Ron Frenz chimes in!
That GLORIOUS cover I mentioned in the description?!
Location: Published Art MARVEL - 1980 to 1989
Artists:
Ron Frenz
(Penciller)
,
Joe Rubinstein
(Inker)
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I could talk about the significance of the art, but knowing it means so much to you is even better! Congrats dude!
This is the one we talked about ! I'm so happy for you my friend. Meaningful pieces are the best
Man, what a beauty!! Couldn't be happier to see this bad boy in your collection, KG. Love the nostalgia factor for you as well. Congratulations on this amazing pickup, and I'm sure you will cherish this for a very long time. Congrats again!!
PWIP PWIP PWIP PWIP!
Love this page -congrats dude. SOOOOooooo good.
"I'm KG! The stylin', profilin', OA buyin', black costume Spider-Manin', web pwipin', wheelin' and dealin' son of a gun" (with apologies to Ric Flair). Congrats!
Really enjoyed the Frenz run on ASM. Congrats on getting such a nice black costume page. Especially one that means so much to you personally. Just hope it didn't cost you 3 mil.
Amazing page. Even better story. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. I'm feeling your happiness through the computer and it's making me happy!
Congrats on the huge pick up!
Congrats K! I know it feels good!
Is this the birth page of the PWIP PWIP?!?! I am so glad to hear that you were able to secure this piece and add it to your collection! Happy to hear this has come home. Major congrats!
*fist pump*
Holy smokes! This is one helluva page, Khalil - Huge congrats!!
Ohhhh yeeaaahhhh!!!! (Macho Man voice, not Kool-Aid Man voice)
Awesome early black spidey page BROTHER!!! (you know whose voice)
What a fantastic page ramped up by the personal nostalgia factor. Major congrats Kahlil!!!
Lol, thanks, BROTHER! "Finally, this page, has come BACK to KG!" ;) Well, it was never with me in the first place, but that's what popped in my head first. And don't worry - Michael made sure to get the Kool-Aid man in there :)
Thanks, ALL, for your great comments!! We all know hitting these personal big targets...is...BIG. Sorry, still can't think. But y'all get it! "Woooo!!"
Ohhhh yeeaaahhhh!!! (said in the voice of the Kool-Aid Man since this is a wall busting get, and Daryl already gave you the Macho Man "Ohhhh yeeaaahhhh!!!").
Absolutely stunning page! Congrats!
Wow!!
Amazing page!
Maybe one of the best pieces of CAF in quite a while.
Frenz Amazing Rubinstein all the way
It’s posted on day of Pi, would you say
I'm a man (a man) from a reservation
Spider-Man (a man) who doesn't know
How to change (to change) with meditation
You pwip and go, you pwip and go
Puma, Puma, Puma, Puma, Puma Khalil Gearon
You shop and go, you shop and go
Looking would be easy ‘cuz your collection’s of my dreams
Black suit’s pristine, sell off my spleen
Marcus, you do not disappoint! And I did figure, to get a page this pristine, who need's a spleen?! I mean...you can survive without it, right?! Tougher question was could I survive without this page once I knew I had a shot?!
WOW - congratulations on this my friend! Not only is it an amazing piece but the story along with it - priceless.
KWA-BOOM!!! That's the sound of this beauty hitting your collection...hard! Dude, I know how big Puma is to you, so seeing this birth arc in your collection is awesome. And, Puma's right, it's an Amazing page. Great action, fantastic dialogue that ties right into Marvel History, and excellent art. Hat Trick! And great story from you, too. Huge, hearty congrats!
What a beautiful page. A fantastic example of Frenz's Spidey and it's the Black Costume!!! Doesn't get better then this! Congrats!!!
Huge congrats!
Congrats, on a great ASM page!! Absolutely love that top panel.
What a page! Even cooler that it means so much to you personally!
Congrats!
I mean...what can I say here that hasn't already been said more eloquently by you? Just a beautiful page leveled up considerably by it's personal connection to you. Congrats, brother...super happy for you!
Great ASM page! Congrats on adding this to the collection.
A pivotal moment told like only a comic book could do. Congrats.
Great page with action! Nice pick up!
You were only five when you read this issue? I feel old but so are most of the others on the site, so I am in good company. Lol.
"Woooooh....What a score...
Got me tapping over here like the figure four
Leg lock, 4 horsemen like...
Tully Blanchard, Arn Andersen
Next level addition, call you a mathematician
Running laps wearing Pumas, like A Puma
Iconic spidey villian,
Black suit first time tingling...
