OtherEric

I think some have warping on the cover when it wasn't glued on quite evenly originally, as well. You can see what I mean along the spine on this cover.

I think there is a romance pulp with a similar insert, and some pulps have comic stories but aren’t full- blown inserts like these. https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?cid=887

In today. The antepenultimate issue of the original run, it features the last new cover art and the Weird Tales debut of the last of the great Weird Tales creators from the classic run, with an illustration by Gahan Wilson. I'm glad he managed to get in before the book was cancelled; even if he only turned up in two issues. The scan of his page is from the internet, not my copy, but the scan of the cover is mine.

Found at my local store today, and this thread needs a bump anyway:

Decent chance I'll be there at least one day, since it's near me. Need to see what my budget looks like closer to the show.

Nice! As far as I know, the Mystery Book is the first publication of the story. I think mine was actually after the Dell 10c version.

I sometimes think the "New" Two-Fisted Tales issues are really the first New Direction books. Still good stuff, but as you say a big drop-off from the Kurtzman issues.

Not a key, but it is... by a fair margin... my favorite issue of the run.

I've only ever cracked a couple books... Mostly because I've only ever owned 3 slabs that I recall. I would be more than happy to report the books as deslabbed for the census. What I have zero willingness to do is make the effort and use the stamp to send in the labels. However small a task it may be, the upside return just isn't there. It might be if I somehow knew everyone, or even 90% of unslabbing got reported, but at this point that will never happen. Even if a lot of people keep the labels with the deslabbed books I bet for a majority of them the labels no longer exist.

I know 50 got a bump for a while as first Justice League Dark, but no clue if that's still true.

I didn't say "most", I said "many". And I said "definitive", which isn't the same as best. But, for better or worse, her covers are what a lot of people think of when they think "pulp art". I would even agree this is somewhat circular, she gets rolled out often as the definitive artist, so a lot of people who were not previously familiar with pulps have her as their first encounter with pulp art, and then they bring her up when they introduce others to the genre. I also think being iconic and being best have absolutely nothing to do with each other. I personally think Finlay and Bok were better WT cover artists, myself. I love Brundage's covers for what they are... but recognize very much the limitations. Also, I personally think both the Suspense 3 and Weird Tales Batwoman cover are overrated. Neither are the book I would choose if I could pick one issue of the respective run for my own collection. I think we are both largely in agreement with one another, we're just trying to refine how we're presenting our case.

It may be the Suspense 3 of Pulps, though. An iconic cover- probably the most famous- by the artist considered by many the definitive cover artist of the era.

I maintain this, with the first Warren horror comic story, is a deeply underrated book. Wally Wood art, no less!

I think I just need to break down and grab this Eerie. I know it's credited just to Todd, not Bode, but it certainly is of a piece with the Todd/ Bode covers...

A 2.0 with OW/W pages, rather than brittle? I say crack it, that looks like a wonderful reading copy.

Thank you for the heads up, I've got a copy of "The Best of William Irish" on order from ABE books, which includes the After-Dinner Story collection. It also has Phantom Lady (which I have) and Deadline at Dawn (which I don't).

I believe reprints of the Reddy Kilowatt books continued into the 60's. Not certain EC actually gets credit for publishing this version, no publisher is listed that I can find. Just a copyright 1965 to Reddy Kilowatt.

Jon Berk Collection to Don & Maggie Thompson collection (I really need to get this slabbed sooner rather than later...):

As I've said before, I'll make due with this in lieu of the #33. For the #36, I've got both the 10c Dell and the pulp. Need to track down at least reprints on the Woolrich stories one of these days:

The GCD is entirely limited to whatever people add, I've had more than a few books where I discover something is missing and am amazed that nobody had bothered to post it sooner. Thank you, the book and scan are added and awaiting approval at the GCD now.

May I use your scan to add the book to the GCD, since as you note they're missing it currently?

A friend had this when I was a kid, it was my introduction to Berni Wrightson. Need to track down a copy for myself one of these centuries.

According to the GCD the newsstand only has the price on the spine, that certainly looks like the newsstand version to me. Mike's Amazing World has the on-sale date as December 1987, with a cover date of 1988. So if the date wasn't actually on the book, 4/88 is probably a decent guess as to what other books on the stand were dated when it came out. My guess is somebody didn't recognize it was a known variation and put what they could on the label.

My guess is sun fade, what does the back cover look like? Or, like @comixbiblesuggests, it could be a missing plate. I suspect, in either case, it's a first print based on the background appearance.

Others are looking at the Weird... I'm thinking "I still need a copy of Creepy #9!"