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| Copyright MARVEL COMICS |
I saw the above book on another blog, so bought one for myself as soon as I could track down a copy. It's a recent reprint of MARVEL's two 1968 The SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN magazines, though it's of the same comicbook dimensions as the EPIC COLLECTION volumes, not the larger size format of the original periodicals. Marvel reprinted a full-sized facsimile edition of the first ish back in 2002, but unfortunately, it was mostly re-lettered with a computer font and done so pretty badly. Never fear, this one has the original lettering.
This new edition also contains original house ads for the mags, cover art, and a few other bonuses, so if you weren't around back in the '60s, now you can catch up on what you missed. See if your local comicbook store stocks this handsome publication, and if not, you'll find it on eBay (which is where I got my copy). Go on, treat yourself to a late Christmas gift and spend that money or voucher your wife gave you because she doesn't love you enough to spend any time choosing an actual present for you! (Hey, you know you were thinking it.)
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| Front cover to the 2002 facsimile edition of #1 |
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| Back cover to the 2002 facsimile edition of #1 |
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| Original 1968 mag. Back cover was unrelated ad |
