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OtherEric

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  1. I had my next round of argument all ready to go, and was pulling out another book to use as an example. The problem being, looking at the other book actually convinced me you were right and I was wrong. Salome is better defined as a wraparound cover, all things considered. Here's the other book, by the way. I was going to argue the sharp line separating most of the spine from the back was more important that the slight overlap of image at the bottom on the Salome, but of course this book has an ever sharper line for roughly the same length... and is clearly a wraparound.
  2. Don't get me started. The seller sent me the wrong copy, I think they let me keep it free when I complained.
  3. I still say it's three distinct images, but I do think it was possibly painted as a single piece. Like I said, I don't consider it a wraparound cover, personally, but I fully understand why others do. We can at least agree it's always worth seeing again! Actually, let's get a better look at the cover:
  4. Cover: I absolutely love this cover by Sanjulian, it's firmly on my upgrade list. But I'm always slow to upgrade... Feary Tales: Possibly the best work we've seen by Kaufman yet. Lamia is a name that has been attached to a lot of myths over the centuries, and this page kind of chooses details at random. The Lurker in the Deep: Nice art, and the story is decent enough, but there are so many running subplots going on between the Helsings, Pendragon, and the Cult of Chaos that the actual story for the issue seems to be fighting for space and losing. It gets rated higher as part of an ongoing serial than as a standalone story by me. From Death's Dark Corner: Steve Hickman only has a handful of comic credits, this and the Creepy #88 cover are his only work for Warren. The art is pretty good, reminding me a bit of Wrightson's work. I consider it a little unfortunate that we get two issues in a row with titles including "Death's Dark", though... it seems repetitious. The Silver Thief and the Pharoah's Daughter: Jose Bea makes his debut here, he'll be a fairly major contributor the next few years. This seems to be Dean Latimer's only work for comic books specifically, although he does have some credits on comic stories in National Lampoon, and on non-comic stories there as well. This is an amazing debut story; the art is a little stiff and the story a little stilted in places. But overall it's beautiful looking and brilliantly written, pulling off a pitch-black comedy that lands with a glorious final page that is utterly unexpected yet inevitable. Another candidate for the all-time Warren Classics list. The Frog Prince: Very much in the same vein as the last DuBay story, but a distinct improvement as well. Still not terribly impressive, and we don't really need the short humorous palette cleanser here either. Eye of the Beholder: A rather grim and ugly story, honestly. A disappointment after Kaufman's solid Feary Tales page, although it's one of those stories I can see others liking a lot more than I did. Easy Way to a Tuff Surfboard count: The 15th and final appearance in the Reading Club, although there were more appearances in Warren magazines we don't cover here, including two in Teen Love Stories under a different title. Farewell, Tuff Surfboard, you will be missed but never forgotten! I can't call this a great issue overall, but the Silver Thief cover & story make it a winner all on their own, and there's lots of other stuff to like if not love.
  5. Oh, went ahead and did a scan of the Wraparound cover on this one as well, only the second true wraparound cover on an Ace D-series I'm aware of. (Third if you count Salome, which I don't but I get why others do.)
  6. It's over 550 that it gets REALLY tough in my experience, I've got 28 books from 501-550 but only 10 from 551-599.
  7. Yeah, the price on the #450 is something of a jaw dropper
  8. All American Comics... because they're the hardest Scribbly stories to afford, I've got his solo series just fine.
  9. Alright, LARGE batch of Ace D-series in today. Paging @Randall Dowling, another nurse book somehow slipped into the order:
  10. The D-446 is already on the upgrade list. The D-426 is already on the upgrade ordered list:
  11. In today: A small batch of Ace D-series books. The D-121 is a much needed upgrade to my earlier copy:
  12. I posted the full set over in the EC thread, but I figure the group should be seen here as well:
  13. In today. Again, calling on my fellow club members to keep us on the front page, we slipped again. Only need the Mandrake #4 to finish my run:
  14. Such a crazy title, going from Saturn Science Fiction to Saturn Web Detective to Web Detective to Web Terror... Here's an issue from its earlier incarnation with a Heinlein story:
  15. That's as good an example of any as to what I was referring to, @Axe Elf. I can see it not bugging others as much as it did me. And it's not so much that my problem was "he looks like Tracy", it was more "he looks off to me" and that was the best way I figured to describe the issue after the fact. I tried to avoid spoilers in my comments, but the lack of anything supernatural was what I was trying to hint at with my "well-executed twists" comment. It's a noir mystery using the fact we expect the supernatural in context to hide the twists. I think quite a lot of Manga artists manage 20-30 pages a week over long periods of time; but generally they use quite a few assistants to do it. Not sure how fast Kim would be if he was drawing it entirely on his own.
  16. Agreed, that one was mind blowing. A little searching suggests its history is more complicated that you might expect... but the title was always controversial. @jimjum12, I sincerely appreciate you sharing that one... but unlike many covers here, I have no need to see it again.
  17. I would say "our work here is done", but in reality it continues day by day in this thread...
  18. I don't have that one would be why. But it's going on the list for sure...
  19. We should put together a list of Fridge Magnet books one of these years, a lot of those round logo Avons would make the list.