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OtherEric

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  1. OtherEric
    16 features the first nationally distributed Wonder Warthog story.
  2. OtherEric
    12-16 have the Goodman Beaver stories by Kurtzman and Elder, the closest thing to an outright classic the run produced. 13 has the infamous "Goodman Goes Playboy" story that got them sued by Archie.
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    In the interesting trivia category, the woman on the right side of the cover is Gloria Steinem, the assistant editor of the magazine at the time.
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    3 has the first of the fumetti stories that became the trademark of the run.
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    Just got these two in today, giving me the whole run, albeit in reading copy condition only. The early issues, in particular, have spines on the cover that are fragile to the point where it almost seems like they're designed to come apart. Anyway, I couldn't resist showing off the run; I think it's horribly underrated for any number of reasons. It's one of the earliest Warren magazines. It has some of the first nationally distributed work by several major underground artists, most notably Shelton and Crumb. It's where John Cleese met Terry Gilliam. It deserves to not be so little known these days:
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    And even more so on the 18. I despair of ever getting a 19:
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    17, I'm glad to have a copy at all, even low grade:
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    And, since it looks like the Venus covers haven't shown up yet, let's see how many I can get to. My 14 is coverless, and it's only partially Everett anyway. I don't have a 15 at all.
  10. OtherEric
    And here's one that's signed, but not with his typical signature:
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    This was the mistake, he sent the Jan 46 instead of the Jan 47 issue by accident. We worked out a deal where I kept the book at a discount, and of course shipping was already covered. A beautiful copy other than a faded spine; I REALLY didn't feel like letting this one go once I had it in hand. The list of writers on this one is practically a who's who of Weird Tales creators:
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    And this just arrived today. I should have gotten it with the other two issues I posted on the 16th, but the seller made a mistake. Great response, though, so absolutely zero complaints. This one, in addition to the Bradbury story, has a couple Lovecraft poems:
  13. OtherEric
    The TwoMorrows web site still has print copies of Back Issue #63 if you're not committed to finding it in the wild.
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    And one more
  15. OtherEric
    I still regret having gotten rid of a lot of my 100 pagers a while back... I really need to start rebuilding the set yet again. Here's a couple that have never left the collection; the 202 is Mike Grell's first work on the Legion:
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    I had a copy of this one when I was very young; I remember reading it over. And over. And over... Great memories. Not sure if I still have a copy, I sold a lot of my 100 pagers about 15 years ago to pay rent. But I'm sure a copy will make it back into my collection again someday, I'll have to look for it at the next show I get to.
  17. OtherEric
    To be honest, I don’t recall any Giant-Size collector I’ve pointed them out to NOT wanting them for the set once they’ve seen them.
  18. OtherEric
    They are variants, with both prices. Then later, Dell went to 15 cents on their books and Gold Key dropped prices on the series they kept to 12 cents
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    That's why I called them honorary. It's the layout and trade dress matching the giant size issues that makes some people include them.
  20. OtherEric
    And may I suggest you now track down the two "honorary members" of the run? They're not actually Giant-Size by name, but the timing and trade dress clearly puts them with the others.
  21. OtherEric
    Nice work on the set! I joined the club a few years ago, but one of my books comes with a big qualifier:
  22. OtherEric
    I don't think there's that much demand for the 15 cent variants, but I do grab them when I spot them. It's still a fairly little known variation, though, so I could see it heating up at some point. Or not, collectors can be odd on things like that.
  23. OtherEric
    Picked this up after our recent discussion about Bok. 7 interior illustrations by him for his story:
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    I remember reading a few issues when I was very young; there was a Lizard story that I remember in particular creeping the heck out of me. Now I love them as a combo of nostalgia and the fact that, as an adult, the stories are absolutely BONKERS... they almost read like some of the madder GA books meet the Marvel Age. I'm not trying for high grade that much, just decently presenting copies that I can read. The big problem is most of the issues had a clip & collect stamp on the back, so a lot of copies are cut up on the back cover.
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    Found in a dollar bin today.