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Well, if you want Bolton, I can always show these again:

I suspect they did. I wonder if the issue is scarcer because of that... first because people removed the cover to use, then because if you didn't use the calendar, it was a particularly dull cover that didn't seem worth saving.

OK, this was actually a $2 find, not a dollar, but it still seems worth posting here:

And wrap it up with some Warren Presents

A trio of Creepys:

A couple Eeries:

A bunch of Warrens from MCS today. We'll start with a complete run:

Today's additions to my underground collection, along with a couple issues of Drag Cartoons with Wonder Wart-Hog. I want to upgrade the 2 at some point, but for $2.40 I figured it was worthwhile as a filler:

I could see the Liberty going for quite a bit less... it's not a cover, and I suspect some of the people who ran up the Greek reprint may be feeling a bit shy given that an earlier source has turned up. Also, the Liberty probably can be expected to have quite a few more copies out there.

You're welcome. I'm very curious to see where the magazine lands pricewise, that's for sure. A check of my back emails shows I paid $14.25 with shipping for my copy in 2014, for anybody who wants a reference point.

So, Bleeding Cool had an article today about an issue of Liberty Magazine being the origin of the Cinderella Love #25 cover image, with the Greek Magazine being a swipe from the Liberty issue as well. (If this was discussed in this thread, I missed it... for better or worse I don't always keep up with this thread completely because I get depressed at all the books I'll never find.) Anyway, I own exactly one issue of Liberty Magazine, because it has a fantasy story by John D. MacDonald, one of my favorite authors. But, by an astounding coincidence...

3 very different finds today; the Decameron is a stated 2nd and looks like it was printed yesterday.

Found at Half Price Books this afternoon. For $2 I'm happy:

There is a part of me that wish I had bought a copy I saw at a show three years ago for $100 instead, but I'm still happy.

Find at my local store today; this one is unsurprisingly getting posted a couple places. Third print:

So, was working at the local book store today since they needed extra help during the street fair weekend, I work there maybe once a month and all my pay inevitably goes directly back to the store before I walk out. It does mean that this was only $226 out of my pocket today after tax; it's a third print and obvious flaws are obvious and I'm still crazy happy:

Eerie #2 thoughts: My first thought is that I'm still grateful to @wombat , who gave me the book back in 2018. We have some spectacularly generous people on these forums! Cover: I think the color on this one is a little dark around the edges, or at least it reproduced that way. But it's the sort of complaint that only exists because we've got around 50 Frazetta covers to work through at Warren including reprints, and it feels like it would be overkill to call every one a flawless masterpiece. Frontispiece: A nice enough introduction to Cousin Eerie by Jack Davis, much better than the image from the ashcan. But it's also clearly reproduced larger than originally drawn, which can be interesting but also looks a little rough for a first impression. Footsteps of Frankenstein: A perfectly decent story by Goodwin & Crandall, but not one that I think stands out as a classic. One for De-Money: One of the very few stories E. Nelson Bridwell did for Warren, with great art by Torres. The nonsense words of the spell gives the story a very distinct feel, I can't say it's better or worse than the typical Goodwin piece... but it feels DIFFERENT, and that's a definite strength among all the Goodwin pieces. Eye of the Beholder: And another EC alumnus joins the Warren crew. For those not familiar with the origin of the pseudonym, Jay Taycee = J. T. C.= Johnny T. Craig. This is, I believe, the only story Goodwin wrote for Craig at Warren, most of them Craig both wrote and drew. I think even more than usual Goodwin was trying to channel the EC feel, and it's a very effective introduction of one of the EC greats to Warren. Flame Fiend!: It seems like Otto Binder just went to town creating a -script for Morrow to play with flame visuals. A great example of creators working together well to create a nice showcase of craft. Eerie's Monster Gallery: An excuse to let good artists create cool splash pages, Severin is up first. At a page an issue it's a lot of fun. To Pay the Piper: And a second EC alumnus joins Warren for the first time this issue. Unlike Craig, Colan only did two stories for EC... and one of those was as a ghost. Ivie provides one of his better Warren stories to welcome Colan to the crew. Vision of Evil: Not quite as strong as the last couple Toth stories in Creepy, but still a highlight of the issue. Then again, I'm a huge fan of Toth's work, as if you couldn't tell from my comments, so my opinion on this one might not be worth as much. Ahead of the Game: I've never been particularly fond of Grandetti's work... I respect it a lot, and recognize the craft, and am glad to see something that stands out among other artists. I just don't personally enjoy it that much most of the time. And the story title crosses the line between "guess what it's referring to" and "blatantly telegraphing the ending". Back cover: I think that's a Jack Davis Cousin Eerie illustration on the back, and I like it more than the frontispiece. All in all, a very solid start to Warren's second horror title, even if there's no standout masterpieces it's an extremely strong book overall.

There may be some UK related context that I'm not getting as the designated Yank in so many of these threads... Screaming on key so it perfectly merges with the sting was a brilliant start to the character. But once the Doctor regenerates into McCoy it's all just waiting for Ace to show up and the run of great serials to start, I will admit.

I think Mel might actually have been a good companion for the Colin Baker Doctor once they got past the mess of the Trial. But the character was designed to work with a particular version and didn't mesh with the McCoy Doctor nearly as well.

I do need to sit down and read those one of these days sooner rather than later. I have most of the original pulps & digests, but the stories were originally released all out of order and then edited for the books. Growing up, my family used... and still uses... the term "Spindizzy", although our use refers to making sure there's not a car in the blind spot when we change lanes. I need to read the books to figure out exactly how my dad got from the description of a spindizzy on Wikipedia to us using the word that way.

I meant to post in the "This Week" thread, my apologies for stepping on your toes here, Axe Elf.

Found at the local Barnes & Noble today. I haven't been following the Warrant magazines much... but I doubt any of us in this forum could resist grabbing a couple B&W comic magazines with Frazetta and Ken Kelly covers if we ran across them in the wild. Goodness knows I couldn't. Anybody know the source of the Frazetta cover?

Finally got the last couple of mini figs I needed for this set. Blind bags drive me crazy:

Eando Binder was a joint pseudonym for Earl and Otto (E-and-O) Binder on stories they worked on together. Otto continued to use the name even after they stopped working on stories together. The Adam Link stories originally appeared under that name, although I’m not sure if Earl was involved in any of the writing of them.

This is one of the only line drawn pieces I’ve ever seen by him. The only other I recall is his story in Fight the Enemy #2. Yes, it’s paperback size.