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On 6/22/2023 at 8:04 AM, Still Only 35c said:

The Ian Penman Collection (UK based)

Background here: The Ian Penman Collection of Silver Age and Bronze Age American Comics

CC @Get Marwood & I

Thanks for sharing!

On 6/24/2023 at 1:06 PM, shiverbones said:

Abel is introduced and tells a story in Dc special 4, I’ve always thought it was open and shut as his first. He probably even has more panels in Dc special 4 than hos81, but I’m in a car and can’t count right now 

Thanks for letting me know this because I don’t have a raw copy and haven’t gotten around to finding one to read. Agree that DC Special is Abel’s first appearance.

On 6/21/2023 at 11:15 AM, Jayman said:

Not that that site is always correct but I believe it lists “on sale” as May 69 for the DC Special and June 69 for the HOS 81.

If that’s the case, then DC Special is Abel’s first appearance. 

On 6/21/2023 at 8:57 AM, Jayman said:

Cameo story teller too I guess. 

There’s definitely more definition to that panel than what we see in Hulk 180 and Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen 134. Agree with you that the reader is introduced to Abel the host of the House of Secrets. It’s Abel’s first appearance and HOS 81 kicks off his “first day on the job.” Best to have both books!

On 6/21/2023 at 8:46 AM, Jayman said:

Well it is his first appearance nonetheless even though HOS 81 is a better book. I’m pretty sure he even tells a story to the kids. That would make it his first tale told…

Cameo appearance!

On 6/19/2023 at 8:45 PM, anukasan1 said:

I find some of the stories of these non-pedigreed collections fascinating. E.g., the "Atlantic City" collection, which got a whole in-depth half-hour TV episode devoted to it. 

But the problem is...it can be increasingly hard to find those stories, as time goes on. At least CGC & other sites give overviews of the current pedigrees; but for some of the non-pedigree collections, Google searches only point to threads like this, which don't actually tell (or at least link to) their background stories in detail.

Is there a site or a thread which does compile more of those stories?

The lack of information about the great non-pedigree collections is one reason why I started this thread. My hope is that those with some knowledge about a collection could share it here with boardies. I’m hoping we get as much information about these collections before memory about them fades and disappears. I do want to give kudos to CGC for identifying some of them. 

On 6/21/2023 at 8:25 AM, Jayman said:

Yessir! 

Definitely an introduction to Abel as the host of the House of Secrets. Still, we don’t see him as the occupant of the House of Secrets until HOS 81. He and the House come together as one in HOS 81. One of those instances where it’s best to have both issues!

On 6/20/2023 at 8:09 PM, Jayman said:

Killer book no contention there, but I always thought this book was Abel’s first appearance.

Curious Jay, I don’t have a raw copy so is Abel in a panel and referred by his name?

Thanks for sharing adamstrange! 
49 West 45th Street should be designated a historical landmark. Amazes me today how much history of the comic book industry is going to be lost. New York City was once the hub for the greatest comic book publishing houses and the individuals who created this American medium and saw it grow. That history needs to be preserved.

Jack Kirby is the Antonio Meucci to Stan Lee’s Alexander Bell…

Neal’s best work is demonstrated in the Tomahawk series and this is his greatest and my favorite cover:

On 6/10/2023 at 9:35 AM, dover said:

Neal could draw anything but in a professional manner. Wrightson has that feel of actually "being" in the horror mindset; he drew from perspective.

Agree. Wrightson relied more on “instinct” given he was never formally trained and that “rawness” made his overall work on horror the best of that era. Still, the cover to Phantom Stranger 10 captures an atmosphere of horror at the highest level that is rarely seen outside of the magazine format. I’m a Wrightson horror fan and believe he’s the greatest horror genre artist of all time and that includes the precode and later Warren Magazine horror artists like Ingels, Everett, Craig, Davis, Frazetta, Cole (both), Ditko, Elias, Baily, Cameron, Morales, and Heck. That being said, I don’t see a cover drawn by Bernie better than what Adams did with Phantom Strange 10. It’s also Neal’s “Tomahawk 116 of Horror” in terms of covers.

On 6/8/2023 at 6:47 PM, fifties said:

 

While I do like FF 4, my copy of 5 really has my favorite cover, and it's almost impossible to find.  Took me ages to get this one.

First Ditko art. Yes, I know Daring Love 1 was published first but the first chapter of Ditko’s storied career is horror and FF 5 is where it all began.

On 6/8/2023 at 7:56 PM, Jayman said:

My favorite gang of skeletons like to cruise! 

Public message admonishing car pools?

On 6/6/2023 at 5:12 PM, vaultkeeper said:

At least the guy in the coffin is dressed for the occasion…

On 6/6/2023 at 3:51 PM, Straw-Man said:

other guy's 9.0, ow/w.   i love this green book!

Awesome pick-up Billy!

On 6/5/2023 at 12:30 PM, vaultkeeper said:

The Vault has been opened and the horror has been released!!!

On 6/4/2023 at 8:15 AM, dover said:

I feel like Elon Musk is on the boards every time you post! 
Beauties by the way!

On 6/4/2023 at 7:07 PM, Jayman said:

I think this is the only PCH Dentist cover…

No! “The House of Pain!” (At least for me)

On 6/2/2023 at 11:34 AM, Straw-Man said:

possibly my first post in copper!!

What!!??? 
Parker’s in Copper!!!