Epic page Kahlil,
2022 goals complete...for REALS!"
JN 80, you go, boy! "Impressive" in my Darth Vader voice. Got a few of the 4 Horseman in there, referencing Puma shoes..."my man!" Like Denzel in Training Day. And your last line? Spot on. My journey to 2022 OA nirvana is now complete. Vader voice again. Or, maybe, my journey to the OA dark side (black costumed Spidey!!) is now complete. Whatevs. It's MINE. Thanks, man!
Awesome nostalgic black costume Spidey battle page, really happy for you KG!
Baller.
You are one of the coolest, nicest dudes I've had the pleasure to talk comics with, Kahlil. I remember speaking with you over the phone a while back about this issue and how much it meant to you when we discussed the most pivotal comics that forged us into the fans of the medium we are today. I bet this day is such a dream come true owning this page. And I just thank you for sharing your excitement and enthusiasm with all of us on CAF.
Here's to you, man. You deserve this. It is absolutely beautiful and truly AMAZING.
Ahh, Ryan. You're too kind. Pretty nice dude yourself :)
Definitely happy to share this one with my fellow collectors and the CAF community. For me, what it's all about.
Sweet page. Love this era of Spidey.. wonderful action page versus the Puma by a talented Frenz. Congrats!
I'm thrilled you were able to make this happen my friend!!! So much to love about this one from the art to your personal connection to this issue.
I love me some black suited Spidey! Congrats!!!
WOW Kahlil, AMAZING get here!! Glad to see you could put this in your collection!
Cool battle page!
My first thought was, "Wow, I haven't seen this page since it first surfaced around 2005, I wonder why?". But then I remembered that Mike also gobbled up 80's era ASM pages on top of the Romita ones and figured he probably had it. Then I read your description and you confirmed it! So glad you were able to pull it out of his collection, but even happier for you that you finally got yourself a page from this issue. Though truth be told, with the way you'd been focused on wanting to get one over the last year or so, I knew this was coming sooner rather than later! Nothing much to say that you already haven't, other than it is clearly a very strong action oriented page offering up a large amount of both Spidey and Puma goodness. I know what it means to you to get this and it makes me happy to see you so happy to have finally succeeded in this hunt. Congratulations, Kahlil, well deserved!
You had an inkling, didn't ya, Ruben? Arose again top of mind last year, and started the conversation in earnest a few months back. Glad Mike and I got where we did. Thanks, man!
Was trying to channel my inner Puma. Once I got the scent.... :)
what an epic page, huge congrats!
That top panel beautifully illustrates the way you reached out and nabbed this page. I'm glad you got to grab a page that meant so much to you as a child and your heritage. Makes me happy.
"You play to win the game". Happy you found a winner here buddy. Lots of personal significance on these panels
Outstanding. Congrats bubba. This is too sweet.
Wicked story to match such a monumental piece. Love it when we can lockdown a tried and true hour of our youth qnd with old Webhead to boot. Congrats on such a sacred helping of the Amazing one himself.
Simply AMAZING! A fantastic piece of Spider-history! It's organic says so much for a costume coming to life, soon very soon. Congrats on this really great piece.
A Major addition for sure. You know I share your Puma-love and even though I prefer him under Buscema, there is no denying that the Black costume and Frenz art are unbeatable here. Congrats on checking that major box :)
AMAZING! So happy for you. GREAT battle page from a very memorable time period! Congrats!
Kahlil!! You have my most sincere congrats on this well-deserved triumph! An absolutely eye-popping, fantastic slice of nostalgic comic book heaven here, home at last! I remember those first two panels well, from my own multiple re-reads of this book; "How much force are those webs traveling with to tear the weights out of Puma's hands like that...and to stick it to the wall... and Puma can't tear it of?!?" It actually got me very frightened for anyone who was on the receiving end of a webbing bath ("Careful, Spidey!"), and made me grateful that it was Spider-Man who was in control of such stuff... Or WAS he...? The "organic" clue here (obviously the first place we as readers found this out!) was compelling, and the ensuing issues with the big Symbiote reveals and introduction were SO much fun to read as a kid.
And this page is positively radiating with the 80's Spidey goodness you were after, K: all-out action and mayhem in the mighty K Gearon manner. You couldn't ask for a finer example of the crisp and clean Frenzian storytelling and rendering - seriously, you could not - and no one deserves to showcase this piece more (SO gorgeous in black and white!). Positively awesome, and good on Mr. Burkey for parting with this so you can enshrine it in your mighty collection. Wonderful!!
