Remember my mysterious October mission? We’re almost at the end game.

As I told you back then, Irene decided to sell her copy of Amazing Fantasy #15. You know … the comic that introduced Spider-Man. She got some wild idea in her head that she should sock money away for our retirement so we’re not forced to eat cat food a few decades from now. Crazy, huh?

Anyway, if you’d like a shot at a beautiful copy of the book, Heritage will be auctioning hers off starting on February 3, 2012. Check out more details about the auction here.

If Amazing Fantasy #15 is too rich for your blood …

… then how about the equally historic but less expensive Amazing Adventures #1, which contains the first appearance of the first Marvel Age superhero—Doctor Droom!

Both auctions will close sometime during the weekend of February 22-23, 2012, so give it some thought … and then bid early and often.

You want me to think fondly of you when I’m old(er) and gray(er), don’t you?