Gallery Comments by Reuben Ruppert

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Thanks man! I love the last panel outro

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Thanks brother! I absolutely love cliffhanger pages. The text at the end is a special plus for me as well. Cheers!

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Marcus your words of wisdom are always appreciated. Very astute observation indeed, I was never familiar with armored DD but this issue certainly has some unique renditions of DD in full costume. I just love Bagley's expressiveness. Great visual storytelling 

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Max Raskin

Absolutely sick piece! What amazing panels, Ditko on the top of his game here. Congrats 

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Max Raskin

Absolutely love Mac Raboy! Fantastic 

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You took the words right out of my mouth! Many thanks 🙏🏼

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Thanks brotha 🙏🏼

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Thanks man! You said it... that's what ultimately made me pull the trigger. No action, but it has all the essential elements that defined the drama of Ditko. The main characters and anxiety that defined an era. ????

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Dan Goodwin

I love this!

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Thanks brotha, that means a lot 🙌🏼🙌🏼

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Thanks man! That's my trifecta 😂

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Humbly, thank you sir 🙏🏼

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😆 gotta love those old stories. Lol

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Haha, that's Erik Larsens doing. He was quite the character 

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Thanks brotha! I appreciate it ????

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Thank you very much, you just don't see em come up at all. I really enjoy Dale Keown.

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Exactly Marcus! The pic doesn't do it justice, but it's super detailed. Keown put a lot of time into this one image, and you know how tough it is to find Dale Keown 90's Pitt pages these days.

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And what magic it is! Thanks again Marcus 🙏🏼

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I appreciate that. You're right, I love his work.

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Gary Land

Amazing piece! These early cc Beck pieces are hard to come by. Great content

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I appreciate that agreed!! Lol

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Thanks man, I love this page. I enjoy the man's zaniness! 😂

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Thanks Marcus! Your kind words are always appreciated. I completely agree, that's why I secured two of these when I had the chance. And I've come to appreciate Larsen more in recent years. 

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Me too! They were very dramatic with those panels, I feel it added depth. 

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Thanks brotha! I like it also,  it much going on here. But the vertical panels are a nice touch. 

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West Stephan

I love this page btw! So cool

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Thanks brother, it was a fun time for comic art lovers . 

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Couldn't agree more Marcus, those guys had a rough time learning the business end of things. Which is something they each admit to in the later years 

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Alex Gonzalez

Wow Amazing commission. I’m not really a fan of commissions in general, but this one is undeniably exceptional! Congrats, it’s a beautiful piece my friend. 🙌🏼

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Exactly, I saw this and was honestly shocked at how dark the material and the imagery played out. The story is unusually dark but interesting for a 90's Spidey book. And the pencils and inks remind me so much of Gene Colan's work on TOD. It was reasonably priced, I'm glad I was able to secure it. Thanks again my friend 🙏🏼

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Thank you brotha! I appreciate that. As you know, title page splashes by Romita Jr don't come up very often. I was quite fortunate 

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Thanks,

I'm choosing to only see the first six words in your comment. Haha... 🤔

All the best! 

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Rabid Ferret

Wow... This piece is just so incredible to me. It's from the first comic I ever purchased. And this page in particular stands out to me. It's prob the page that captivated me as a fan all those years ago. 😢👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

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You've done your research. That's exactly why I pulled the trigger on this one. I wanted a splash Bagley Spidey to replace one I traded a year ago. But they're tough. And this one happened to be a title splash in costume, it was a no brainer for me.

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I didn't know that. That's interesting

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I agree, his GR really seems to pop. He does flaming skills very well. Lol

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Thanks brother. Your collection is epic! 

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Excellent observation Marcus! I appreciate your astute comments, your absolutely right! John Romita Jr and Scott Hanna always make quite the team. It's early in John's definitive run, soon after he first changed his style. 

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Thanks, it's my socond page... Traded the other one, regrettably ; but this one's here to stay! Love your stuff

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Well put my friend. 👍🏽

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TG C

🤯 epic!!!

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Thank you so much. Haha, honestly I went back and forth on this piece so many times myself! I used to have a nice Bagley ASM splash page up to last year, but traded it with several other pieces; to upgrade my AF15. I've been regretting it ever since. Then this page was finally purchased. No regrets here at all. Lol, I love the 90's comic art heroes. 

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Thanks friend, I'm elated to have a nice Bagley page in the gallery. Wasn't sure I'd get one again. Lol 

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Hahaha, that's a good point. I guess Larry Hama was having some fun in this scene, a bit of tongue and cheek to break the tension. I absolutely loved Hama's dialog in this issue BTW. 

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Absolutely stunning...

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Wow... Very grail 

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Man I just bought a Liefeld with Sibal inks over it, and it's amazing. I love this piece, I think you have a real gem on your hands and a wonderful example of great ink work over solid pencils by Liefeld. Truly one of his best works if you ask me. Great find! 

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Thanks Paul, I completely agree. Don't really know why he's not more active these days. I feel he's a  bit underrated  

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Albert Moy

An incredible piece, what would a page like this go for? I love it! Let me know if your ever interested in selling...thanks for sharing.

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Ok I'll just say it... I'm soooo jealous! Congrats on finding this one, cause if I found it first it'd be mine! Haha... thanks for sharing.