OtherEric

On this particular book? It makes it a dollar bin book. In general, not sure what the highest grade a book can get with a dust shadow is.

Less than you might think, none of the ones you list are on my realistic hope to get list. I think Shock #6 is tickling the bottom of the top 5, as well. And who knows what a Shock Illustrated #3 would do when it hit the market.

I do remember when CSS #22 and #23 were worth the same premium over other issues. I'm pretty sure it was already shifting when I got my CSS 23... but not by nearly as much as now. Is CSS #22 the most valuable New Trend book these days? The only ones that I can think of that might compete are The Crypt of Terror issues. (I am counting the Crime Patrol/ War Against Crime issues with the early Crypt Keeper/ Vault Keeper appearances as late Pre Trend here, although they're pretty much the definition of "on the edge")

I do agree that I don't seem to see the numbers of $1.00 Elfquest #1's the print run would suggest, just to throw my two cents in. It's the only magazine sized issue I don't have the 1st print of, and given what people are asking it's simply not worth it. I really don't understand the market on that one. Note to self: Get a Fantasy Quarterly ASAP, it's badly underrated in the current market.

Hey, a quick question: does anybody have a list of all the Supreme and related issues Alan Moore did? Trying to figure out exactly what actually got released, and by who, is a bit complicated and I want to make sure I'm not missing anything. I also need to figure out where the books I already have are, some of the Supreme issues are surprisingly hard to track down these days.

"Porky of the Mounties" was the only Looney Tunes story Barks worked on. I called it famous rather than classic because it's mostly known as a curiosity rather than how good it it, but it's pretty well known.

MCS has an unslabbed 1 at 2.5 for $460 and a slabbed 9 at 3.0 at $470, I'm looking at both of them as possibles if they're still there in a few weeks when my budget has recovered from ECCC. Both look pretty nice for their respective grades.

Not unless there's a comic con in town both weeks and I win 10 grand in the lottery... But yeah, very nice progress at ECCC this week.

Picked up at ECCC this weekend:

Mail call this weekend:

Quick question for the crew here... All else being equal, should I try for SA #1 or #9 first? I'm getting ready to start looking for one or the other. And I know, all things may not actually be equal when it comes time to actually grab one.

I’m at 99 of 151 including annuals. So still a fair ways to go

One last bit of MADness from the show:

Last day of the show pickups:

Talked myself into a couple more early issue the last day of the show:

Whelan is a major fantasy artist, without a lot of comic credits specifically. Here's a few of his covers for Marvel, though:

Eerie #17 thoughts: For what it's worth, I don't think at this point the issue is really much scarcer that quite a few other Warrens, despite its reputation. I think it got the reputation because it was the first issue (not counting #1) to disappear from the back issue ads in the magazines, so for a long time it was harder to find. But as I write this a quick check of eBay shows lots of copies for sale. People are asking a premium for it based on reputation, but there are actually more copies of it for sale than many Warrens. Cover: Extremely good work by Sutton, who was accidentally miscredited. But I was fascinated by King Tut as a little kid in the 70's, so this is right in my wheelhouse. The Final Solution: A good but slight story. The title is in questionable taste now, but I'm not sure if the phrase had its exclusive meaning back when it was used here. The Mummy Stalks: The story seems an appropriate reprint choice given the cover of the issue; there are far worse reasons to pick what to reprint. Fan Fare: The debut of Bill Mantlo and Michael Whelan; both of who go on to become major names. With the exception of one story by Mantlo, they don't do anything else for Warren... but it's fun that they both started out here. To Save Face: Nice work by Colon, it reminds me slightly of Toth's style, but not so much that is seems like a rip-off in any way. Dressed to Kill: A good story, but it feels cramped. Maybe Parente didn't want to favor his own -script in his role as editor, but I would have given Final Solution 6 pages and this 8, not the other way around. Demon Sword: Never going to complain about seeing Ditko. The Death of Halpin Frayser: Another adaptation that just doesn't really work as presented, at least for somebody unfamiliar with the original. This issue is hard for me to rate... it's got quite a bit of good material, but the package seems to me to be less than the sum of its parts in this case. Still, I'm thinking more and more that calling this era the "Dark Age" is really far harsher than it deserves. Although it probably seems less bad when we're considering it issue by issue; taken as a whole there are really a lot of reprints to slog through.

Fine, have a picture of me being allowed to hold a book I’ll never own at the show today:

My one problem with the new center is there's only one set of escalators, the old one had at least three that I knew of. Trying to change floors got very crowded today. Otherwise, loving the show, as usual!

Today's cheap pickups at ECCC:

Today's issues:

It's been a good year for magazines at ECCC, and one more day to go after this:

And onto the Warrens:

The Monsters Unleashed #3 seems to be having a surge in popularity these days: