Amazing Spiderman 8 p3 Kirby Ditko
Artists: Jack Kirby (Penciller) , Steve Ditko (Inker)
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DescriptionBattle page from 1963 Amazing Spiderman 8 page 3 from the six page ASM back up story.Spider-Man and The Fantastic Four. Nine gorgeous panels featuring Spidey in battle with The Human Torch. One of the earliest and best Spider-Man pages you will ever see. I could barely pay the rent back in 1997 when I purchased this page for what was back then a King's Ransom. I'm very humbled to have this piece of history as the crown jewel of my collection.In my gallery I have separate images of Panels 1-3, 4-6 and 7-9 for your viewing pleasure. Social/Sharing |
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Icon UK
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 9/28/2010
Please permit me the privilege of being the first (of, I suspect, many) to say an awed "WOW!" to this page.
Kirby AND Ditko on a page with Spider-Man AND an FF character... such stuff as dreams are made of!
Michael Kenyon
Member Since 2008
Posted on 8/13/2014
Icon UK wrote:
Please permit me the privilege of being the first (of, I suspect, many) to say an awed "WOW!" to this page.Kirby AND Ditko on a page with Spider-Man AND an FF character... such stuff as dreams are made of!
I appreciate your enthusiasm for this great page.DITKO KIRBY to me were real superheroes.
Fred Bronaugh
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 9/28/2010
Great Ditko page from an Iconic issue. Congrats on finding this.
Michael Kenyon
Member Since 2008
Posted on 8/13/2014
Fred Bronaugh wrote:
Great Ditko page from an Iconic issue. Congrats on finding this.Fred I can't go back in time to get some of the other great pages I saw in 97 but I'm sure glad I pulled the trigger to get this DITKO KIRBY.
Michael Kenyon
Member Since 2008
Posted on 8/13/2014
Miguel Marques wrote:
i want one just like this for x-mas!!!!I crack up every time I read your reaction to this page. It goes without saying that I hope Santa puts one under your tree one year:-)
Michael Kenyon
Member Since 2008
Posted on 8/13/2014
D C wrote:
Just a simply beautiful page!I wish I could go back to 1963 and watch great artists like these drawing up these beloved characters. The level of skill and creativity is beyond my understanding.
Rob Pistella 
Member Since 2005
Forum Moderator
1 - Posted on 4/23/2011
Great foresight and taste on your part, a wonderful page, congrats again!
Jim Warden
Member Since 2003
1 - Posted on 8/22/2011
Congratulations on acquiring such a terrific early Spider-Man page; it is always a treat to see Kirby and Ditko working together!
Michael Kenyon
Member Since 2008
Posted on 8/22/2011
Jim Warden wrote:
Congratulations on acquiring such a terrific early Spider-Man page; it is always a treat to see Kirby and Ditko working together!Thank you Jim ! I agree 100% that these 2 legends working together is indeed a joy to behold. The large size art and spacious panels of the time period allowed these mega talents to blow the roof off artistically. Again thank you***
Lee C.
Member Since 2005
Posted on 8/28/2011
I can't believe i have only just come across this masterpiece on CAF. A joy to behold, so thanks so much for sharing Michael.
Michael Kenyon
Member Since 2008
Posted on 8/29/2011
Lee C. wrote:
I can't believe i have only just come across this masterpiece on CAF. A joy to behold, so thanks so much for sharing Michael.Thank you kindly Lee. Just like you I find new and wonderful surprises here on CAF all the time. Glad you liked it and I really appreciate your friendly comment.
Michael Kenyon
Member Since 2008
Posted on 8/13/2014
Dietmar Krueger wrote:
Congrats on this fantastic page !!!!Kirby and Ditko have brought so much joy to me and I'm glad to share this with my CAF friends:-)
J Ledger
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 4/18/2012
Wow a fantastic piece of historic Amazing Spiderman art congrats!
Michael Kenyon
Member Since 2008
Posted on 8/13/2014
J Ledger wrote:
Wow a fantastic piece of historic Amazing Spiderman art congrats!J I'm getting older and "historic" in relation to this beauty and others on CAF becomes more meaningful.I'm truly in awe of what our great artists have created.
Chris K.
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 6/6/2012
I always loved the interaction between these two characters...especially when they were fighting. Just gorgeous!
J L
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 8/6/2012
One of these days, I will find the right Kirby example and I will find the right Ditko example. It appears you got both covered with this really cool page Michael!!!! Congrats. 8 )
Michael Kenyon
Member Since 2008
Posted on 8/6/2012
J L wrote:
One of these days, I will find the right Kirby example and I will find the right Ditko example. It appears you got both covered with this really cool page Michael!!!! Congrats. 8 )Thanks Joe for the kind words. I have no doubt that you will do it:-)
Frederic Lorge
Member Since 2007
1 - Posted on 9/30/2012
Love how they were so creative with the multiple uses of the web.
MARVIN HOOVER (SPI-D-FAN)
Member Since 2012
1 - Posted on 6/24/2013
Wow! Ditko spidey!! you are a lucky man!
Sean Rutan
Member Since 2012
1 - Posted on 11/12/2013
I'm gonna say that your rent from 1997 was money well-spent, bud. Kirby Spider-Man pages are a rare thing of beauty! Congrats!
Michael Kenyon
Member Since 2008
Posted on 11/12/2013
Sean Rutan wrote:
I'm gonna say that your rent from 1997 was money well-spent, bud. Kirby Spider-Man pages are a rare thing of beauty! Congrats!Thanks my friend! I planned to get this one for six months from the owner who was breaking up the six page story. He was selling 2,3 and 4 and eventually sold them all. It was money well spent to make a dream come true. K I R B Y D I T K O equal pure joy
Mike W
Member Since 2007
1 - Posted on 1/19/2014
How in the world did I miss this one!!!! This page is museum-worthy!!! Vintage Marvel Magic times one hundred!!!!
Johan Tudts
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 3/16/2014
Amazing piece, what a gem, huge congrats !!! +++
Jovi Neri
Member Since 2011
1 - Posted on 8/3/2014
What an amazing page. And for the sacrifices you did in 1997, you deserve to take a bow (just like Spidey did in panel 1)!
Michael Kenyon
Member Since 2008
Posted on 8/4/2014
Jovi Neri wrote:
What an amazing page. And for the sacrifices you did in 1997, you deserve to take a bow (just like Spidey did in panel 1)!Ha thank you. So much to love about this page but the bow takes the cake:-)
Paul P Spiderversity
Member Since 2011
1 - Posted on 1/5/2015
A 1963 Ditko page from AmazSM issue #8 featuring Spidey in every panel ... I ... I ... I ... speechless.
JEff G
Member Since 2006
1 - Posted on 3/29/2015
Owow...this'd be the jewel of 99.9% of collector's collections. This is marvelous!!
Suat Tong Ng
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 9/16/2015
I'm only just caught up with this posting but I remember that Spidey parachute scene very well from way back when. And the dialogue as well. This is a huge dose of nostalgia.
Dadako Dadako
Member Since 2010
1 - Posted on 11/25/2015
You have a piece of comic history, Michael.
Al Simpleton
Member Since 2013
1 - Posted on 12/12/2015
Oh, boy! You should be opening your own museum with that page as a centerpiece! I still have my kid goosebumps reappearing when I re-read that scene!... "He floats through the air with the greatest of ease..." Always wondered what was the tune to that song, though...
Michael Kenyon
Member Since 2008
Posted on 6/24/2019
Al Simpleton wrote:
Oh, boy! You should be opening your own museum with that page as a centerpiece! I still have my kid goosebumps reappearing when I re-read that scene!... "He floats through the air with the greatest of ease..." Always wondered what was the tune to that song, though...Al it's an old Eddie Cantor tune The Man on the Flying Trapeze written by Spike Jones and the title of a W C Fields movie. look it up on You tube and listen while looking at the page. You'll get a big kick out of it.
Lenny Da Collector
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 12/25/2015
Not only an extremely cool early page but I'm guessing this is the only issue where you can see Kirby draw Spidey inked by Ditko? Simply love it!
