OtherEric

LCS pickup today. Only about 10 Argosies left in the box I've been working through. As has been the case with almost everything in the box, part of a Burroughs serial in this one as well:

Obviously new this week, but once again the thread needs a bump. So glad to have new comic book day back, even if it's a bit chaotic still:

Nice one! I've had my copy for years, fortunately. I've gotten a couple of Warp #5's from dollar bins since the news hit, but not the Starslayers.

And, because I think people here would appreciate the covers, the other two issues of Squa Tront I have, 7 and 13. #7 has a very nice reprint of "Lucky Fights It Through" in it.

And, a little research answered my own question: All four stories eventually appeared, but in black & white 2d. "Spawn of Venus" appeared in witzend #6, 1969. "Slave Ship" and "Child of Tomorrow" supposedly both appeared in Squa Tront #4, and "The Planetoid" first appeared in Squa Tront #5, 1974. I don't have a Squa Tront # 4 yet; but I just got in the #5 to go with my witzend #6. Spell check is having fits over that last paragraph...

At least, on the EC's, you're only losing the logo on most of the stripped books, not part of the art. Ingles is SO under-rated...

It's a digest, if you consider those separate from pulps, but there's this one. Not my copy, found online. Or is this the 2nd one you were thinking of?

I think you're right that it's a miswrap, not trimmed.

Pseudonym to Pseudonym:

July 39 to August 39

Very happy to finally complete this run; I've shown it book by book elsewhere but I think it deserves a post here in group shots as well:

I really, really do need to make another push or two on the title... it's been steady too long. Don't worry, I'm looking for lower grade copies to read, not slab, so minimal competition.

I think that's just fading, but not 100% sure. One could also be late in the print run so ink was low. If you decide to get rid of one of those, PM me and let me know what you want, by the way...

I'm afraid I can't help you on your main topic, but wanted to welcome you to the boards. That's the Avenger in your avatar, right?

So my LCS is open again, at least for curbside pickup. I told the owner to grab me one of the $10 Argosies out of the box I've been working through for months to go with my one comic for the past month. This is the one that he pulled out; has a part of Burroughs "The War Chief". Just a beautiful copy, the Argosies in the box have been variable condition but I think this one is the best yet:

It also has an edge, I think, in that it was one of the earliest documented price variants. People were aware of it a long time before the 35 cent variants on other marvels of the time became widely known. It's also a key book with a variant, and has been pretty much since day 1. 1st Sabertooth, by contrast, wasn't viewed as a key book until well after it came out.

It's a beauty, that's for sure. I thought CGC had started labeling it as a classic cover?

A handful in today. They really went all out on the 25th anniversary issue of Weird Tales, a very impressive collection of talent. Bradbury's story is "The October Game", which I think is probably the most outright horror story (as opposed to dark fantasy) he ever did. All the more scary because there's nothing supernatural or fantastic at all in it. I'm almost done putting together the run of "Herbert West- Reanimator" reprints in Weird Tales. Not 100% sure why I'm bothering, other than general principles... despite the story's fame (because of the movies), it's generally regarded as one of Lovecraft's poorest works.

Davis was amazing. Agreed that 28 is slightly trickier than the others; I sometimes wonder if it's the three cover variants so more copies are locked up in collections than usual. The Guided Missiles is easily the most common of the three, both of the Income Tax Guides are much scarcer. Not looking to hard for those, but might grab them if I spot them.

You're right, that missing 1958 issue is weird... the Bugs Bunny Christmas Giants didn't skip a year. The 15c Pogo's went back to 52 pages, after issues 5-8 were down to 36. I wonder why they didn't hype the bigger page count to go with the price bump. For the last three issues they went back to 10c and 36 pages, and threw in reprints from Animal Comics as well. I've heard that annoyed Kelly... he felt the earlier stories looked poor in comparison to the then current ones.

I don't think it actually is. The Christmas 1958 Dell Giants had the 35c price tag, then they went to the "Dell Giant" blanket title, dropped the page count, and went back to a quarter. I have a few of the 15c regular issue Dell variants, but I don't think I have any of the price variant giants.

Honest question: Is that really the first Boba Fett, or just the 1st Boba Fett Cover? I'm fuzzy on the order that Star Wars #39-44, Marvel Super Special 16, the paperback, and the treasury all came out in. I'm in good shape, I have all but the treasury. But not sure which is the true first appearance of Boba Fett in comics. (Note to self: Track down the ESB treasury sooner rather than later... I would love to see the Williamson art in the large format.)

I've seen much worse. But there wasn't a lot of GOOD 3D books in the 50's, honestly... St. John and, to a lesser degree, Harvey, are really the only ones who did anything I found particularly worthwhile from what I've seen. Does anybody know where the stories meant for 3D # 3 appeared? I have "Spawn of Venus" in an issue of Witzend, and "The Planetoid" in 50 Girls 50 and other stories. Not sure where the other two appeared, or if they were even finished.

A couple in today. Tralla La is, even by the standards of Barks works, a standout classic. I've only seen reprints before today:

A few in today. This gives me all three Faceless Creature stories. The Grey Tone cover on the 143 doesn't get the love the 110 does, but it's just beautiful in person. The Grey Tone covers just never show up as nicely on a computer screen as they do in hand, unfortunately. I stand corrected on my earlier statement when I thought SA 226 had the last new story in the title, 227 has a new one as well.