Someone has stamped “NOV 25” on Spidey’s eye. Looks like a library stamp. But why? No further stamps seem to appear on the issue anywhere. I enjoy the mystery of old used…
Author: spiderdewey
ASM 068
Another famous cover. How many products has that Spider-Man appeared on over the decades? Suddenly: Transparency. Of a sort. This month, Romita is credited with “storyboards,” while Jim Mooney is credited with…
ASM Annual 05
Pretty unusual cover for this historic issue. For a 2nd year in a row, this annual is drawn by Stan’s brother, Larry Leiber, and inked by Mike Esposito. John Romita is credited…
Spectacular Spider-Man 2
Now in full color! I’ve been wanting to read this for decades! It’s been hard not to read it since I got it during The Great Ebay Hysteria of 2018, but I…
ASM 067
All of a sudden, John Romita does full pencils for this one. Maybe his schedule cleared up after finishing Spectacular Spider-Man Magazine 2. Sadly, it won’t last. But he’s inked here by…
ASM 066
Retailers! Pretty wild to put that on the cover. On the splash this month, Mysterio towers over an amusement park, telling us after all these months, he’s ready to have his revenge…
ASM 065
This month, Jim Mooney takes over penciling & inking, and the credit under Lee & Romita is “artistically aided by Jim (Madman) Mooney.” Doing the vast majority of the work, here! But…
ASM 064
During The Great Ebay Hysteria of 2018, I quickly found I could get most issues in this range for under $10 if I was vigilant and not too picky. But for some…
ASM 063
Welcome back to 1968! Feels like it’s been forever since I saw stuff this old. There’s so much stuff from the Michelinie era. Anyway, this is gonna be a nice, long stretch…
End of Block 28
These things are getting so dense you can barely parse them. Way too much stuff to cover. But I didn’t wanna do this in 100 blocks… I dunno. It is what it…