FIRST THERE WAS THIS...
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| JOHN ROMITA's original art design for the cover to The SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #1. Note that Spidey's crawling up the side of the building |
THEN THERE WAS THIS...
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| The 1968 published cover based on Romita's original art, painted by HARRY ROSENBAUM. Note that Spidey is now crawling along the rooftop ledge |
THEN THERE WAS THIS...
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| The cover to the 1976 UK Annual (on sale in '75). This looks like a retouched version of Rosenbaum's, with an ink outline applied to the Spidey figure |
THEN THERE WAS THIS...
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| The 2002 softcover facsimile edition of the original mag. Unfortunately, most of SAM ROSEN's interior lettering was replaced by a lacklustre computer font |
AND, FINALLY, THERE WAS THIS...
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| The 2019 collected edition contained the two '60s issues. This was a regular comicbook size, whereas the originals were a larger magazine size. Sam's interior lettering was retained |
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I didn't actually buy the 1976 Spidey annual but I certainly remember it being advertised in the Marvel weeklies.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure I had it at the time, CJ, but had forgotten the cover 'til seeing it again, and hadn't realised it came from The Spectacular Spider-Man mag until you (I think) mentioned it a little while ago. Or perhaps I'd once known and forgotten, but you reminded me.
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