OtherEric

You're only telling half the story; the cover is a Vaughn Bode - Basil Gogos collaboration. One of only two pieces I'm aware of they worked on together, and the other was a paperback cover.

I was thinking something similar about the art... it looks just like you would expect to see with Stevens inking Kirby. The series had some impressive cover artists. In addition to the Kirby/ Stevens cover here, there are covers by Byrne, Perez, Arthur Adams, Chaykin, and Frazetta.

I've got a few books like that. In the case of my Venus #18, I'll take it anyway and be glad I have it. On a couple of Target Comics with Wolverton Spacehawk, I actually got a binder with page holders and have each page in its own sleeve. It's not worth any collector value... but they're readable, and they're not that easy to track down at all.

Found in a dollar bin. Pretty sure I already have a copy, but no clue where it is, so grabbed it anyway:

Found a bag with 11 assorted Whitman/ Gold Key books for $5 today. This was the highlight for me:

So, wandered into the Half Price Books today, in case something caught my eye... $5 each. I already had one of the Startling Stories, but this is an upgrade even with the grease pencil. Nothing spectacular, but certainly stuff I would expect to go for more than what I paid. And I don't often find pulps in the wild these days, with the exception of one store, and even they don't get new stuff in often.

Today's book. It looks much better in person, the scanner is pulling up reflections on every bit of spine stress. Also, it was just over $12 all told with tax and shipping; the actual bid was 99c. I'm not complaining at all.

Gene Colan has been in a few issues we covered, although generally credited as Eugene Colan. Every other publisher he's normally credited as Gene. Or Adam Austin. As you noticed Gene is how he signed the splash page, unlike the table of contents where he's listed as Eugene.

A few items today. The Perma P236 appears to be very badly sun faded, but it's a cool net effect, and will still be good reading. The Once and Future King has been on my "I should read this" list for decades at this point, and the movie tie-in cover amused me:

With only one poor picture there's no way to tell. Based on the stated grades, probably not.

This word, I do not think it means what you think it means...

Vampirella

Eerie

Blazing Combat

Creepy has enough to get split in two:

Was reminded of this thread I created, and since I can actually do this now, let's have pictures of all 30 original Frazetta covers for Warren. We'll start with Creepy:

Agreed, but I don't think this is necessarily the story that shows that to best effect. He's got 15 more stories in the next 15 issues of Creepy & Eerie, so we'll see some more great work from him over the next few months of the reading group.

I think I've seen that mentioned before, but had forgotten the details. Also, welcome to the forums!

This issue hit the stands the same month as Ditko's antepenultimate issues of Amazing Spider-Man and Strange Tales, it's entirely possible given a reduced lead time on the Warren magazines (they don't have to go through a coloring stage, and the smaller size of the operation in general) this was Ditko's first work after leaving Marvel.

Eerie #3 thoughts Cover: One of the absolute classic Warren covers by Frazetta... which is admittedly not that small a group, but this still stands out from the pack. Frontispiece: Nice work by Jack Davis, it's a shame he didn't do more for Warren... but I've said that repeatedly. Soul of Horror: Not the most original plot, but it's one that's always incredibly spooky, and well done by Goodwin and Torres. The Lighthouse: A fairly trite "punish the descendant" plot, elevated by Williamson's artwork. Room with a View: We welcome Steve Ditko to Warren. Goodwin had a solid grasp of how to write stories that highlighted Ditko's legendary talents for weirdness. This is a good point to highlight just how many incredible artists were working for Warren at this point... Frazetta, Wood, Ditko, Toth, and Williamson are all names that could easily make a list of top 10 comic artists of all time. I'm not sure they're all on my list if I ever broke down and created it, but they're all solid candidates. Monsterwork: A fairly straightforward story with a predictable twist, but well done. Rocco Mastroserio is not an artist I'm that familiar with, and I've never been terribly impressed with what I have seen of his stuff at Charlton, but he does solid work here. Under the Skin: This one is far more Grandetti than Orlando, and honestly I've never warmed to Grandetti's artwork. Eerie's Monster Gallery: Not bad art as such from Johnny Craig, but it seems poorly staged to me. It looks more like a story panel than a pin-up; the exact opposite of the common complaint about lots of other artists. The Monument: A good and unusual story from Goodwin, but the art by Toth, while good, seems less inspired than most of their collaborations so far. Full Fathom Fright: Very nice art by Colon, and a slightly unusual story structure elevates what could have been a fairly routine piece. Easy Way to a Tuff Surfboard: Very nice Frazetta art on a public service ad from Warren. I think this may be Frazetta's last sequential art. Get used to seeing this one a lot, though.. All in all, a very strong issue, but no stories that jump out as all-time classics in my opinion.

I managed to get the Special for $50... if you don't count tax or shipping, and ignore the fact it's loose from the binding. Your copy will turn up eventually.

I don't even know these days, honestly. But Baker + pedigree + nicely presenting for grade is a recipe for a high price tag, that's for sure.

I suspect any pedigree slab with a gold label will be getting at least SOME pedigree premium going forward.

Congratulations!

How is the book? I have the US version but haven't read it yet: