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CGC certified: Fine+ (6.5). 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: John Duffy, Artie Simek. First appearance: The Vulture. 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 6.5 sold for $4800 in 7/22. 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 #2: 4.0 and 6.5. This is the highest-graded copy. A grizzled gaffer sporting mechanical wings goes on a crime spree, robbing banks and stores with a vigor borne of desperation. His nom de "plume," the Vulture, marks him as a scavenger, foraging for scraps in an urban jungle inhospitable to old buzzards. Spidey, like a Darwinian force of nature, clips the Vulture's wings, enabling the cops to cage the old bird. Soon, the crafty codger will subsist on prison mush and fantasies of revenge. All the while, Spidey and Jameson circle each other in a bizarre holding pattern of dysfunction, with Parker selling Jameson the news photos that Jameson uses to rip Spidey's rep. All of which begs the question of who's scavenging who? 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]