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  1. OtherEric
    The #122 happens to be in bag I bought it in still; it looks like I got it from @TerrysComics a few years ago, presumably at ECCC.
  2. OtherEric
    The More Fun #117 was the first issue of the title I ever owned; and one of the first pre-code DC's I ever got. I'm given to understand that I got insanely lucky and that it's rare even by the standards of More Fun.
  3. OtherEric
    Budget constraints mean my appreciation of More Fun is mostly limited to the end of the run; the book is a mixed bag but I really do enjoy the Genius Jones and Jimminy and the Magic Book features:
  4. OtherEric
    Here's a real "one and done" book I have, for Timely Heroes. This is my only issue of Marvel Mystery; and the only GA appearance I have of the Human Torch, Captain America, and the Blonde Phantom. It also features the Sub-Mariner (I have one issue of that title) and Venus (I have about 4/5 of the Venus run, in very low grade). So the three major Timely heroes and two of the minor ones; it will do for me:
  5. OtherEric
    To be fair, the Weird Tales I posted is far from my only issue... but it was the first issue I ever got with Brundage or Robert E. Howard or Lovecraft; and if it wasn't that pulps are so cheap compared to comics I would be quite happy with it as my real done in one book. So it was the single representative when I got it.
  6. OtherEric
    If I recall correctly, I think they said they had to destroy something like 10% of each of the first two runs of #2 because they were badly miscut or something, so they're slightly rarer than those numbers suggest. Even at 30K the 2nd printing 2 is the rarest Turtle book I have.
  7. OtherEric
    My first con would have been a small show at the Seattle Center, I think late 80's but possibly very early 90's. I know Roy Thomas was one of the guests, as he was the first creator I ever met, and at that point I had no idea how to talk coherently to somebody I admired. It was the show where I got my first EC comic; not positive if it was Weird Science #18 or Mad #20. I may have gotten both of them at that show, but I don't think so; I still have them both. Although I did wind up selling the WS 18 when I sold most of my EC's in the early 00's to pay rent, I later ran across it from another dealer at a later show and bought it back... it was beat up enough that I recognized it as my old copy.
  8. OtherEric
    This is actually a pulp, not a comic... but I think it's the issue to get if you only get one issue of Weird Tales. It has a cover by Margaret Brundage, a new story by Robert E. Howard, and a new story by H. P. Lovecraft, arguably the three names most associated with the magazine. And it is the ONLY issue with that trifecta... there are other issues with all three of them, but either the Lovecraft story is a reprint, or either Howard or Lovecraft just have a poem, not a story. On top of that, it has a second Lovecraft story, one of his revisions where he worked with another writer. It has a Jules de Grandin story by Seabury Quinn, which has fallen out of favor but at the time was the most popular series by the most popular writer in the book. It has a Hyperborea story by Clark Ashton Smith, as well, making this the only magazine from the 30's to have three mythos stories. And just to wrap things up, there are stories by Jack Williamson and Edmond Hamilton. So yeah, this one ticks all sorts of boxes.
  9. OtherEric
    And technically Silver Age, but I figure Treasuries are Treasuries and fit here best:
  10. OtherEric
    A nice handful of treasuries in today, courtesy of @Brock:
  11. OtherEric
    It's just less slabbed, I think. Pretty sure the print run on the 1st print of 1 was 3000 and the 2nd print was 6000. I really should just look at the old issues, they said what the print runs were a few times... not in the issues themselves, but in later issues when people asked.
  12. OtherEric
    I got my copy right when it came out. It's actually slightly bigger than the rest of the Famous First Editions,because the original book was slightly bigger and they printed it at the original dimensions. I absolutely love how they used the classic Famous First Edition trade dress. Would love to see more of these.
  13. OtherEric
    I'm pretty sure the 1st Enchantress got a jump around the time of the first film, but I may be misremembering the exact time frame. I know her 1st appearance was dollar bin fodder for decades. It may just be that the film led the last of the not repriced in 20 years copies to finally evaporate.
  14. OtherEric
    I like both covers, but 9 definitely pops more than the 12.
  15. OtherEric
    I'll be slightly contrarian and say #12. Starchie is an an absolute classic. But both are pretty strong issues.
  16. OtherEric
    In today. It's never been one I've been looking for that hard, but it's been on my "I'll grab it if I spot a copy" list for about 20 years... which I didn't realize it had been that long until just now. This one just doesn't show up very often at all.
  17. OtherEric
    I'm wondering what the bump in 1949 is... As a side note, I actually like the current DC variants, where the trade dress is kept to a minimum but is still there. Not quite virgin, but still a largely uncluttered image. But it still looks like a comic, not just a piece of art.
  18. OtherEric
    Somewhere I have Harbinger #1 and #2 with coupons. And 10c stickers from Half Price Books, right on the issue. (Or at least they used to, I think I tried removing one of the stickers with mixed results...)
  19. OtherEric
    Agreed, definitely the safest course. Luckily, I do. I've also got the complete OT book; but mine's a first. I still file it with the EC's, not the DC's, though.
  20. OtherEric
    Just make VERY sure it's not a reprint or the Whitman version.
  21. OtherEric
    You may have lumped this one in with the Wizard World editions... there was an Emerald City Comic con edition of #1 in 2014, but that was not a Wizard World show. The print run would have been huge on the regular version (I think I've got 3 or 4 copies still), but there was also a B&W variant that was for purchase, not a giveaway. Not sure what the print run on that was.
  22. OtherEric
    They actually were not. When All-Star went to the AA branding, the heroes from the DC side left, and Green Lantern & the Flash returned. You can see where the art was rather clumsily doctored to turn, for example, a Starman chapter into a GL chapter.
  23. OtherEric
    @EC ed- What do you personally consider the first EC? The two major contenders I'm aware of are Picture Stories from the Bible NT 2 (AA on cover, Educational Comics in indicia) and Picture Stories from American History #1 (EC logo on cover), but both those guesses are based on what I've personally seen, not a comprehensive knowledge of the publisher. Here's the other oddball question: Who was the publisher of each different printing of Picture Stories from the Bible (Complete OT edition)? The earliest was DC, as it is generally dated 1943. But at some point it must have moved to EC, possibly stopping at AA on the way.
  24. OtherEric
    The obvious difference would be that, unlike Quality, Charlton, and Fawcett, most All-American books prior to late 1944 had the DC logo on the cover. Another example of a book published by Gaines (instead of AA) would be the newspaper section version (similar to a Spirit section) of Picture Stories from the Bible, also from 1942: https://www.comics.org/series/82231/ I think calling the book the first EC is a bit of a stretch... but I see the case being made, and wouldn't fault anybody including it with either EC's or DC's. Or having it separate from both. It's such a rare oddity that there may never be a general consensus on where to file it. If I hadn't made it clear before, I think it's an interesting book and an awesome pick-up for @sfcityduck!
  25. OtherEric
    The line between All-American and EC has never been nearly as sharp or clear as collectors want it to be. I believe the first book with "Educational Comics" as the indicia publisher was Picture Stories from the Bible (New Testament) #2, which had the AA logo on the front cover. EC essentially started as what was left of AA after DC bought most of it.