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OtherEric

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  1. In today. Only 1 D-series SF double to go, and it's on order. Already trying to figure out how to manage a group shot:
  2. Copy #4, courtesy of an assorted lot from @ft88's recent sale. It wasn't the reason I grabbed the lot, but the fact I have no immediate intentions of unloading any of my copies suggests that I may be hoarding this issue:
  3. I'll think about it more and post later if others don't beat me to it, but the obvious changes to me would be "Vintage PB's", to avoid confusion with comic TPB's, and possibly "non-comic magazines" rather than "other magazines".
  4. I can try to find what box this one is in and rescan it if you were interested in working on it, Darwin.
  5. Trying to find issues of “West” with the Zorro stories can be a pain as well. Some names were just never designed with internet searches in mind.
  6. Agreed that a separate forum would be useful, with the same caveat that they should still be allowed in GSB as well. I would also suggest that it should be made explicit that paperback sales could be in the pulp section as well, if it does get created.
  7. A couple issues of Amazing from @Randall Dowling's recent sale:
  8. A digest in today from @Randall Dowling. From a purely speculative viewpoint, I expect this one to become scarce on the ground fairly quickly as people realize it's one of the only girls in tubes covers that hasn't gone ballistic already:
  9. A big box in today from @Randall Dowling, including a couple digests that will make nice type samples for their respective publishers. Although I do wonder if anybody has actually read any of these in the past 50 years, or if they're all in the hands of collectors mostly interested in the cover art:
  10. I can't speak for others, I normally only pick up DC funny animal books if a) they're really cheap, like 2-5 dollars at most, or b) if they have Sheldon Mayer stories. Fox & the Crow rarely meet those requirements, so I don't have many, although I do have appearances of them in other books, like Comic Cavalcade, which has Mayer stories in many issues.
  11. April 1st has always seemed like a fitting birthday for Sheldon Mayer:
  12. Like I said, no longer my copy. But it is a pretty nice book, isn’t it? I’ll see if I can get a photo of my copy when I get home.
  13. I had a Fightin' Marines #15 that was about that bad, only along the right edge. Sold it to a boardie pretty quickly, a quick check shows that it's still the highest graded after they submitted it. I'm happy enough with my 4.0 that I got as part of the sale/trade:
  14. When you finally see the story, tell me I'm wrong describing the main character like that!
  15. Eerie #35 thoughts: Cover: The index sums up Enrich's debut quite nicely. Although I wonder what Tor Johnson did to deserve his fate here. Monster Gallery: This seems to be John Cornell's only comic credit, other than a fan page appearance in Creepy a few months earlier. Extremely good work for a one page wonder, it reminds me a bit of Barry Windsor-Smith's early work. Retribution: Nice art by Englehart, an enjoyably pulpy story by him and Fox. The Comet's Curse: Beautiful art by Brunner, a solid enough plot by Saunders. I think the story could have used another page or two to breathe, though... the time jump makes both parts feel slighly rushed. The Tower of Demon Dooms: Mike Ploog only does four stories for Warren. He's one of those creators whose impact in comics is huge relative to how much work he actually did, including co-creating Ghost Rider, Werewolf by Night, and Weirdworld for Marvel. His art here is excellent, except... the main character looks like D**k Tracy cosplaying as Conan, and I find it terribly distracting. I Am Dead, Egypt, Dead: Victor De La Fuente is going to turn up a lot once we reach the 1980's, largely in translated reprints of work he originally did for international publishers. But I believe this is his only story for Warren in the 70's. The story is excellent, with an extremely clever and well executed series of twists at the end. I also want to note the clever touch of having the site be the tomb of Rameses... there were eleven Pharaohs of that name, giving them any number of choices should somebody complain that some of the details aren't right. Cats and Dogs: A clever conceit by Bill DuBay for the plot, and as so often happens I respect Grandenetti's craft on the art without actually enjoying it. Money: An excellent story by Kim to finish off the issue. Easy Way to a Tuff Surfboard count: 14! But we're getting very near the end, this is the last appearance in EERIE. Overall, an great issue, starting with a spectacular cover and continuing with a bunch of stories ranging from very good to excellent. I would have felt my 60 cents were very well spent if I bought this one off the racks.
  16. As far as I know, it's not that the pedigree label is extra, it's that the pedigree label is not available on magazines at all. I was asking a while ago in regard to some Fantucchio magazines I have. Not sure why it isn't.
  17. Sticking with my 2nd print on Soft Touch for now... but somebody should claim it and remove the temptation, please!