A comic book means something different to everyone. There was someone who once opened up these exact copies of Amazing Spider-Man #18, #26 and #36 back when they first were published in the 1960s and...
Category: monthly haul
I’m concluding the birthday haul with a biggie – not that issues 12 , 10 , 7 and 5 aren’t biggies either. But we’re talking Amazing Spider-Man #2 here – the second-ever issue of my...
Picking out a favorite issue of Amazing Spider-Man is akin to a parent picking their favorite child. Sure, secretly, deep down, they recognize that there’s a black seep in the family, but that can never...
My older brother was my first best friend. Since he’s five years older than me, he also was a bit of an authority figure for me too, especially when I was still in elementary school...
I’m always interested to look back at comic books from 40 or 50 years ago and see what has aged well versus what seems dated for the time. Amazing Spider-Man #10, the second issue in...
Apparently, if you’re a comic book collector looking to complete a run of a specific series, the two best things you can do is start a blog and have a milestone birthday. That way, all...
The Haul: ASM #35 (Good plus) ASM #27 (Good/Very Good) ASM #22 (Good plus) Final Tally: 16 issues to complete the run. Let me preface this post by saying that every issue of Amazing Spider-Man...
The Haul: ASM #15 (Very Good) ASM #23 (Very Good plus) Final Tally: 19 issues to complete the run. When a hobby or collection spans the course of many years, like my quest to collect...
The Haul: ASM #8 (Very Good minus) ASM #19 (Good plus) Final Tally : 21 issues to complete the run. Let me start by saying it's sheerly coincidental that the month where I started to...
The Haul: ASM #9 (Very Good minus) ASM #29 (Good plus) ASM #38 (Good plus) ASM #47 (Good/Very Good) Final Tally: 23 issues left to complete the run. In an unexpected surprise, my collection reached...