OtherEric

I can't argue with that list too much. I think there must be something key in the 30's Weird Tales, but nothing much comes to mind. Possibly July 1933, with The Dreams in the Witch-House and the (ghost-written) Horror in the Museum; plus CAS's Ubbo-Sathla, might qualify... 3 Mythos stories is, I believe, a record for the 30's. I suspect the May and July 1941 issues, with The Case of Charles Dexter Ward and the iconic Bok covers and Lovecraft's name big on both of them (and HUGE on one) have a lot of room to grow, as well. But they're a ton more common than the 20's or even the 30's issues in my experience.

I do wonder which Lovecraft books you consider key. Or anybody considers key, actually. With so many of his stories first appearing in amateur magazines it's less obvious than it might otherwise be.

That was, to some degree, my take as well. If those were comics, not pulps, they would be gone already at those prices. The first Conan, in particular, would be pulling way more than that asking price, I think. But pulps they are, not comics, and so the prices seem... interesting is the best word, I agree. With that said, even I was willing and able to spend that much money on a single book, I would be skeptical of a dealer who can't tell Margaret Brundage from J. Allen St. John in their descriptions.

Some people might not feel this qualifies as pre-code horror. But I think it fits here nicely:

Found at a thrift store today. You show me a Steranko cover I don't already have and I'm reaching for my wallet in a heartbeat:

Found in the wild today. Well worth the $5

Here's one I got a few days ago; with the regular cover from the Grand Comics Database for comparison. The UPC code is different, ending in 00129, not 00111. And I'm pretty sure the logo color is different, but that might just be the scan on the 00111 version. The other two books were the lenticular ASM 789 and 2nd printing Champions #1

Walt Kelly to Walt Kelly

At least a few. I remember the Scribbly for sure because it was issue #9 for $9; the Authentic Police Cases because I remember where and when I got it and there's no way I would have paid more than $10 for what was (at that point) essentially a random non-super hero GA book, and the Jumbo was $3 for sure because I got it last month at ECCC. I've got several others, but those are the ones I have scans of handy. I've got an All-American Comics #15 which I originally paid $2 for, but it was coverless. (I've since added the cover thanks to a board member here, but that was... notably more expensive. ) Oh, yes, dates. The Scribbly was early 90's and the Authentic Police Cases was late 90's, give or take a couple years on each.

Just in today. Another one on the very, very short list of "still cheap Baker books".

Thank you. A closer look shows Baker's hand clearly, but there's quite a bit that doesn't look that much like his work as well. Very happy to have it at all.

If ever there was a cartoonist whose birthday falling on April 1st was appropriate, it's Sheldon Mayer. His work on Scribbly, Sugar & Spike, and any number of DC humor features, shows that readily. Beyond that, his importance to the history of comics... convincing his bosses to publish Superman and co-creating the Justice Society... is as great as almost anybody in the history of the field. (The JSA picture is obviously not by Mayer, but it seemed like a fitting piece to include anyway.)

In today. Not particularly rare; but I think this issue tends to disappear a bit quicker than a lot of the Dell US issues when it turns up.

And, from one of the first 5 issues a couple weeks ago to one of the last 5 issues today.

The Jimminy and the Magic Book stories are just delightful. One of these years I need to track down the issues I'm still missing (including World's Finest 70).

Planet Stories really are the epitome of what people think of when they think of Science Fiction Pulp covers.

My copy is missing the centerfold. It's definitely not a common book, but I don't think it really breaks out as much rarer than most other More Funs in the 108-127 run. With that said, the 108-127 run of More Funs are pretty darn scarce on the ground.

Finlay to Finlay

In today. Amazing work by Kubert:

Truely, a picture worth a thousand words.

Kurtzman edited to Kurtzman edited; and a fitting issue for the start of spring

Picked these up at ECCC this weekend. The brittle pages on the 101 would normally have stopped me, but I figured for $3 it was still worth it.

Got this in today. All I'm looking for now is 8-10, which make the last three issues of Savage Sword look positively easy to find by comparison. I may not even bother with the 8 & 9, since I'm mostly focusing on the Roy Thomas issues.

It really is. That 19 puts me over the half-way mark, so only 11 issues to go. And I've already got 1 and 2, so 5 is the big problem. I've also got the first 8 issues in magazine format, which I believe runs out all the Kurtzman inventory material. I don't count those in my total, of course.