood1892 Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 On 5/22/2020 at 3:05 PM, divad said: And furthermore . . . I think the next page really cements this: It has to be! 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waaaghboss Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 On 5/17/2020 at 11:17 PM, Brash Smurf said: Everyone knows the true first appearance of Venom is in Action Comics #1 only if signed by Stan lee. littledoom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
