Marvel’s First Spider-man Coloring Book 1969!

Marvel’s First Spider-man Coloring Book 1969!

2002 Spider-man Movie Les Paul Guitar!

An authentic 2002 Spider-man Movie Gibson Les Paul which is only one of 15 ever made. Beware imitations! There must be a serial # on the back of the headstock, and must have a real Gibson logo headstock with the proper Spider-logo. It does not also hurt to be in the Spider-duds while rocking out. This particular Les Paul is much better made than the 1999 Gibson with the screw on faceplate, and single pickup. Definately the main focus of any Spider-man musical experience! Stay tuned for more Spider-man musical information!

Amazing Spider-man #1 Cover!

This Spider-man cover leaves me speechless, it is beyond words. Truly a great! Is it Ditko? Stay tuned!

1974 Ahi Spider-man Zoomcycle!

The early seventies saw an increase in motorcycle toys due possibly to Evel Knievel’s popularity at the time. Azrak-Hamway, better known as AHI had just acquired the license from Marvel to produce Spider-man toys. So some of the first toys off their factory lines were that of cycles. All different kinds of motorcycles including friction powered, battery powered, and remote control.

I remember getting the Zoom cycle on a trip to the Woodville Mall in Northwood, Ohio late in 74. The store was called the Hobby Center, and was definately where all the kids gravitated towards. I can still see the store shelves in my mind stocked with the likes of boxed Megos, Aurora monster kits, and other Ahi goodies. For some reason the box really drew me into getting it, whether it was the colors, or the Spider Power Pack. The box for the Zoomcycle looks as if one of Ahi’s employees tried to redraw the cover from 1972’s Spider-man: A Rockomic LP. Never mind that, … its “Official”. See for yourself above! That, and stay tuned for future blogs about other Spidey cycles.

1978 Larami Spider-man Air Saucers!

Another trip down to the old forgotten toy aisles of grocery stores past! At a fast glance it still looks to me as if Spider-man is smoking something on the packaging of this item. He must be, … because he’s seeing saucers. On closer inspection it appears to be just a noisy whistle launching some plastic toy copter blades. A typical toy for its time, but once out of the box, it no longer appears to be a Spidey toy. Just the card the toy came on had the Spider-man oriented on it. This is just one more odd item in a long line of Spider-man stuff from Larami.

Spider-man Aerosol Soap is Just Plain Crazy!

Hey everybody!, watch Spider-man blow shaving cream out his nose! If this excites you, then you really need a girlfriend, but for the little ones this is pure comedy heaven. Not as great as fart jokes, but sure to get a giggle.

The company American Aerosol was literally pumping out “Crazy Foam” by the truck loads. 1974 saw many characters spewing forth the shaving cream like substance in America’s households. Spider-man, Hulk, Batman, Superman, and Robin among others were promoted as a bath product.

Yep, who doesn’t want to take a bath in shaving cream! NOT ME! That is unless of course you have an unsightly problem with hair everywhere, and require it.

So let the super heroes vomit, and have some bath time fun!

Romita Sr. ala Keefe Original Retro Cover Art!

Flash Gordon’s current artist extraodinaire Jim Keefe has outdone himself with the cover shown done after an actual Romita sketch. It definately harkens back to the late great sixties during Spidey’s second skirmish with the Kingpin. Back then there were no variant covers, but would have fit in nicely as an alternate cover for Amazing Spider-man #69. This really takes me back to the late sixties in a little town called Oak Harbor, Ohio ... pulled fresh off the comicbook rack in Finke Pharmacy. I liken comicbooks as instant little memory recalls, much like an old song would be.

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Rock n’ Roll Spider-man 70’s Style!

OK, so there weren’t any Ipods in the early seventies, but the next best thing to a kid was the transistor am radio. Back then the airwaves were heavily laden with the Top 40 hits instead of talk radio. 1973 saw the release of a Spider-man radio, so what did this particular radio play? It probably played the following hits.


