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May Spotlight
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City at Worlds End– Splash page to John Byrne's unpublished adaptation of the 1950's science fiction novel. Pen and ink on Duoshade board. |
Andru, Ross
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Amazing Spider-Man #131, Page 2
Spider-Man can only watch as HammerHead makes his dramatic entrance at the wedding of Aunt May and Doc Ock! I found this storyline completely silly, but, Ross Andru's art here is superb.
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Inks by Giacoia & Hunt
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Andru, Ross
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Amazing Spider-Man #147, Page 23
Spider-Man battles the Tarantula, on a runaway city bus driven by the Jackal, while the Gwen clone watches! While I was not a fan of the clone storyline, this page certainly has a lot going for it. One other great thing about this page is it's pristine condition.
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Inks by Esposito
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Andru, Ross
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Superman vs Spider-Man - Hero Identification, Spider-Man origin splash
One of my favourite pages, from the first historic Marvel and DC cross-over.
INTERESTING NOTE: Check out that "Austin Watches" billboard, courtesy of Terry Austin, background inker.
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Inks by Giordano & Austin
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Ditko, Steve
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Amazing Spider-Man #34, Page 7
Kraven the Hunter stars on this page, penciled and inked by Spider-Man's co-creator, Steve Ditko. After all these years, I still can't believe I own a Ditko Spider-Man page!
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Pencils & Inks by Ditko
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Frenz, Ron
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Amazing Spider-Man #251, Page 14
As the Hobgoblin's battle van sinks into the river, Spider-Man fights to escape with his life. Klaus Janson is one of my favourite inkers and he doesn't disappoint on this all-action page!
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Inks by Janson
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Frenz, Ron
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Amazing Spider-Man #259, Page 21
After a number of issues wearing his, (then new), black costume, Spider-Man once again dons his traditional Red and Blue outfit and swears to bring the Hobgoblin to justice. There are so many things that I love about this page, including how Ron Frenz managed to ape Steve Ditko's style!
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Inks by Rubinstein
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Kane, Gil
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Amazing Spider-Man #90, Page 13
This is probably my favourite AS-M issue. In addition to the storyline, Gil Kane inked by John Romita is just pure magic and I feel that they hit their artistic peak on this issue! Finally, let's not forget that Doc Ock is the Best.Villian.Ever!
INTERESTING NOTE: In the first panel, there was an entire building, (completely penciled and inked), behind Doc Ock which was painted over with white-out.
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Inks by Romita
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Kane, Gil
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Amazing Spider-Man #105, Page 18
Spider-Man battles the latest Spider-Slayer, controlled by JJJ. This page brings back the wonderment of my ten year old self first discovering Spider-Man. It's probably as close as I'll ever get to owning a page from my first issue, #99. The adult in me, appreciates the creative genius of Gil Kane's art.
(Hard to believe that I've enjoyed this page for ten years now!)
INTERESTING NOTE: In the first panel, on the bottom of the remote that JJJ is holding, Gil had penciled in some rather detailed circuitry, only to have the inker ignore it.
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Inks by Giacoia
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Kane, Gil
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Amazing Spider-Man #120, Page 2
This is just a great, fun example, as Spider-Man is in MOTION throughout the entire page! If you've read my description of my AS-M #90 page above, then you know how I feel about the Gil Kane / John Romita art team.
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Inks by Romita
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John Romita
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Amazing Spider-Man #63, Page 11
Classic Spider-Man soap opera courtesy of Stan Lee, as Peter Parker wonders what he would do if Norman Osborns memory returns! I always thought this was a great storyline as it showed why the Vulture was a unique and menacing villain.
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Romita layouts
Pencils by Heck
Inks by Esposito
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John Romita
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Amazing Spider-Man #82, Page 7
Electro's recalls his origin and past defeats at the hands of Spider-Man! He also gets a visit from his parole officer, a nice touch by Lee and Romita, adding some depth of character to Electro.
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Inks by Mooney
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John Romita
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Amazing Spider-Man #85, Page 9
Spidey battles the Schemer! The "wise cracking" Spider-Man here makes me smile every time I look at this page.
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Inks by Mooney
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John Romita
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Amazing Spider-Man #88, Pages 19 & 20
Spider-Man fights to save a plane full of hostages from that villain I love to hate, Doctor Octopus! As happy as I am to have two consecutive Doc Ock pages, it's the classic, cliffhanger style "end" page that makes these pages special.
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Inks by Mooney
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John Romita
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Amazing Spider-Man #119, Page 11
This is the only Romita penciled and inked, (except for the backgrounds), interior page that I own, notable for the incredible drawing of the Green Goblin in the last panel.
INTERESTING NOTE: Check out the water tower in the last panel, where the background inker, Tony Motellaro, placed his name.
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Inks by Romita
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John Romita
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Amazing Spider-Man Daily - 1978
Peter decides to go out for a little wall-crawling, to get his act together, and just happens to run into that villain, I love to hate, Doc Ock!
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Inks by Romita
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John Romita, Jr.
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Amazing Spider-Man #247, Page 16
Here's an early John Romita Jr. page inked by his father, John Sr. It's got some action shots of Spidey web-swinging, a sexy shot of the Black Cat, and Peter working in his dark room.
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Inks by Romita
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John Romita, Jr.
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Amazing Spider-Man #250, Page 2
From John Romita Jr's layouts to Klaus Jason's inking, I just love the look of this page! And, Roger Stern, showing why he was such a great writer, here on just the second page, gets the reader caught up on the storyline.
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Inks by Janson
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John Romita, Jr.
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Spider-Man #75, Page 36
Spidey battles the Green Goblin! I love John Jr's art from this period and if not for the lack of word balloons, would have many more pages in my collection.
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Inks by Hana
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