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CGC certified: Fine- (5.5). 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: Sam Rosen. 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 5.5 sold for $300 in 9/22. 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 #21: 4.5 and 5.5. This is the highest-graded copy. Spidey and the Human Torch fight the Beetle. After they win, the Torch gets hugs and kisses from a pretty redhead, while Spidey sits on a smokestack hating himself: "Why must I be a costumed, super-powered sad sack?" Does this relate in any way to Ditko's relationship with Eric Stanton? Stanton was a stud, who regularly had scantily-clad artist's models hanging out in his side of the studio space he shared with Ditko. Ditko, on the other hand, preferred to get hot n' heavy with an Ayn Rand book on a Friday night. Is Stanton a steamy Torch to Ditko's hung-up Spidey in the above scenario? Mark Ditko: "Oh yeah. Right. Because you know, that’s where everybody says, 'Steve Ditko is Peter Parker.'" Alex Grand: "And then they say, 'Eric Stanton is the Human Torch,' but maybe that’s not correct. Huh." — "Who Is Steve Ditko? With Mark Ditko and Alex Grand." Comicbookhistorians.com, 6/17/21. 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]