1. Tie A Yellow Ribbon ‘Round The Ole Oak Tree, Tony Orlando
2. Bad Bad Leroy Brown, Jim Croce
3. Killing Me Softly With His Song, Roberta Flack
4. Let’s Get It On, Marvin Gaye
5. My Love, Paul McCartney and Wings
6. Why Me, Kris Kristofferson
7. Crocodile Rock, Elton John
8. Will It Go Round In Circles, Billy Preston
9. You’re So Vain, Carly Simon
10. Touch Me In The Morning, Diana Ross
11. The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia, Vicki Lawrence
12. Playground In My Mind, Clint Holmes
13. Brother Louie, Stories
14. Delta Dawn, Helen Reddy
15. Me And Mrs. Jones, Billy Paul
16. Frankenstein, Edgar Winter Group
17. Drift Away, Dobie Gray
18. Little Willy, Sweet
19. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life, Stevie Wonder
20. Half Breed, Cher
21. That Lady, Isley Bros.
22. Pillow Talk, Sylvia
23. We’re An American Band, Grand Funk Railroad
24. Right Place, Wrong Time, Dr. John
25. Wildflower, Skylark
26. Superstition, Stevie Wonder
27. Loves Me Like A Rock, Paul Simon
28. The Morning After, Maureen McGovern
29. Rocky Mountain High, John Denver
30. Stuck In The Middle With You, Stealers Wheel
31. Shambala, Three Dog Night
32. Love Train, O’Jays
33. I’m Gonna Love You Just A Little More, Barry White
34. Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose, Tony Orlando
35. Keep On Truckin’ (Pt. 1), Eddie Kendricks
36. Dancing In The Moonlight, King Harvest
37. Danny’s Song, Anne Murray
38. Monster Mash, Bobby “Boris” Pickett and The Crypt Kickers
39. Natural High, Bloodstone
40. Diamond Girl, Seals and Crofts
41. Long Train Running, Doobie Brothers
42. Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth), George Harrison
43. If You Want Me To Stay, Sly and The Family Stone
44. Daddy’s Home, Jermaine Jackson
45. Neither One Of Us, Gladys Knight and The Pips
46. I’m Doing Fine Now, New York City
47. Could It Be I’m Falling In Love, Spinners
48. Daniel, Elton John
49. Midnight Train To Georgia, Gladys Knight and The Pips
50. Smoke On The Water , Deep Purple
51. The Cover Of Rolling Stone, Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show
52. Behind Closed Doors, Charlie Rich
53. Your Mama Don’t Dance, Loggins and Messina
54. Feelin’ Stronger Every Day, Chicago
55. The Cisco Kid, War
56. Live And Let Die, Wings
57. Oh, Babe, What Would You Say?, Hurricane Smith
58. I Believe In You, Johnnie Taylor
59. Sing, Carpenters
60. Ain’t No Woman (Like The One I Got), Four Tops
61. Dueling Banjos, Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandel
62. Higher Ground, Stevie Wonder
63. Here I Am (Come And Take Me), Al Green
64. My Maria, B.W. Stevenson
65. Superfly, Curtis Mayfield
66. Get Down, Gilbert O’Sullivan
67. Last Song, Edward Bear
68. Reelin’ In The Years, Steely Dan
69. Hocus Pocus, Focus
70. Yesterday Once More, Carpenters
71. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, Bette Midler
72. Clair, Gilbert O’Sullivan
73. Do It Again, Steely Dan
74. Kodachrome, Paul Simon
75. Why Can’t We Live Together, Timmy Thomas
76. So Very Hard To Go, Tower Of Power
77. Do You Want To Dance?, Bette Midler
78. Rockin’ Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu, Johnny Rivers
79. Ramblin’ Man, Allman Brothers
80. Masterpiece, Temptations
81. Peaceful, Helen Reddy
82. One Of A Kind (Love Affair), Spinners
83. Funny Face, Donna Fargo
84. Funky Worm, Ohio Players
85. Angie, Rolling Stones
86. Jambalaya (On The Bayou), Blue Ridge Rangers
87. Don’t Expect Me To Be Your Friend, Lobo
88. Break Up To Make Up, Stylistics
89. Daisy A Day, Jud Strunk
90. Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001), Deodato
91. Stir It Up, Johnny Nash
92. Money, Pink Floyd
93. Gypsy Man, War
94. The World Is A Ghetto, War
95. Yes We Can Can, Pointer Sisters
96. Free Ride, Edgar Winter Group
97. Space Oddity, David Bowie
98. It Never Rains In Southern California, Albert Hammond
99. The Twelfth Of Never, Donny Osmond
100. Papa Was A Rolling Stone, Temptations