As usual, your comments do not disappoint, Jason! Thanks, bud. As you say, WONDERFUL stuff. Little kid KG's eyes...in awe :)
Absolutely fantastic!!
Great score - very nice.
Funny coincidence but this is also my first Spidey purchase! I actually just saw this in a stack of comics I was rebagging.
Puma is such a cool character design. Acquiring a battle page from this issue is really special. Congrats on prying it away from Burkey!
Chris - my brother from another mother! That's crazy, man. And cool!
And yes, love Puma's design, to this day. What's kinda funny is, I don't know if everyone was on the same page yet regarding the color. Green on the cover, blue in the book :) Well, definitely not a singular instance when it comes to this stuff :)
Khalil, I am impressed! My jaw is still on the floor. Huge congrats buddy!
Just a JAW Dropping feast to the eyes! The BLACK POPS, SPLASHY PANELS, WEB ACTION! This has it all! Huge Congrats
Cant beat an amazing panel page. all action and all historic spidey content. Bravo
HUGE get! Exactly! Phenomenal Spidey page! Congrats
Early Black Costume! 2nd Puma issue ever! All-out action! Ding ding ding! Grail alert, grail alert, grail alert! Congrats, K!! I'm so happy for you!
Every panel a masterpiece on its own. Super-congrats on such an unforgettable acquisition!!
Don't you just love getting a cherished piece of your childhood?
Holy moly! Big congrats!
Super page and congrats on capturing one of your childhood favorites!!!!
CONGRATS MY FRIEND!! You certainly deserve this one!
THANK YOU, Mike! Appreciate you helping make this happen! Still ogling over here, and not stopping anytime soon I think :)
Not only a great standalone page of its own merits, the fact that this is from your first Spidey book pushes it to different echelon. Sincere congrats on a great page, man!
Great page, great personal story! Black costume Spidey always nice, but so too these early Puma pages!
Epic page, epic description, epic memories, epic organic webbing, epic victory dance. And how the hell is James always first to the epicness??
Psssshh whatever. =)
Awesome!!
Spidey dance your way all day i love everything about this. huge congrats bro!
HUGE get right here! 🤘🏽 Happy for ya!
"...it's organic!" Very memorable early clue all is not as it appeared with Spidey's costume! Congrats, and thanks for sharing!
Is the something hotter in the hobby than Spidey in black cosrume???? The answer is.... NO!!!! Big congrats my friend for this one!!!
What do I see?
A beautiful page from Ron Frenz's Amazing SM.
Very hard to find and now you have added another fabulous page to your collection!
Congratulations my friend!
What an awesome spidey page.
Those early black costume pages are making the headlines these days, congrats on getting your own !
Puma, Black Costume, Ron Frenz, a lot of panels with Spidey and a page from the comic that you actually read when you were a kid. I can feel your excitement for this fantastic page!
Épic pièce by the masters - congratulations my friend 👍
Uff...whatabout this ? Ron frenz black spidey battle with the Puma ? Hope we can see this character in movies day...
Great pick up !
Yeah, man, if done right, Puma could be pretty cool to see live. Unique story, unique look, potential character interactions...all there. But if not, it's all good. We always got this stuff don't we?! :) Thanks for the comment, and congrats again on your recent Sal Buscema Spectacular Spidey add featuring Puma - one of the best pages of the character I've seen!
You just grabbed one of my dream: an ASM page by Ron Frenz, pieces are so absurdly rare that I'm afraid it will remain a fantasy for me!
Big big congrats, my friend!!
This is what collecting is all about! And a black costume Spidey page is just crazy!!!
Fabulous ASM page by Ron Frenz! Terrific action here from the very first panel to the last! Grogeous inks by Rubenstein polish off the page beautifully.
Really Love this page my friend!!!
Congrats KG!!! Wow, what a gorgeous gem. I just love hearing the passion from ya, this piece is in great hands but I wish it was in my hands! Haha!
Speechless! (and I don't recall seeing ANYTHING with 90 comments, LOL!)
I remember reading this when I was a kid, and it's almost too impresive to believe that "There it is, the actual original page, and it's in the hands of my friend." Wow, I bow down!!!
Immediately popped into the head of my high-school-in-the-'90s-self after reading your comment :)
Appreciate it, bud! Glad you dig it, and that you also share share in the "take it back" sentiment :)
How did I miss this. This is Amazing, Spectacular and Friendly all in one.
Congratz Bud. This is a terrific pick up.
Amazing Frenz art!!!
