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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: Artie Simek. Origin and first appearance: The Lizard. 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 $2135 in 6/22. A Ditko Collection 3.5 for $3120 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 #6: 3.5 and 5.5. This is the highest-graded copy. Disabled scientist Curtis Connor drinks an experimental serum, regrows his missing arm, and mutates into a human lizard. Ditko excelled at depicting extreme physical and psychological situations, and this ish plays to his strengths with its body-horror motif and swamp setting. It also reinforces the notion of super-powers as a curse rather than a blessing, one of the hallmarks of the Marvel Age of Comics. "The abnormalities present in a Ditko thriller would often seep past the depiction of the monster itself and into the backgrounds, yielding greater psychological effect. Ditko drew stylish figures whose tortured body language suggested simmering emotional turmoil. While other stories in the [Marvel] line featured relentless physical assaults, crushed buildings, and broken limbs, Ditko's best work focused on invasions of body and mind, dangers that snuck in sideways or under the skin." — Jordan Raphael and Tom Spurgeon, Stan Lee and the Rise and Fall of the American Comic Book. Chicago Review Press: 2003, p. 70. 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]