Spider-man Collection Corner Madness! Part 2

Here's another photo from the Spider-man collection in another corner of another room. Yep, there are 3 rooms full, and plenty more pics to come.

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Ben Cooper Spider-man Costume 1968

At the height of the popularity of the sixties Spider-man cartoon, Ben Cooper released a redesigned Spidey costume. The year was 1968, and there was already an existing Ben Cooper Spider-man costume based on the famous Ditko Duds. The problem I always had with Cooper’s costumes as a kid was that they really didn’t copy the actual look of the character’s suit. Instead they would emblazen the character’s name on the torso area, and most times the costume was made up of all the wrong colors.

For an example, the original Spider-man Cooper costume had a yellow torso, and only the mask was really correct. Well, for 68 they decided to keep the mask, but get the suit a bit closer to the original. They ditched the name on the chest, and changed the color of the torso. They also made a change in making the suit two pieces instead of the one piece it was before. Still not perfect, but a step in the right direction. These were originally sold on a cardboard hangar displaying the company name, and that’s just what we have pictured below. Enjoy collectors!

The Spider-man Vault is Coming!

I recently had the privilege of providing a huge amount of photos to the following project, and it looks to be an outstanding read, and an eye full of memorabilia. You should be able to lay your hands on a copy this summer. Stay tuned for more info here.

The Spider-Man Vault
by Peter A. David
published by Running Press
With superhuman strength and agility yet the human heart of a lonely teenager, Peter Parker became a super hero who instantly connected with readers. Offering fans a whole new look at this unlikely hero, The Spider-Man Vault is fully illustrated and features 20 removable reproductions of rare ephemera housed in sophisticated plastic pages. MARVEL, all related characters: TM & © 2010 Marvel Entertainment, Inc. and its subsidiaries. Licensed by Marvel Characters B.V. www.marvel.com. All rights reserved.
11.625″ x10.125″ inches, 192 pages, Hardcover. Removable memorabilia.
Category: Pop Culture / Entertainment

1967 Captain Action Sanctuary Playset

Before Mego, in the 1960s, just after G.I. Joe’s debut the Ideal Toy Co. released their answer to the action figure craze in the form of “Captain Action”. He was the size of the original G.I. Joe, and costumes were sold seperately so you could dress him as any superhero of the day. Also sold seperately were various vinyl playsets which often were exclusive to certain stores, such as the example seen in the photo.

I believe this playset to be even more scarce the the Ideal Spider-man costume itself which has gone as high as $13,000.00 in the past. Also most might not know that it comes in 2 variations, one has the yellow top and blue base, and the other vice versa. Only sold at Spiegel stores and nowhere else, this thing reminds me more of a porta potty for Dr. Evil, but then again what commode has a window. Also how drunk does one have to be to strap themselves into the crapper with that blue belt thing. The Captain sure had his problems!
To see more photos of my Spiderman collection of over 8,000 toys, and all the comics please visit my main site at http://www.spidermancollector.net

Spiderman Collection Corner Madness #1

I thought I would share a photo of one of the corners of my collection room. Talk about your dusting nightmare. Heck, there might be a body behind there,…Hello? Mr. Ditko? No wonder no one has seen him lately. All joking aside, if you have your own pictures, then go ahead and send them to me. I’ll post them occasionally on the blog one at a time to let others see just how you decorate your rooms. In the meantime play “Spot Doc Ock!” the rules are the same as for Waldo. Enjoy!

To see more photos of my Spiderman collection of over 8,000 toys, and all the comics please visit my main site at http://www.spidermancollector.net