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CGC certified: VG/Fine (5.0). 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: Artie Simek. 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 5.0 sold for $205 in 6/22. A Ditko Collection 7.5 sold for $3360 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 three Ditko Collection copies of ASM #27: 4.5, 5.0 and 7.5. Spidey gets shoved around by the Goblin and his gangsters, leaving the NYPD to save the day. Stan Lee and Steve Ditko's storytelling philosophies collide as Lee's emphasis on Peter Parker's neuroticism clashes with Ditko's Ayn Rand-inspired concept of the morally uncompromising hero. "As Ditko's control over the plotting of the book became completely his... subtle Objectivist influences began to creep in. Ditko began to identify with — in fact deify — one of society's real heroes, the policeman.... In issue 27, a small group of officers fight the entire criminal underworld and prevail through sheer force of will." — Blake Bell, Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko Fantagraphics: 2008, p. 87. "Ditko was displeased with many of the creative choices Stan was making, treating Spider-Man as a morally-confused, troubled protagonist. Ditko, as was obvious from his subsequent work, didn't like heroes who didn't rigidly adhere to his own interpretation of good and evil." — Ibid, back-of-the-book endnotes, p. [iii]. 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]