Amazing Spider-Man 184 Cover
Ross Andru (penciller); Bob McLeod (inker)
Original Art Record
Characters
Spider-Man
Encyclopedia Capsule
This cover is cataloged as Amazing Spider-Man 184 Cover and credited in the supplied source to Ross Andru (penciller); Bob McLeod (inker). The source associates it with the story “White Dragon! Red Death!” The Romitaman description states: This nice cover features a chained up Spider-Man getting ready to fall into a fire pit by the evil White Dragon!
What the Art Shows
What this artwork shows
Ross Andru, and inked by the great Bob McLeod, from the story titled: "White Dragon. Red Death!" This nice cover features a chained up Spider-Man getting ready to fall into a fire pit by the evil White Dragon! In case you are wondering....
Story and Issue Context
Publication and story context
This record documents a cover from The Amazing Spider-Man #184, identified as the cover, dated 1978 in the source data. The associated story is listed as “White Dragon! Red Death!” The credited artist information supplied with the collection record is Ross Andru (penciller); Bob McLeod (inker). Its place in the series is best understood as part of the continuing Peter Parker narrative and the creative period represented by the credited artists.
Why This Piece Matters
Why this piece matters
As cover art, the piece served as the issue’s principal sales image and public visual identity. The identified subjects are Spider-Man.
Source Significance Excerpt
Check out this very nice, very RARE 1978 Amazing Spider-Man cover which was penciled by the great Ross Andru, and inked by the great Bob McLeod, from the story titled: "White Dragon! Ross Andru drew nearly as many ASM issues during the first 300 issues as any one artist! Ross Andru is arguably considered the #3 best Spiderman artist during it's first 300 issues, (After Steve Ditko and John Romita Sr.) yet only "3" ASM covers have EVER surfaced by Ross Andru!
Mike Burkey / Romitaman Notes
Check out this very nice, very RARE 1978 Amazing Spider-Man cover which was penciled by the great Ross Andru, and inked by the great Bob McLeod, from the story titled: "White Dragon! Ross Andru drew nearly as many ASM issues during the first 300 issues as any one artist! Ross Andru is arguably considered the #3 best Spiderman artist during it's first 300 issues, (After Steve Ditko and John Romita Sr.) yet only "3" ASM covers have EVER surfaced by Ross Andru!
Open the complete preserved Romitaman description
Check out this very nice, very RARE 1978 Amazing Spider-Man cover which was penciled by the great Ross Andru, and inked by the great Bob McLeod, from the story titled: "White Dragon! Red Death!" This nice cover features a chained up Spider-Man getting ready to fall into a fire pit by the evil White Dragon! In case you are wondering.... Ross Andru drew nearly as many ASM issues during the first 300 issues as any one artist! Ross Andru is arguably considered the #3 best Spiderman artist during it's first 300 issues, (After Steve Ditko and John Romita Sr.) yet only "3" ASM covers have EVER surfaced by Ross Andru! This cover, inked by the Great Bob McLeod is one of the very best drawn covers from that list! So don't miss out on quite possibly your ONLY chance you may ever have to owning a Bronze Age 1970's Ross Andru "AMAZING SPIDER-MAN" COVER! Compare this nice 1978 cover art to the published comic book in the red link above! ALL HIGH end pieces of art, including this one, are able to be purchased with VERY fair time payment plan options, and trades are always considered towards this and "ANY" art on our website! Just send us an email to mikeburkey@aol.com and we can try to work something out.
Source Information
- Primary object source
- Romitaman / Mike Burkey personal-collection listing supplied in the master document