OtherEric

Does anybody know why that issue was particularly scarce? If I recall correctly, it was the only issue of the original 1-21 run I could never track down, other than the #1. And #1 had no editorial content, so I never bothered.

@Escaflown41covered 95% of my reasons for saying that. The only thing I would add is there are still collectors out there who don't think of magazines as "real" comics.

Heart & Soul #1. Grand Comics Database is your friend.

Probably; I suspect a large number of Vampirella fans have never seen an issue of the Warren run. I can't imagine any fans of the magazine not being an Enric fan, however.

So they know the book has a connection to someone who had a connection to Frank, since Frank is gone and they can’t get the direct connection any more. I don’t claim that’s a GOOD explanation, but it’s the only one I’ve got.

As I’ve mentioned, I’m amazed at how many fairly large batches I’ve been able to get. I expected that to dry up a lot earlier.

His stuff is amazing. I still have the early issues of Warlock 5 somewhere…

What did we do to deserve you mooning us?

You're both right. There was a three page MAUS story by Spiegelman in Funny Aminals, but it is not part of the collected story. That began in RAW. There is also a short non-MAUS story in Short Order Comix that was incorporated into the collected story.

It's also quite possible they were distributing the books in other markets we haven't figured out yet, or were considering doing so if the smaller books proved a success. While I have no idea what the break point would be, I assume at some point it stops being worthwhile printing regional price variants. At that point defaulting to an US price for an US publisher would seem the reasonable default approach to me.

Today's additions. 26 more issues to go; 30 if you include the Annual, the Special, and the Comix International issues with Vampi reprints.

Some of the non-Vampi covers are awesome, though. Even if you don't include the Frazettas:

As is so often the case, this is utterly fascinating even if I have nothing useful to contribute to the discussion. Thank you.

You're a better man than I. But when multiple people's first question about my Vampi collection was "do you have #113" I figured it was worth the money to avoid debating the point. Just not very much money, as the condition of my copy shows...

So, Vampirella #113. When I started to put together my Warren Vampi run, I gave serious thought to whether or not I wanted to get the #113. It's not actually by Warren. It only has one new story, and that story isn't a Vampirella story. It's not actually as rare as its reputation suggests, but it's still priced as if it was. I had nearly convinced myself not to bother. Then everybody I talked to in person about working on the run's first question was "Have you found a copy of #113 yet?" It's clearly considered a key part of the Warren run, and I'm not one to go against the consensus on something like this, particularly if it means people would say I'm not actually done. Although I'm going to draw the line if anybody insists I need both the hardcover and softcover versions of the special (not that I have either yet.) Anyway, I set myself a low price point and grabbed a low grade copy when I spotted one. Other than the obvious damage it's fairly nice as a a reading copy, and even if I overpaid for this specific copy it fell within my target range. And now I can stop worrying about this overrated albatross of a book.

These days, definitely. Although it amazes me just how many little details like that are still out there to be discovered; a few years ago I got home from Emerald City Comic Con and realized I had not one but two previously undocumented variants on silver age books (World's Finest 96 and Help! 12). The quest to learn more about the history of our hobby will never end.

Thank you, @Malacoda. Fascinating reading and impressive research.

112 Warren issues, plus one annual and one special. There’s an issue #113 that was published by Harris a few years after the last Warren issue.

I really should get my copy cleaned & slabbed. It's not high grade but it's reasonably nice:

Once again, going to the speculation (not certainty) in The Art of Vampirella: They suspect it was because Boris started working for Skywald shortly after this issue hit the stands. He did the cover for Eerie #34 as well, according to Art of Vampirella it was actually done first even if it came out later.

I would say #210, first Krypto and first Comic Code Authority approved issue, is the start of the Silver Age if you need a specific landmark. But, as @50YrsCollctngCmcssays above, it's not a sharp line and the #208 definitely has a Silver Age flavor.

The speculation in "The Art of Vampirella: The Warren Years" is that it was combination of avoiding the logo covering the heads of the forest sprites on Boris's art, and the chance to highlight Wood's gorgeous artwork. I really need to track down a copy of this issue.

Just for comparison, I thought people might like to see the first Buck Rogers cover. It's from the second (and last) Buck Rogers story in Amazing Stories. As happy as I am to have the two issues of Amazing Stories, I have to admit I prefer Frazetta's covers more!

There There are a surprisingly large number of comics where they forgot the price. I've got a Walt Disney Comics & Stories missing a price as well, will try to dig it up and scan it.

Still trying to track down the Toth issues of Hot Wheels; the only one I've got is the #6 with Neal Adams art.