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CGC certified: Fine/VF (7.0). Cream to off-white pages. STEVE DITKO COLLECTION. Cover: Enforcers penciled and inked by Steve Ditko; Spider-Man penciled and possibly inked by Jack Kirby Stan Goldberg colors. Story: Stan Lee and Steve Ditko Art: Steve Ditko Colors: Stan Goldberg. Lettering: Sam Rosen. First appearance: The Enforcers. 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: A non-Ditko Collection 7.0 sold for $975 in 9/22. A Ditko Collection copy 4.5 sold for $2040 in 9/21. 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 is featured in this sale; an incomplete set of 23 Spidey comics was offered last year by another auction house; and a final incomplete set of 19 Spidey comics will be offered by PBA next year. Ditko Collection Census: There are two Ditko Collection copies of ASM #10: 4.5 and 7.0. This is the highest-graded copy. Ditko's deepening attraction to Ayn Rand's Objectivist ideals, which reject supernatural and otherworldly phenomena, gave a philosophical underpinning to his stories of non-powered criminals, such as this issue's Enforcers. "Ditko's obsession with crime fighting took hold of the book during his first year as sole plotter. As his Randian views led him away from the 'spectacular,' Ditko... who had created some of the most colorful supervillain costumes of all time, began to replace them with a string of non-super-powered mobsters and thieves." — Blake Bell, Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko Fantagraphics: 2008, p. 89. Enjoying the Spidey Sale? Order a fully-illustrated softcover catalogue for 30 bucks. Only about 100 copies were printed and they're going fast. To reserve a copy, contact PBA's Director of Comics: [email protected] Consign to PBA Galleries. Our comic sales average a 98% sell-through rate, our prices realized are top-of-the-market, and our research-intensive catalogues are the best in the business. Seeking Silver Age Marvel, Golden Age superheroes, and pre-Code horror. Contact [email protected]