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Creepy # 43- January 1972 According to the Warren Magazine Index: Cover: Ken Kelly (Jan. 1972) 1) Creepy’s Loathsome Lore: The Golden Sun Disk Of The Incas [T. Casey Brennan/Richard Corben] 1p [frontis] 2) Three-Way Split [Dennis P. Junot/Jorge Galvez] 8p 3) The Mark Of Satan’s Claw [Fred Ott/Jaime Brocal] 10p 4) The Men Who Called Him Monster [Don McGregor/Luis Garcia] 14p 5) 1971 Comicon Awards Go To Frazetta And Goodwin… [?/?] 3p [text article w/photos] 6) Quest Of The Bigfoot [R. Michael Rosen/Jerry Grandenetti] 6p 7) Creepy’s Fan Club: Richard Corben Profile/The Last Vampire/Now I Know/Friend Or Fiend?/The Realm Of The Mind/Wanted: A Husband/Unwelcome Visitor [Richard Corben, David Yeske, Rich Cook, Joe Letts, Christopher Caliendo, James Olcott, L. T. Simon & Wayne Carter/Richard Corben, Atherton, Steven Assel, Solano Lopez, Ramiro Bujeiro & Tim Boxell] 2p [text article/stories] 8) Mirage [Gerry Conway/Felix Mas] 8p Notes: The highlight of this issue was Don McGregor’s script and Luis Garcia’s {in his Warren debut} artwork for ‘The Men Who Called Him Monster’. The story may also have featured the first inter-racial kiss in comic history, which only came about because the artist misunderstood McGregor’s instructions for that panel. The lead character in that story was physically modeled after actor Sidney Poitier. The 1971 Warren Awards went to Frank Frazetta for best cover from Vampirella #7, best script to T. Casey Brennan for ‘On The Wings Of A Bird’ from Creepy #36, best art to Jose Gonzalez for ‘Death’s Dark Angel’ from Vampirella #12, best all around writer to Archie Goodwin for his work on Vampirella and best all around artist to Wally Wood. Solano Lopez was already a South American professional when his sample work ended up on the fan page. The fan page also undergoes a slight retitling while Tim Boxell, who would do quite a lot of underground and alternative comics, made his comics debut there. _______________________________________________________________ Not a lot to say before looking at the issue as the reading club enters 1972. I've had a very hectic weekend, so I may be a day or two later than usual getting my thoughts on the issue posted here. But if you have thoughts on the issue, big or small, you don't need to wait for me to start the discussion.

I have a LOT coming in from MCS with an order I placed yesterday. It seems like the Atlas one is in demand, at least among those who are priced out of an actual Venus #19. It's still an amazing image. My local store didn't get than title in, sadly, but I should get it in my order.

See, I figure this would be the key, because of the Simon & Kirby art and the Human Torch ad:

If we're going for the paperbacks now:

And as long as we're showing the Weidman books:

I think this one came out twice as well:

I can't remember where I saw it, but it was pointed out to me that not only does this book look crazy at first glance, it just keeps getting crazier and crazier the longer you look at it. Total gaze into the abyss stuff.

I can't see a recent sale at Heritage, unless you're counting an assorted lot that included the book.

It very much depends on the store, I would think. Checking a wantlist is 100%, every time, acceptable, and if they don't like you verifying if you have a book to hell with them. Looking up values is a little bit more debatable, I would say it depends on your relationship with the store. But in most cases it would be OK, the only time I would feel even slightly guilty is checking a book that I wouldn't buy otherwise to see if I could flip it. And even then, that's a personal choice, not necessarily something wrong to do.

Looks like my copy managed it.

I was asked to evaluate the comic collection of a friend of my Dad's who just passed, with an eye to helping his widow liquidate the collection. What wasn't mentioned was the assorted art on the wall of the comics room. This is a field where I know almost nothing, and have no idea how to establish authenticity or anything. So I was hoping to post some of the pictures here, and get some idea of what I am looking at. There were also a number of signed prints, but I won't post those here, at least initially. Thanks to everybody in advance for any help and advice!

My second favorite Argosy Devil cover, although I probably am not familiar with all of them. My #1:

The Dunwich and some of the doubles were from other sellers. But yeah, 5 books were from that link a few days ago.

Couldn't afford it along with the magazine?

I really like both covers on the Evil is the Night/ Dictators Die Hard double, I may need to put that on the upgrade list.

And some doubles in today as well. I love the upside down look to the D-6

I can't read the price on any of the Barts. The Gentlemen Prefer Blondes would be a no-brainer for me at $12, though.

A nice batch in today. The Dunwich Horror is low grade but very happy to have it nonetheless. The JDM is a 1st. The Phantom Lady is low grade but I don't know anybody in this forum who would pass up the Reader's League variant for $2.50. And the Avon is "just" an Avon from the round logo glory days.

My guess is that they got the cover art in some form that already included the US price, and decided it wasn’t worth removing. Adding the Volume 1 box required obliterating what was underneath

I've got more scans. Nobody else seems to bother posting them at the Grand Comics Database

Take.

It's weird, I know the small "comics" version of #4 is rarer looking at sales history, but both copies I've owned were the small version.