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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN No. 28 * Steve Ditko Collection Publisher: Marvel Pop-Art Productions [Indicia: Non-Pareil Publishing Group] Date Published: September 1965 Description: CGC certified: G/VG (3.0). Cream to off-white pages. STEVE DITKO COLLECTION. Cover: Steve Ditko pencils and inks, Stan Goldberg colors. Story: Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Art: Steve Ditko. Colors: Stan Goldberg. Lettering: Sam Rosen. First appearance: Molten Man. First occurrence of the "Thwip" web-shooting onomatopoeia (see NerdSync Flashpoint #494, "Did Marvel Trademark Spider-Man's 'Thwip'?", YouTube upload, 8/28/2015). Provenance: From the Steve Ditko Estate, CGC-certified as Steve Ditko's personal copy, and with a certificate of authenticity signed by Mr. Patrick S. Ditko, Steve Ditko's brother. Not cleaned and pressed in order to preserve all traces of Steve Ditko's handling. GPAnalysis: PBA sold a Ditko Collection 6.0 for $4375 in 12/22. A non-Ditko Collection 3.0 sold for $165 in 5/23. A note on the Ditko Collection: Steve Ditko owned from one to three copies of each of the 41 Spider-Man comics that he drew (comprising Amazing Fantasy #15, Amazing Spider-Man #s 1-38, and Amazing Spider-Man Annual #s 1 & 2). The only complete set of 41 Spidey comics belonging to Ditko was featured in PBA's 12/22 "Spidey Sale, Including the Steve Ditko Collection Part One"; an incomplete set of 23 Ditko Collection Spidey comics was offered in 2021 by Heritage; and a final incomplete set of 19 Ditko Collection Spidey comics is offered in this sale. Ditko Collection Census: There are two Ditko Collection copies of ASM #28: 3.0 and 6.0. Peter Parker graduates high school, setting the stage for college classmates Gwen Stacy and Harry Osborn to get tangled in Spidey's web. Ditko teases readers once again with an unseen Mary Jane Watson. MJ's face wasn't shown until ASM #42, after former romance artist John Romita took over the title and glammed it up. Did Ditko avoid showing MJ's mug because he lacked confidence in his ability to draw cuties? One critic said that "his females were rather butch" (Ditko Unleashed: An American Hero, 2016, p. 23). According to Jeff Gelb's article in The Irving Forbush Gazette #1 (Dec. 1966-Jan. 1967), "One need only look at Mary Jane Watson and compare her to Ditko's version of Betty Brant to come to the conclusion that Romita has Ditko beat, in this subject, by a mile-and-a-half." Craig Yoe gets the last word: "In Ditko's work, there are no 'pretty girls,' like that of his successor on Spider-Man, John Romita. There is an attempt... to present buxom, enticing-looking females, but they're not convincing. They are a bit manly and harsh.... Does this say something about the artist?" A limited edition of ten hardcover catalogues is available, in addition to a few dozen softcovers. Fun reference, great keepsake, fully illustrated, chockablock with obscure facts, gags, bon mots. Softcovers are $40, deluxe hardcovers with dust jackets and limitation plates are $200. These books always go fast so don't delay. To order, contact ivan@pbagalleries.com. Consignments welcome for PBA's Fall 2023 Comic Book sale. Top prices for Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age, Silver Age, original art and ephemera. Find out why PBA is the new fan-fave of funnybook fiends. "This is some of the best commentary I've yet seen on the quality of the content of comic books... Priceless." — R. Crumb. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com. Coming soon: The DC Universe Collection, featuring over 40,000 comics, comprising every comic book published by DC for retail sale between 1934 and 2014. Contact ivan@pbagalleries.com to get on the notifications list. Item#: 357140 Headline: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 28 * CGC 3.0 * DITKO'S COPY * Ditko's Distaff Difficulties