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Lawrence Klein Collection Part 1

Mon, Sep 28, 2026 09:00AM EDT - Wed, Oct 21, 2026 09:40PM EDT
  2026-09-28 09:00:00 2026-10-21 21:40:00 America/New_York Hake's Hake's : Lawrence Klein Collection Part 1 https://www.hakes.com/auctions/hakes-auctions/lawrence-klein-collection-part-1-24684
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Lot 169

JOHN ROMITA JR. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #244 COMIC BOOK PAGE ORIGINAL ART.

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10-7/8x15-7/8" artboard has pencil original art by John Romita Jr. w/inks by Klaus Janson for Amazing Spider-Man #244, published by Marvel Comics Sept. 1983. Page features six panels, showing Spider-Man looking for Hobgoblin, being fooled onto truck being driven by robot, which promptly drives into pole in attempt to kill Spider-Man. Thankfully his Spider-Sense activates just in time, allowing him to leap clear. Page 25. Spider-Man appears in every panel. All caption/word balloons have been hand-lettered. Screentone accents show little to no aging. Top margin has inked title and issue/page numbers. Bottom margin has been signed by Romita Jr. (who adds "90" date), Janson (who adds "2/84" date) and writer Roger Stern (who adds "5-20-95" date). Back has Marvel Comics copyright inkstamp. Top margin has been trimmed w/upper right and both bottom corner clipped. Art shows some scattered trace aging, but o/w art remains clean and Exc. Classic Romita Jr. art from a classic Hobgoblin issue. Lawrence Klein Collection.

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Weight: 0.25 lbs

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