OtherEric

I thought mine a year ago was bad, but you win! (Or possibly lose, given the context.)

Nice! I still need to track down #11, which also has Crandall art.

I'll certainly give it a look. I find it oddly encouraging that they're introducing new titles, rather than reviving the old ones, at least to start... it suggests to me that they're really focused on doing EC's for the modern era, rather than relying fully on nostalgia.

The book the movie was based on, although they changed a lot.

My copy is pretty trashed. But it’s very close to the top of my collection in sentimental value:

Hal Ellson is a totally different author, although even Ellison noted they were confused with one another due to the similar names.

So, apparently this is happening: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/19/arts/ec-comics-oni-press.html https://bleedingcool.com/comics/jason-aaron-lee-bermejo-fiends-create-new-ec-comics-for-oni-press/ https://bleedingcool.com/comics/more-creators-oni-press-ec-comics-revival-include-brian-azzarello/

That Galaxy with Finlay's cover for The Ballad of Lost C'Mell is possibly my all-time favorite Finlay cover. Just gorgeous.

Fritz the Cat actually first appeared in Help #22, with the Beatles cover. This is the 2nd appearance. Both great books that I would be jumping on if I didn't already have copies.

As stated above, Boris did a lot of covers for the Marvel Magazines as well.

Well, once you get your grail lots of people then have another one that becomes their new grail. The quest is part of the fun. For me, my most wanted, never really thought I would own it pulp was the August 1928 Amazing Stories. Now that I own a copy, my grail is the February 1928 Weird Tales. And if I ever find that, something else will become my grail book.

Eerie 34 thoughts: Cover: I enjoy Boris's artwork, but a lot of his covers have a pretty generic vibe, and this is one of them. Decent but nothing particularly spectacular for his second and last Warren cover. Monster Gallery: This is an odd one, there's a weird mix of fact and fiction jumbled together. Nice art by Sutton and taken as pure fiction the story is decent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Crosse Parting is Such Sweet Horror: A very EC style plot by Tom Sutton, but with highly creative art conveying mood very well... the couple of pages with a large number of small panels are quite claustrophobic. Not necessarily an all-time classic, but Sutton showing off what he can do puts this well above the average. Eye of Cyclops: The intro of Jaime Brocal and, as noted, the start of the full scale Spanish Invasion of the Warren magazines. If you're trying to figure out the signature, his full name was Jaime Brocal Remohi. It's an impressive artistic debut, with a very solid story by Saunders to go with it. He Who Laughs Last... is Grotesque: An extremely clever conceit for the story and some of the best art from Royer yet, but I personally found it didn't flow very well overall. That might have been to some degree deliberate, but it weakened the story for me. Food for Thought: Silly me, a few weeks ago I thought 34 hits for "Whom the Gods Would Destroy" was a lot. "Food for Thought" returns 322 hits at the GCD as a story title. A decent short story, with "Williamsune" channeling a little bit of Grandenetti's style, which works quite well for the story. The Vow of the Wizard: Frank McLaughlin inks Colon here, his only Warren credit. GCD shows him with over 2700 credits overall, dating back to the early 60's (with one outlier in the 50's). The story is pretty solid fantasy-horror, undercut by having essentially the same ending as "Dual Dragon" in the issue of Creepy that came out the same month. The Sound of Wings: F. Paul Wilson is best known for his prose writing, but has a small handful of comic credits across a wide selection of publishers and a several decade time frame. He does two stories for Warren. The story itself has great art by Carlos Garzon and a very Lovecraftian feel, right down to a conclusion that really should feel ridiculous but just about works despite itself. Despite what the index says, this probably isn't quite his first work, but it's definitely very early. Lair of the Horned Man: Alan Weiss provides a second and final story for Warren. I liked it a lot for what it is, but it also feels very much of its time. Overall, another quite strong issue. The books have been on something of a roll for a while now.

I don't know how true that is any more. A lot of the new people entering the world of Pulp Collecting seem to prefer covers over stories. I agree that, as recently as a few years ago, most of the demand was for the contents rather than the art, in most cases. But there have always been some exceptions, and the market is changing. With that said, there's just nothing like reading a classic story in its original publication.

Nice find on that issue of Short Stories, I've got a lot of Heinlein pulps but that isn't one of them.

It is rather sedate compared to most hero pulp covers, isn't it?

The designation may be new, but the phenomena is sadly not

All today's books were from MCS.

It's one of the reading library issues, GCD has it as Foster reprints. Edit: and yes, I'm still enjoying the club. MCS is a wonderful source of affordable books.

I had been holding off mentioning this until I had a copy on the way, but this issue is oddly probably best known for the review column, because it's the first appearance of Sturgeon's Revelation, better known as Sturgeon's Law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon's_law

Nice, the Shock 6 is still the most I've ever spent on a comic. Then again, mine's not a reprint. But the cover and stories are just as good in your version!

One of the few where the black border is actually part of the art is possibly why.

HAIL! HAIL TO THE KING! I do like the store stamp at the bottom of the 58, it's actually embossed gold ink. Quite impressive.

Hail to the king, baby!

Hail again to the King!

Hail to the King!