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Everything posted by OtherEric
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You have to love the Kirby/ Wood combo. I actually found this one in the wild a couple months ago or so:
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That's the definition I use, with the qualifier that I am specifically talking somewhere that sells comics regularly. I wouldn't include an antique store that happened to have half a dozen books, for example. I know at least one store that will at least occasionally put good stuff in the bins deliberately to keep people looking, or because it's not in their specific wheelhouse. I like to claim the dollar I spent on this book was the second best book that store sold that weekend, for example: (The best book they sold that weekend was the 9.0 Action #1, just for reference.)
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Got this one in this week. It has "A Kind of Justice", which occupies a bit of an odd spot on the list of all time EC classics. It's one that does get mentioned on that list frequently, but it doesn't actually get discussed nearly as much as the other all time greats. It's one of the darkest and most uncomfortable stories EC ever did, and its impact has not dropped one iota in the 65 years since it was published. It's still hard to talk about even after all this time. I'm very, very glad to have a copy in my collection; I think the story is true EC masterpiece.
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Comics, Pulps, and Paperbacks: Why such a discrepancy in values?
OtherEric replied to Reno McCoy's topic in Pulp Magazines
My favorite of JDM's SF/fantasy novels is "The Girl, The Gold Watch, and Everything". It's probably best described as Science-Fantasy and it's far more a comedy than his normal work. I still need to track down a 1st edition. @Pat Calhoun showed his other two SF novels, although Planet of the Dreamers is normally published as Wine of the Dreamers. It's arguably his actual first novel; although "The Brass Cupcake" was published as a book first the magazine version of Dreamers showed up in Startling Stories a few months earlier. My personal favorite of his SF short stories is "Final Mission", in the Nov. 1950 Planet Stories. 4 pages that packs one heck of a punch. Just in general, I like his SF more for the tone than the science... he's more interested in the characters than a lot of the authors of the time, and a lot of his stuff might almost be called Space Opera Noir. The other warning I would give is his stories in Super Science Stories tend to be of lesser quality than his other SF stories, although there are exceptions either way. And while I'll probably get 1st editions of his three SF novels eventually I doubt I'll ever track down the first edition of the last short story I'm missing. It's called The Spiralled Myth, and was first published in an APA type publication that was mostly circulated among pros. I just consider myself lucky to have read it at all. -
I'll pound you to a "Pulp" if you don't show off yours!
OtherEric replied to mr.schomburg's topic in Pulp Magazines
We may need to needle you about that decision a bit... -
I actually ordered the extra-large Tales from the Crypt issue from him back in September. A beautiful book. We owe him an enormous debt for his keeping the EC stories available for the last half century
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I'll pound you to a "Pulp" if you don't show off yours!
OtherEric replied to mr.schomburg's topic in Pulp Magazines
How’s the paper? If it’s brittle at all I wouldn’t get it... but if it’s supple despite the yellowing I think I would tell myself I could blow my ECCC budget on that instead of the show -
The #110 is decidedly all over the place right now price wise. I’m happy with what I paid for my low grade but presents well for the grade copy, though. And in the wild finds are always fun.
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I'll pound you to a "Pulp" if you don't show off yours!
OtherEric replied to mr.schomburg's topic in Pulp Magazines
Here's a couple I have handy, skipping the August 1928 since @Ricksneatstuff already showed it... and it's possibly the single scan I've shared on these boards the most times. I still can't quite believe I own a copy. -
A couple more Strange Adventures today. The 53 is the last pre-code issue, and I think a lot of people would like to get a hand on the 110 these days.
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This Week in Your Bronze Age Collection!!
OtherEric replied to TupennyConan's topic in Bronze Age Comic Books
Found at a local store today; the copy I had previously was a total beater so it's nice to get a decent copy: -
Comics, Pulps, and Paperbacks: Why such a discrepancy in values?
OtherEric replied to Reno McCoy's topic in Pulp Magazines
Found in the wild today. Not a publisher I normally have any interest in, but I've wanted at least one example of their pre-romance books in my collection for quite a while. I've just never run across any in the wild before: -
Comics, Pulps, and Paperbacks: Why such a discrepancy in values?
OtherEric replied to Reno McCoy's topic in Pulp Magazines
He's one of my favorites as well; and prolific enough I've still got quite a lot I haven't read. I have a fondness for his science fiction, which a lot of people aren't aware of. I've managed to track down a nearly complete set of his SF pulps. -
I'll pound you to a "Pulp" if you don't show off yours!
OtherEric replied to mr.schomburg's topic in Pulp Magazines
The second half or so of the Planet run really is just utterly iconic when it comes to SF pulps. -
Comics, Pulps, and Paperbacks: Why such a discrepancy in values?
OtherEric replied to Reno McCoy's topic in Pulp Magazines
Some very sharp looking copies there. -
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OBSCURE DC'S! - Post 'em if you love 'em!
OtherEric replied to 50YrsCollctngCmcs's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
These are the four with the Scribbly backups. The 39 shows up a lot and the 34 took me years to track down. -
In today, courtesy of @MrBedrock Some good cheap reading I couldn't pass by at the price. Now I need to get a decent color xerox or scan of the the cover to stick with it...
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Comics, Pulps, and Paperbacks: Why such a discrepancy in values?
OtherEric replied to Reno McCoy's topic in Pulp Magazines
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Comics, Pulps, and Paperbacks: Why such a discrepancy in values?
OtherEric replied to Reno McCoy's topic in Pulp Magazines
A fairly recent edition- only about a decade old- but this is just the FUNNIEST paperback cover I've ever seen. -
No subscription fold or anything else unseen. It's really one of the nicest 50's books I've ever seen in person. To get back on topic, a pickup today. A beater, but I've never seen a copy of this series in the wild before: