Great page Lee.  I always have enjoyed Mooney's inks over Ross's penicls.

Great page.  I always thought this was a great way to wrap up this three part story.

Mike, you definitely nailed it.  MJ's personality just jumps off the page.  

I was just rereading these issues last night and thinking of the that exact quote from John's art book.  John inking his own pencils during this period was about as good as it gets.  Thanks for sharing and congrats!

Love it!  Everything is so crisp!  Yes, Ross was a master storyteller.

How have I never commented on this amazing cover?  I bought ASM 148 off the stands but missed 149.  I ordered it through mail order and remember this issue coming in.  I also loved the Jackal as a villian.  Thanks so much for sharing.

Nice page.  Love Irv's work on the Flash.

Shut Up, Indeed!  That's a slightly more terryifing Jackal than the original.  Neat page.

Awesome DD cover with one if the coolest villians ever.  Odd that cgc comics label this as a Ross Andru cover, but it definitely doesn't look like his work.  Thanks for sharing.

Can't believe I never saw this piece over here.  I got the T Rex for Christmas (1975, I believe).  Just the coolest model ever.  It was probably 40 years later that I learned Dave did the concept art.  Incredible art, thanks so much for sharing it.

I still laugh to this day, some 48 years after first reading it. 

Awesome page from a very beloved issue from my youth.  Thanks so much for sharing.  As every true Andru fan knows, this page features the naked Spider-Man, as the colors in the printed comic are flesh tone on his legs in that fourth panel, making Spidey look like he has no pants on.  Andru will always be My Spider-Man artist!

Awesome battle page.  I think I preferred Frank Giacoia's inks over Andru's pencils more than other inkers.  

I have always stated that Dave Hunt was the unsung hero of this issue.  I appreciate you sharing the images of Dave's Xeroxes over on the boards over the past few years.  Great page with the newly returned Liz Allan and the gang.  

Yes, awesome job by Scott.  You have a really nice friend!

Nice page with lots of emotion.  This is Frank Giacoia with primary inks and Dave Hunt background inks though.  I enjoyed Frank's inks over Ross's pencils slightly more than Mike's inks.   Thanks for sharing.

That should read end of ASM 157, of course, in my first sentence. 

As my nine-year eyes finally reached the end of Amazing Spider-Man, I was fascinated by the dilemma Spidey had gotten himself into.  How would he survive Dr. Ock severing his lifeline attached to the helicopter that the Good Dr. had commandeered?  Oh, what a long 30 days before ASM 158 hit the stands and provided us with this lovely answer.  A web glider.  I think the combination of Andru and Esposito were at their prime together during these issues.  Love it.  Thanks for sharing.

Nice page, love Bronze Age Avengers.  

This would have been my third issue of Amazing Spider-Man, had it not missed it buying it off the stands.  Great job by Sal here, filling in for Ross Andru (who was drawing Superman vs the Amazing Spider-Man).  

Really loved the art in this book.

Yes to everything you said.  I love it!

Wow, I think I am most impressed by those beautiful Mike Esposito inks.  Just a lovely page overall.

I always loved Mooney's inks over Ross's pencils.   Awesome page.  If I recall correctly, this page was not in the Ross Andru Artist Edition either.  Thanks for sharing.

This Xerox is neat because it has a little note in the left upper margin from Dave to Frank Giacoia that I translate as best I can as "Frank: I guess we'll just have to keep inking this shot until we get it right! 3 months. Dave"

Dave was referencing having inked this scene before in his note to Frank. He and Frank drew the same scene three months earlier in ASM 131. The scene would appear again in ASM 157, with inks by Esposito and Hunt, as Dr. Ock recounts his escape from a nuclear explosion.

If you look at the published Splash page in ASM 134, the art actually extends further down the page than this photo copy taken during the production process.  If you look closely at the original art, you can perceive where the additional art was added.  It's almost like Ross got the dimensions wrong and the gang had to correct it.  We would have never known this if not for these Xeroxes.  Thanks for sharing!

The finished page has Flash responding to Liz Allen on that fourth panel as shown here.  But it was MJ who made the statement that Flash appeared to respond  to, so it seems to be a mistake.  But if you look close at this Xerox, you will notice a word balloon over Liz in pencil.  Liz's dialogue was cut from the finished product, but not Flash's response to it.  Thus a mistake was born.  Thanks for sharing! 

Love this unique look into the art of the Amazing Spider-Man team.  Dave Hunt earned his money on this issue and I have often thought was the unsung hero of the team.  You can also compare Ross's pencils to the finished page to see the efforts of Frank Giacoia.  Here, notice Ross had little spiders on the henchmen, but Frank must have not liked them and inked over them, lol.  Good stuff.

Great cover.  I didn't look at much Andru art after he left Amazing Spider-Man, but I really enjoy his DC work during this time period as well.

The cool thing here is that Ross originally planned to have the henchmen have little spiders on their masks.  Frank Giacoia must have thought better of it, lol.  These Xeroxes really show the delination of the art chores between Frank and Dave Hunt.  

That's a really nice Bronze Age FF page!  Thanks for sharing.

I remember getting this issue from mail order back in the day.  Great page.

Whoa, swore I left a comment on this piece yesterday.  This page is right out of my Flash comic collecting pinnacle.  Irv will always be my Flash artist.  Love the way he depicted motion.  He just got it.  Thanks for sharing this amazing page.

Nice job Rich! Didn't even notice it was a recreation until I read your description.  I remember loving this cover when my brother bought it off the stands back in the day.

Oh, I know I have looked at this page before, just surprised I have never left a comment.  Of his regular inkers, I enjoyed Frank's work the best over Andru's pencils.  I missed this issue off the stands and got it from the "annoying" kid back in school.  Awesome you have back to back pages.

Nice page.  There is something going on with that first panel.  If you look at the published issue, the panel is reversed, with Spidey on the right side and the Fly on the left.  It also has dialogue, where the original art board does not.  Interesting.

I'm just checking out the threads our boy Peter is sporting.  

I loved Sal's work on these early issues.  This was a series I was onboard with the first issue on.  That Spidey in the first panel is really eliciting some Ditko vibes.

Ross's best work ever, IMHO.  Giordano's inks really complimented his pencils so well.  So much fun in an issue.  Thanks for sharing.

Novick is my all-time favorite Flash artist.  Love the long wings on the Flash in that last panel.  Yes, good question on where did the gun come from.  Thanks for sharing.

I just noticed the blue pencil note to Jim Mooney under the page number "7", and continuing across the bottom.  Can't make the rest of the note out though...

Whoa, this is the first Original Art page I have seen from either ASM 174 or 175.  Very nice.  This looks like Mooney inks to me.  I always liked Mooney inks over Andru's pencils.  Thanks so much for sharing my friend!  

That's really nice.  I would definitely get a better masthead though.  

I like it!

So much to love about this page.  I actually preferred Giacoia over Esposito inking Ross.  Dave Hunt was the unsung hero of the art team in this issue, just great background inking.  Thanks for sharing.

Any idea why Ross Andru signed this piece in pencil on the top of the page?  That definitely looks like his signature.

Lots to love here.  I missed this issue off the racks, but a classmate gave it to me.  Love the way Andru reached back to use the Hammerhead's turn-table office design from ASM 114 in this issue.  Always enjoyed Dave Hunt's hidden (lol) credits.  POW! indeed.

Whoa, that's some great Andru pencils.  I never followed Ross when he left Marvel, but boy should I have.  Just great story telling as only Ross could do.  Thanks for sharing.

Not my genre nor am I familiar with the artist, but I do enjoy the details you add to the post.  Thanks for sharing.

Always loved Andru inked by Giordano.  Hmmm, that's definitely a wasted steak though.  Thanks for sharing.