It is September 02, 2025. I am very behind on my blog entries. The liquidations of Party City and JoAnn Fabrics took a lot of my time this year. I made tons of purchases, merchandise and fixtures. I wanted to post this on June 05, 2025 because on that day, 63 years ago, Amazing Fantasy #15 debuted on newsstands. This comic book features the first appearance, introduction and origin of The Amazing Spider-Man. I procured this copy in September of 2002 via eBay. I have owned it for 23 years now. It was an auction with a Buy-It-Now feature. The starting bid was $665.00 with the Buy-It-Now for $765.00. I was over someone's house. I did not have a computer or the internet at the time. I was busy buying comic books. I hesitated to see if I could get it for $665.00. As I was contemplating, he said, "Do it.". Click. It happened. That $665.00 to $765.00 was a big jump. $100.00 was a lot of money for me back then. The fees which involved shipping and a money order and a stamp were under $12.00. It was those days back then. I sent the money order in an envelope. I hope that I can find the money order stub. It might be around somewhere. When it reached my house, the mailman just threw it on the porch. When I came home from work, it was on the porch. Many people want this book. I have been asked to sell it. I bought it because I wanted it. I am a collector, and it is for life. There were opportunities to get it over the years and over the decades. It was twelve cents at one point. It was only in the three digits in the early 2000s. The opportunities were there. People need to go for what they want. As for this comic book, I photographed it in a rack that I bought at JoAnn's liquidation. I knew that it would be great to display or sell comic books. Note: There will be no spoilers below.
Photographs (clicking on them will enlarge the images) ...
In my room with my other room behind me:
This is it - the spider bite:
The first appearance in costume:
The additional stories are great ...
Shock ending in this one:
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