OtherEric

Are we sure this is issue #1? I think there were 9 issues in 1941, and if it's not issue #1 it would be worth much less. Still worth the effort, but not nearly like the #1 would be, where you could page it out.

So, I have some friends at work who have been borrowing my classic series DVDs over the last year or so, working through everything surviving since the beginning in order. They're currently up to Pertwee's last season. And this week they said they're moving half way across the country in a month. So I've been tasked with finding them one DVD from each of the 4th-7th Doctors, so they can at least see each of them once before they move away. My question is, with one serial each for Tom Baker, Davidson, Colin Baker, and McCoy, which ones do you pick?

They wouldn't authenticate the signature, so you'll get a green label at best, and they would probably view the damage as non-production so the grade would be low in any case.

Pass, then. But thank you for checking!

Super minor upgrade/ addition to the collection: I recently won a LTMM #4 on the bay. It's water damaged and missing two centerfolds, but it met two key requirements for me: It had a back cover and it was under $20 after tax & shipping. So I now have a complete frankenbook copy of LTMM #4! It was actually the small "comics" variant again, that seems to be the somewhat scarcer version but both of my copies are that one. Same picture I've shown here before, but it wouldn't feel right without some image. And yes, this was the better of the two front covers by some margin:

Is this the version with 2 Corben stories, or 3?

Lots are probably the best way to go. Most MAD's past about issue 40 really aren't worth that much unless they're super high grade.

Let's call it extremely optimistic. But I don't think asking 50% over the last sale of the exact same copy of a hot, scarce book is crazy, either.

Here's the order the DC's hit the stands in the US that month. The Jimmy Olsen is oldest at August 13, Superboy was August 20, Strange Adventures August 25, Action August 27. So except for the Jimmy Olsen they're all relatively late in the month.

They’re clearly issues 1974 and 1975.

They're at CB+ as well, although a lot of the scans are pretty low grade. https://comicbookplus.com/?cid=3515

The weird thing there is they apparently did copyright their actual comics, just not the magazines.

It may just be me, but as near as I can tell everyone in the B & W comic magazine business was similarly heavy handed when they could be.

Eerie #15 thoughts: Cover: A reasonably effective image by Prezio as far as it goes, but WAY too much of the cover taken up by text, and rather ineffectually purple prose at that. The Graves of Oconoco: Nice art by Boyette & Mastroserio over a decent story by Benson that doesn't quite perfectly gel, but tries to present an interesting counterpoint between the two scientists. I'll give it points for ambition, and it still works, just not as well as I think the author hoped. Sadly, this is our last art by Mastroserio, whose death will be announced in the next issue of Eerie. Wardrobe of Monsters: I said it was a story when we first saw it, and I stand by that. Minus further points for using a photo of an Eerie mask to outro the story. The Demon Wakes: We get the introduction of "Tony Williamsune" (their standard collective pseudonym is misspelled here) over a -script by Goodwin that may have been left over from before he left. I'm guessing it was a combination of a -script and a detailed plot for the artists, which Goodwin would have seriously trimmed down in editing. With that said, there's once again a neat core idea and it's a decent piece, just not as good as it could have been. Under the Skin: I'm still not a fan of Grandenetti, so not impressed with this choice of reprint either. The Doll Collector: Mondiero draws all of two stories and two covers for Warren, and Kahler is a one-story wonder across the entire GCD, not just Warren. The story is decent but doesn't really feel like Warren style horror to me, not sure I can quite nail down why not. A Change in the Moon: Jones may have apologized for the quality of the artwork but I don't see why. This story is excellent, with a marvelously executed twist and beautiful art. There's too much in this issue that I had to damn with faint praise for me to call this issue a return to form. But compared to the Creepy #20 this is a massive step back in the right direction, particularly with the excellent Diamond/ Jones story closing the book. I think I would have felt I had gotten my 40 cents worth had this one showed up in my mailbox as part of a subscription... which hasn't been the case with the last few issues.

Looking forward to the results, it should be interesting.

Thank you. That makes it sound like less than 10% of the copies are the ones that were stolen, and some of those he recovered. So the odds of this being one of those copies is pretty low.

We were never anything other than good in my book, and you certainly never made me feel "less than" in any way. I phrased "beat me to the deal" very badly; it's absolutely a friendly competition. But it means I know what finding the Blazing Combats is like on a gut level that I simply don't on the three books, because I had my own hunt for them. Goodness knows I gloat about the fact I got a pedigree BC #3 enough, I'm all about showing off as well. But it's harder for me to react to these books because they're not on my radar like the others were. I had never heard that about the HoH books either, but it's not something I know much about either.

Sorry if my response was a bit underwhelming by the end, but I just couldn't think of anything to add that I hadn't really said so went with the simple "likes". I think part of that is, of the three books, I personally consider the House of Horror the least interesting of the three, and the After Hours the most interesting. So the books, while all genuinely impressive, were moving backwards on my personal interest scale. There's also the fact that the issue are all somewhat reserved for the true Warren completest... lots of us have gone looking for the Blazing Combat run, for instance, and instantly grasp your achievement in getting them all at once. But most of us have filed those three books as unobtainable or not ones we're looking for, so we don't have that visceral "you beat me to the deal" reaction that we did on the Blazing Combats. Getting those books is an amazing achievement, and you have my congratulations and admiration!

Posted in the Four Color thread yesterday, time for them to show up here:

Two, I believe. It actually turned up a few years ago in the Mystery Science Theater 3000 comic, as well.

That's likely to cause spine ticks or worse structural damage, but not sure if it will impact the color...

I don't recall them being great literature, but Dell/ Western always demanded a minimum level of basic storytelling competence that was far greater than a lot of the other Golden Age publishers. Add Matt Baker art and I think they qualify as good, and more readable and enjoyable than I find the Baker romance stories. (I love looking at the Baker romance, but trying to actually read them makes my brain hurt.)

Much of it was a big box of cheap goodies from MCS.

And the Eeries. I'm only 3 books shy of having everything for the Reading Club through the end of the year:

Today's MADness: