My older brother and I used to pick up random comics off the stands back in the day, and Creatures on the Loose 37 was one of those books I remember.  I can't tell you much about the story today, but this page comes rushing back from my memory.  I marvelled at how neat it was at the time.  Just loved it.  Thanks for sharing.

Great page, love the Mooney inks over Fradon's pencils.  There was another page 12 for this unpublished story before this one, but Ramona decided it was excessive and it was to be omitted.  You can see the page 13 under the penciled 12 on this art board.  So cool that your page is signed by Jim, Ramona, and Linda Fite.

That's some great detail.  Very nice.  Thanks for sharing.

That fifth panel is awesome.  Love Paul's work on Master of Kung Fu.  Thanks for sharing.

You sly dog, you got me monologuing!  Love Novick's Fash, just so nice.  Rember buying this issue as a kid.  Thanks for sharing my friend.

I;ve done a lot of research on Ross Andru's real life references.  Although not mentioned in any issues, this is the Gravesend Incinerator in South Brooklyn.  Ross did a great job of recreating it in this issue and issue 180 as well.

I like looking at this type of production art.  I think that water was probably a little too blue for where that incinerator was located though, lol.

Love this depiction of the Kingpin, it seems more realistic than most I see.  

Yes, excellent page.  I remember the inks standing out, even as a kid buying this off the stands.  It was a little off-beat for sure, but many were to me.  Thanks for sharing.

Whoa, that's really nice.  Love the colors as well.  Nice piece.

I think this is the page right after your other page, so this I think would be page 18.  Thanks for sharing.  Nice page!

Great page, would have been awesome to see some more issues in this costume.  I think this is page 17 and not page 7 though.

Great conclusion to the Bart Hamilton saga and also comes full circle from the clone disposal storyline.  My 12 year old brain also thought that Bart was tied up by Harry, but wow, was I surprised.

I've done much research on Ross Andru's real life references used on his Amazing Spider-Man run.  Here Ross sets the action at the Gravesend Incinerator, although it was never named here or in Issue 151 either.  It's spot on, as usual.  

Thanks for sharing.

A tremendous example of story-telling by the Amazing Ross Andru (with help from Mr. Esposito).  I too bought this issue through mail order back in the day.  I loved the discourse between the two boys, as they watch the battle between Spidey and the Tarantula fold out before them.  I've done a lot of research on Ross's real life references, even finding a photo of a bus with the Gordon's Gin sign on the side from near this time period.  The man took his art to the next level.  Thanks for sharing.

Oh the heck is Spider-Man 2099 thirty years old already?  Time flies.  I have always really loved the costume design on Spider-Man 2099.  It's a really neat design.  The perspective is enough to give you vertigo!  All this from the original artist on the series.  Great pick up.

Great page from the team of Andru and Esposito.  I was just getting starting on my 33 year plus run on Amazing Spider-Man when this issue hit the stands.  I love the way Ross copied the rotating restaurant design from ASM 114.

That's crazy nice.  Congrats.

Ross was great at placing NYC in his Amazing Spider-Man run.  If you look at the sequence from ASM 182 featuring the two cops, Rocket Racer, and Spider-Man, Ross starts at the UN buildings, goes down the FDR Drive, then back up the FDR Drive, finally getting to the Queensboro Bridge.  In this part of the story, Spidey swings by with the Empire State Building in the background as the cops go flying off the FDR Drive.  Great page, thanks for sharing.

Is it wrong that I am admiring all the NYC landmarks in the background more than I am the images in the foreground, lol?  Great page, thanks for sharing.

Some nice solid work by Mr. Andru.  Good facial expressions in that third panel.  

Nice Green Lantern splash!  I used to love the backup GL stories in the Flash myself.  Of course when I read this story today, it brings back memories of the milk commercial.  Arrrronnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Brrrrrrrrrrrrr.  Great page, thanks for sharing.

Just an awesome page by my favorite Spider-Man artist.  And to add, it's also inked by probably the All-Time greatest Spider-Man artist.  Dave Hunt did the background inks on this issue, as he cleverly added his famous "XX" on the splash page of this issue.  Hmmmm, did Frank work on this page?  Regardless, just a great page, thanks for sharing it.

Wow, oh wow.  What a tremendous Batman piece.  That second panel is just amazing.  Thanks for sharing.

I can't believe I have never commented on this peice before.  Lot's to love.  If you look at photos of the Brooklyn Bridge, underneath, there is railing that looks exactly like what Ross drew here.  The man went beyond the call of duty for realism.  Years ago, I had emailed Larry Shell , who's name is in this panel.  He said his friend Dave Hunt (who did the background inks on this book) put that in there as a "shout out" to him.  Thought that was cool.  Great page.

Hmmm, weren't the 70's old fashioned soap opera?  LOL

Great page by the awesome Mr. Andru.  Scott Edelman on his blog (Feb 2021) discusses the changes Stan made to the script of this story after Ross had drawn it.  He also  has the pencils for another page of the book.  Very interesting.

Very nice character page.  I used to own the MJ half-splash from issue #1 by these two gents.  Stupid bills.  Anyway, nice page, thanks for sharing.

Yes, this has to be one of the more menacing Shocker images.  Very nice work.  Thanks for sharing.

I like the Pollard's pencils here, but the Sinnott inks are near perfection.  Nice page Fred, thanks for sharing.

Colan had such a unique style, it really took some time for it to grow on me.  Absolutely love pages like this from one of the masters.  Thanks for sharing.

Great cover and a lot of hard work.  I remember this period of time as a young IM collector as well.   Since you added the story, was the vault stringing you along saying that he had this cover, when he/she really didn't?  Or did you just assume the vault had it initially?

Whoa!  Love this page.  Never knew Pollard drew any Jungle Action.  The story dialogue helps the flow of the action on the published page.  Great story about meeting Keith.  Thanks for sharing everything, very nice.

Just an awesome page.  Thanks for sharing.

Dan, I think your take on the Andru/Esposito team on the Flash is spot on.  Great page, thanks for sharing.

Agree.  Very nice commission.  Great detail in the background buildings, showing the time and effort the artist put in.  Thanks for sharing.

Great page, lots of Spidey in this one.  I love reading the little pacing notes one the page.  

Very nice splash.  I know I had this issue back when it was hot off the presses, but I could tell you very little about it today.  So cool that back image.  What does the writing say above it?  Anything neat?

There's not a lot of Andru Fantastic Four pages running around. Of all the FF characters Ross drew, the Human Torch was probably the one he drew the most, seeing how he worked with Spider-Man so much.  Nice example, thanks for sharing.

Nice page.  I pulled up the issue on line to see if the colorist followed the instructions from the margin of the page.  Spoiler Alert:  He/She did!  Thanks for sharing.

Wish I had a tooth fairly like that.  Nice Andru character page.  I am not familiar with Mr. Bulanadi's work at all.  Thanks for sharing.

Love your take on the Thor/Spidey action, but Andru had not drawn ASM yet when this was published.  He went from MTU to ASM.  Mooney though, yes, loved his inks over Romita on ASM.  

Great page.  These early Spectacular Spider-Man pages really highlight Sal's work.  

Yes, that's about as big of a Spider-Man image that he could fit in there.  Great page.  Thanks for sharing.

I'm actual drawn to Mooney's inks on this one, just so clean and exact.  Great page, thanks for sharing.

That last panel is killer.  Love the inks on this so much.  Thanks for sharing.

Very cool.  Thanks for sharing.

Hulk was not normally a comic I picked up in my youth, but I read enough of them to know I loved what Sal Buscema did with the Jade Giant.  Whoa, love the inks here.  Great page, thanks for sharing.

I only recently discoved this issue of What If or had completely forgotten about it.  This is awesome.  The page could have been easily from Andru's run on ASM, especially being teamed with what I felt was the best inker (Giacoia) for his pencils during this period.  

Love all the facial expressions that Dave put into these characters.  Awesome page.  Thanks for sharing.

Giant Size Man-Thing #1 was the first comic I remember owning, why I bought it, no idea.  Love the Man-Thing vs the Swamp Thing.  Nice.