OtherEric

And as I vaguely remembered, Siege at Blue Mountain was slightly taller than a regular comic.

The only "adult" publisher I'm really looking for is Essex House, which is known for the writing more than the covers. But I've only ever found one of their books in the wild.

Good catch. According to the GCD it’s Tom McKimson https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_McKimson

There are really some spectacular covers on the early Looney Tunes Four Colors, aren’t there? Glad I could point you in the direction of this one!

Easily my favorite mail order comic source. But I almost always risk the few minutes jumping from the bay to their site to save the money. I think the last time I didn’t risk the five minutes was when I grabbed Venus #9 and #16 for around $130. Totally worth the bay premium under the circumstances

To MCS’s credit, they’re normally super quick pulling books from the bay once they’re sold on the site and vice versa… but it sometimes takes a little while for the computers to communicate. But I’ve watched to see how long it takes a few times I’ve seen a bay listing and went to MCS for the lower price, and it’s normally within 10-15 minutes.

Also, everything after the original quest was comic sized. But since it was a small publisher it’s possible Siege at Blue Mountain wasn’t exactly standard trim size compared to Marvel or DC. Will try and look when I get home

Your copy is nicer than mine. Too bad we don't get new Williamson material at Warren until 1976, although we'll get some reprints before then:

It's one of those covers where the different uses of the art make for very distinctive covers: And let us not forget the other cover using a different rendering of the image:

Eerie 18 thoughts: Cover: Another very nice Sutton piece, that makes me think of Bradbury's classic "A Sound of Thunder" before even looking at the issue otherwise. Monster Gallery: Is this our first three-peat since reprints started? Not a good omen, since there's still lots that was only seen on the first publication still available. Hard Luck: A pretty story, although the title pun is actually pretty brilliant. Cry Fear, Cry Phantom: No more of a fan of the story than the first time, although that still may be my dislike of Grandenetti more than the story itself. Also, the title is just awkwardly laid out... the story title could just as easily be Phantom Cry, Fear Cry. A Change of Pace: Great art by Sutton, but the story by Parente doesn't really set up the twist at the end properly. The Jungle: Still an amazing showcase for Williamson's artwork. Vampire Slayer: Still not a fan of the art on this one, either. And this issue is more reprint heavy than we've seen in a while. Trial By Fire: Not only is the issue more than half reprints, the reprint choices are decent but not spectacular. Side Show: The issue goes out on a solid story by Parente and Williamsune. So, the new material in the issue is, if not instant classics, at least all has some solid material that makes for a decent mix. But the increase in reprints and lack of anything that really nails it makes this one of the issues that makes me understand why the "dark age" reputation lingers over this era. With steps backward like this it would have been hard to know if they would ever get past this point.

They're mostly over, but compared to comics they're a lot more frequent.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_theory

Closing in on the Warren Presents run:

Two from the Half Price Books today. The Signet was just a neat cover impulse grab. The Ace was $10 and looks unread, I think it's my jackpot paperback find of the month:

41 issues to go. I'm definitely getting there!

It's amazing how we remember certain details about where we got books, even decades later, isn't it?

I appreciate you having tried, I was one of the ones who requested it when you changed it last time. But, as you said, people decided to go out of the way to misuse it. Some fights aren't worth it.

Tales of the Zombie 7 8.0 Take pending picture... I'm curious why it's cheaper than the 6.5 you did post the picture of.

The back looks like production ink transfer, not actually foxing. Still definitely going to bring the score down, but I don't think it's as a big a hit as true foxing would be. Thank you!

Any guesses you can give on this one would be appreciated! I can take more pics if there's anything specific to be highlighted.

You’re showing two Tales of the Zombie 7, with the higher grade one cheaper. Is there a typo somewhere?

Two in today. I already had a copy of #24 that I paid less than $10 for, but even by my low standards it needed upgrading: