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Thanks Don. I'm pretty sure I overpaid for at least one of them (they were $250 each), but like you I've wanted them for a while.

I picked these up off of eBay a couple of weeks ago. I've been looking for a copy of Tales of Terror for a while, but the Crypt Archives is cool too!

To have a 9.8 with that black cover is truly incredible. Congrats!

Thanks for running this to ground! I knew that if you didn't have the answer that you'd at least know where to get it (thumbs u

Thanks Steve! Please keep us posted.

Very interesting reading. So no one there knows the circumstances under which more than one VOH 12 was designated a GFC, but now we have proof that it happened. Who would have enough knowledge to fill in the blanks?

It's always been my understanding that there was only one VOH 12 GFC. I even remember someone posting a list of the number of GFCs by issue earlier in this thread that "confirmed" that. Are there actually three? Very cool that you got to review the entire sets! Can you disclose what number they were (assuming they were matching sets)? Mitch - the Mylars on the GFCs had the original stickers, indicating the 'rating' of the particular copy versus the total number of that issue overall. On the VOH 12, the sticker read 1/3. Thanks for the clarification - that's huge news for EC collectors!

The list was posted previously in this thread. Not sure how far back though.

Sorry to hear that. If you're too disappointed to keep the #2 in your collection just let me know

It's always been my understanding that there was only one VOH 12 GFC. I even remember someone posting a list of the number of GFCs by issue earlier in this thread that "confirmed" that. Are there actually three? Very cool that you got to review the entire sets! Can you disclose what number they were (assuming they were matching sets)?

What kind of shape is the TOT Annual 2 in? Looking to sell?

I rarely get a chance to use this gremlin, so... If we put our copies together, we have an 11. Take that, Gaines File Copies.

The certs are not slabbed with the comics

It's the last color comic published by EC, and, insomuch as this particular copy is 11 of 11, it's also the last Gaines File copy. That's pretty cool! So which would qualify as the first GFC?

I think you have to distinguish between GFCs and other peds. I have a few Bethlehems, Northfords, and White Mountains for example that were purchased off the rack. I like the idea of putting together a non-GFC collection. My Tales from the Crypt set (4 books short of completion) is all 8.0+ (except for COT 17, which is 7.5) and only includes 3 GFCs. I like the idea of high grade EC's, GFC or no (I just want a GFC eventually, to say I have one! Preferably, horror or sci fi.) But I do have a nice White Mountain Vault 20, and love it -- and a Bethlehem Panic #2. I do love non-Gaines EC pedigrees, just wish I had more! Let's see that Vault 20!

are you ever going to put together a registry set Ed?

I think you have to distinguish between GFCs and other peds. I have a few Bethlehems, Northfords, and White Mountains for example that were purchased off the rack. I like the idea of putting together a non-GFC collection. My Tales from the Crypt set (4 books short of completion) is all 8.0+ (except for COT 17, which is 7.5) and only includes 3 GFCs.

Very cool book. I was the underbidder in the last ComicConnect auction - glad it ended up in a boardies' collection!

Nice! Looks better than my 5.5

There's 1 9.4 on the census, which is the Northford copy. It apparently sold on ComicLink in February for $14k. I believe Steve said at the time of that sale that Halperin is rumored to own the lone 9.2, which is the Gaines copy. There are 2 at 9.0, 2 at 8.5, and 5 at 8.0 according to the census.

Eh I just wait for whatever undercopies Ed doesn't want

Nice books Don! HA Signature wins?

Yeah they're ok Congrats Don!

I would be toast in that explosion. Poor Texas

That one looks ripe for a resub. Great book Brian!