Michael Kenyon
Member Since 2008
Posted on 6/24/2019
Lenny Da Collector wrote:
Not only an extremely cool early page but I'm guessing this is the only issue where you can see Kirby draw Spidey inked by Ditko? Simply love it!Thanx L.C. There was also Strange Tales Annual 2 where Ditko and Kirby collaborated on The Amazing Web Head!
John Livesay
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 3/2/2016
One of the cooler pages I've seen in a while!!
Mark Howland
Member Since 2004
1 - Posted on 3/3/2016
Second round: definitely worth living a few months in the streets.
Norman Felchle
Member Since 2007
1 - Posted on 6/3/2016
Wow....talk about a " Major League Piece of Art" !
Frankie M
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 12/23/2016
I think you have wonderful collection, Michael! I think, honestly, if you got rid of every single page you had BUT this one? I'd STILL say you had a wonderful collection because this one has EVERYTHING you want all in one piece. This has always been my favorite Spidey-Torch "battle" and you've got a great page of it. An absolute page to be cherished and the very definition of what a "grail" is!
Earl Hamilton
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 1/15/2017
Oh my! Wow! When I see something and my jaw drops because I can't believe someone owns it! This is the type of historic grail I mean! Huge Congrats! Thanks so much for sharing!
Hans Kosenkranius
Member Since 2004
1 - Posted on 9/3/2017
This was money well spent! A Spidey pg. by two of the founding fathers of Marvel's Silver Age in a rare collaboration on this character. "Amazing!!"
S Riz
Member Since 2014
1 - Posted on 10/23/2017
What a great piece of Spidey history to own. A dream page for all true fans.
Sylvain R
Member Since 2014
1 - Posted on 2/25/2019
Something very special here... big congrats for this stunning piece of art!
E DLS
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 5/31/2019
I don't know what the heck I was collecting back in 1997, but apparently I was targeting all the wrong stuff. LOL!
gene o
Member Since 2018
1 - Posted on 6/14/2019
Two great masters together, both easily heads on Marve's artistic Mt. Rushmore. So magical that you were able to acquire a piece like this. The pinnacle of a fantastic collection!
Roger K.
Member Since 2005
Forum Moderator
1 - Posted on 12/26/2019
When you think of pairings of great artists, many of them are spectacular -- Eisner/Fine, Adams/Wrightson, Swan/Anderson, Colan/Everett, etc. But no combo has two artists quite so legendary, quite so iconic as Kirby and Ditko. A rare gem!
Terry Doyle
Member Since 2004
1 - Posted on 10/7/2020
It's the perfect collaboration between the two giants of Marvel's silver age. Kirby doing his own FF creation in a Ditko ASM strip. If memory serves me right, Conrad Eschenberg once owned the complete story.
Michael Kenyon
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 10/7/2020
Terry Doyle wrote:
It's the perfect collaboration between the two giants of Marvel's silver age. Kirby doing his own FF creation in a Ditko ASM strip. If memory serves me right, Conrad Eschenberg once owned the complete story.
Thank you Terry my friend. After I bought this Conrad said, "when you get tired of this one kid bring it back to me and I'll get you in to another page." I told Conrad, "There's nothing I will ever want more then this page." Conrad laughed and said, "everybody gets bored eventually and wants something new." Yes Conrad won the six page story at Sotheby's and broke it up starting with 2,3,4...and eventually 5 and 6. Then finally the splash.
anim sketch
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 4/12/2021
Just phenomen, Congrats on a piece of history!
Davide G.
Member Since 2009
Posted on 3/15/2023
To have a Kirby/Ditko Spider-Man page is a collector dream. To have one with Spidey in every panel battling with the Human Torch is just ... Amazing! Congrats on this museum piece and thanks for sharing!
Spidey-Man4444 .
Member Since 2014
1 - Posted on 9/10/2023
Wow! This is a grail , if I ever saw one!
Kirby Spidey-Man is my end-goal for art!
Congrats on a beautiful (and museum-worthy) original art page !!!
Phill R
Member Since 2010
1 - Posted on 3/9/2024
Yeah, this page falls into the insanity realm. Single digit Ditko with Spidey in basically every panel, jaw on the floor!
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