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Presenting more rescued gems that were heading to the rubbish skip and certain oblivion. I couldn’t resist these old production stats that I’ve hung onto for the past 39 years. I felt they were too special to be discarded at the time, and I feel that way even more now. Their imperfections seem to make them even more desirable.
Production Stat for The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 - January, 1964. Art by Steve Ditko, with bonus Tippexâ„¢
Production Stat for the intro page of Amazing Spider-Man #2 - May, 1963. This story had such an impact on me as a kid!
Daredevil #4. Cover by Jack Kirby at his usual high standard. Classic.
Production Stat for Tales To Astonish #45 - July, 1963. Art: Jack Kirby & Dick Ayres.
Daredevil #51 - April, 1969. The cover art was early work by a young Barry Windsor-Smith.
X-Men production stat. Cover art by George Tuska, 1968.
A slightly yellowing production stat for Marvel Feature #4 - Red Sonja, She-Devil with a Sword - May 1976. Cover art: Frank Thorne.
Devil Dinosaur #3 - June, 1978. Cover artist: Jack Kirby.
Strange Tales #109 - June, 1963. Art by Jack Kirby.
Production Stats
Thanks for sharing these absolute GEMS, Steve! Almost all of these are from my earliest days as a comics fan. Marvel was just transitioning out of its’ campier early 60s era and into more serious fare with the Robert E. Howard adaptations and monster/horror characters like Morbius. At the same time, I started to discover comic shops carrying back-issues and came across classics like that TALES TO ASTONISH Ant-Man story. How could one NOT be astonished at Egghead’s cunning plan to ambush his insect-sized archenemy by suddenly unleashing a ravenous ANTEATER?!?