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Amazing Spiderman101(Morbius... why is this issue so damn expensive? what does he do anyways?)

I suspect one of the reasons for ASM 101's high value is that up until that issue, according to the tenets of the Comic Book Code vampirism was taboo (there may have been random incidents and characters since the demise of EC, but none as high profile, maybe). But since Marvel bucked the code with the drug issues (ASM 96-98) maybe they figured it was time to reintroduce vampires to comics, hence number 101 being the introduction of an interesting villain, Peter Parker having 4 arms(!) and Vampyrs makes it a very special comic indeed. I remember buying that book off the spin rack at my local drugstore and being totally enthralled with that story arc (#100 & 102, as well) and it may rank as my favorite ASM arc due to it's utter absurdity.

I think 96-98 should be on your list due to the Drug Content and the lack of CCA seal. Not sure if there were other books that dared buck the CCA, but those issues are the most memorable and therefore historic, perhaps? ( I can never remember if these issues preceded the DC GL/GA Heroin issues, but those carried the seal, I believe, so maybe the ASM's did set a precedent....).

gazpacho71 (4/21/2008)

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You know, this got me thinking that they could do a whole lote more with Morbi than his 90's cheesy series.

wpbooks (4/21/2008)

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I suspect one of the reasons for ASM 101's high value is that up until that issue, according to the tenets of the Comic Book Code vampirism was taboo (there may have been random incidents and characters since the demise of EC, but none as high profile, maybe). [b]But since Marvel bucked the code with the drug issues (ASM 96-98) maybe they figured it was time to reintroduce vampires to comics, hence number 101 being the introduction of an interesting villain, Peter Parker having 4 arms(!) and Vampyrs makes it a very special comic indeed. I remember buying that book off the spin rack at my local drugstore and being totally enthralled with that story arc (#100 & 102, as well) and it may rank as my favorite ASM arc due to it's utter absurdity. I think 96-98 should be on your list due to the Drug Content and the lack of CCA seal. Not sure if there were other books that dared buck the CCA, but those issues are the most memorable and therefore historic, perhaps? ( I can never remember if these issues preceded the DC GL/GA Heroin issues, but those carried the seal, I believe, so maybe the ASM's did set a precedent....).