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On 6/27/2022 at 7:07 AM, Surfing Alien said:

Love those 1930's Argosy issues. Here's my favorite from 1932  - previously posted in the pound you to a pulp thread but I don't get tired of showing it. This was Frank Brunner's personal copy I bought from him on ebay 3 years ago. Barebreasted Woman/Giant Octopus cover as well as one of Merritt's most famous stories

 

 

Love it and first time I've seen this one (at least that I remember). 

Like frozentundraguy mentioned, I think the octopus on the back of the robe takes an excellent cover and makes it a real standout. The Merritt story doesn't hurt either.

CGC notes "Stan Lee photo cover" on Black Rider #8. He's wearing a black mask. 

On 3/11/2022 at 3:15 PM, KirbyJack said:

Can’t decide which I like better!

Congrats and definitely two classics (neither of which I own yet).

If I had to choose though, I'd pick the Wood cover just because it reminds me of watching 50's sci-fi movies as a kid every time I look at it. 

On 3/6/2022 at 4:12 PM, OtherEric said:

I have Weird Shadow but need this one.  A beautiful copy!

Thanks. I still need the Weird Shadow and the Avon Lurking Fear.

On 3/5/2022 at 8:31 PM, OtherEric said:

Your take on MD and Psychoanalysis is opposite mine.  MD is worth the effort for the art, but I think with a couple of exceptions it's a horribly boring book, and easily my least favorite of the New Direction titles.  Psychoanalysis actually is probably my third favorite New Direction book, after Aces High and Piracy.  It reads like it's decades ahead of its time, a well reviewed but poorly selling indy book from around the early 90's, only done in the 50's.  I doubt I would want any more than four issues, but I think it takes an obviously horrible concept and presents the absolute best version of what that concept could ever be.  It plays to EC's strengths of getting into the character's heads and Kamen's incredible skill at showing people's emotions on their face.  Other than the fact it was an obviously horrible idea it wasn't a horrible idea.

Psychoanalysis may have been ahead of its time, but to me, the patients were just too whiny and self-pitying for me to enjoy the books. I would have much preferred having the psychiatrist deal with more interesting personalities instead of the average Joe or Jane. Obviously not what EC was going for though. The "post code" cure/breakthrough endings every story didn't help either (only read 2 issues though). At least a couple of the MD stories I can think of had mild twist endings (I especially liked the one for Worried Sick in #4). At least we can agree on EC war books and The Martian Chronicles. 

I put Piracy and Valor as my favorite New Direction titles but haven't read Aces High yet. I was holding out to get the originals, but so many in this thread have recommended it that I think I'll break down and buy the reprints. 

These were the first issues of MD that I read and was really surprised how much I liked them. Definitely will get the other 2 issues.

On 3/2/2022 at 11:47 AM, october said:

GI Joe 51

7.0

$200

Last issue. No copies in census, couldn't find a single sale. Appears to be very scarce. 

Take

On 2/22/2022 at 5:31 AM, Surfing Alien said:

Thanks. If your 115 doesn't have an eyeball keyhole on the spine, it is either an error or maybe Canadian or something. They moved the eyeball to the top of the spine around this time - erratically as you can see (that's 115 at the far left - glare obscures the top a little). But they kept it on the spine until somewhere in the upper 400's or early 500's. I don't have enough in that range to pinpoint it better.

Thanks.

After 2 1/2 years of collecting pb's, not only am I still a newb, but also apparently too stupid to look up.  

On 2/14/2022 at 3:03 PM, Surfing Alien said:

I'm not a completist but I really love the early Dells with the giant eyeball/keyhole. I recently acquired no.7 which gives me the first 8 in a row. I'd like to get all of the giant eyeball Dell's, which lasted until #24, The Phantom of the Opera, IIRC. I'm still missing 8 or 9 of them. #5 was the first map back.

Very cool SA. Do you know when they stopped putting the eyeball/keyhole on the spines? My #42 has it but #115 doesn't and I have nothing in between.

On 2/9/2022 at 7:42 PM, KirbyJack said:

Still my favorite 

Love it. One of my favorites too.