OtherEric

When you finally see the story, tell me I'm wrong describing the main character like that!

Eerie #35 thoughts: Cover: The index sums up Enrich's debut quite nicely. Although I wonder what Tor Johnson did to deserve his fate here. Monster Gallery: This seems to be John Cornell's only comic credit, other than a fan page appearance in Creepy a few months earlier. Extremely good work for a one page wonder, it reminds me a bit of Barry Windsor-Smith's early work. Retribution: Nice art by Englehart, an enjoyably pulpy story by him and Fox. The Comet's Curse: Beautiful art by Brunner, a solid enough plot by Saunders. I think the story could have used another page or two to breathe, though... the time jump makes both parts feel slighly rushed. The Tower of Demon Dooms: Mike Ploog only does four stories for Warren. He's one of those creators whose impact in comics is huge relative to how much work he actually did, including co-creating Ghost Rider, Werewolf by Night, and Weirdworld for Marvel. His art here is excellent, except... the main character looks like D**k Tracy cosplaying as Conan, and I find it terribly distracting. I Am Dead, Egypt, Dead: Victor De La Fuente is going to turn up a lot once we reach the 1980's, largely in translated reprints of work he originally did for international publishers. But I believe this is his only story for Warren in the 70's. The story is excellent, with an extremely clever and well executed series of twists at the end. I also want to note the clever touch of having the site be the tomb of Rameses... there were eleven Pharaohs of that name, giving them any number of choices should somebody complain that some of the details aren't right. Cats and Dogs: A clever conceit by Bill DuBay for the plot, and as so often happens I respect Grandenetti's craft on the art without actually enjoying it. Money: An excellent story by Kim to finish off the issue. Easy Way to a Tuff Surfboard count: 14! But we're getting very near the end, this is the last appearance in EERIE. Overall, an great issue, starting with a spectacular cover and continuing with a bunch of stories ranging from very good to excellent. I would have felt my 60 cents were very well spent if I bought this one off the racks.

I've already got most of them is the only issue, and even then I grabbed one upgrade

It's an upgrade on my current copy.

As far as I know, it's not that the pedigree label is extra, it's that the pedigree label is not available on magazines at all. I was asking a while ago in regard to some Fantucchio magazines I have. Not sure why it isn't.

Thank you!

Sticking with my 2nd print on Soft Touch for now... but somebody should claim it and remove the temptation, please!

I'm down to 10 of the D-series SF books to go, 3 doubles, 6 singles, and 1 Special Edition. And other than the 3 doubles, every single one is a reprint of something I've already got an earlier Ace version of.

See what I mean?

A nice little lot of Aces in today. With that said, completionist tendencies are a hell of a drug:

Amusingly, this arrived in the mail for me today, ordered before you mentioned it here:

If we're going that route...

Only one book in today, but I can tell it will prove helpful already.

And there are always cases where it claims unabridged but it really is. Or books like this, which are hard to find unabridged:

I've got the 260, luckily. 283 (First Zod & Phantom Zone) is the major one I'm still lacking in the post-247 range. Do you mean 503, or 529? I'm including the revival where they continued the numbering a few years ago. Do you have the Frazetta Shining Knight issues complete? Finding a 150 is driving me nuts at the moment, I've got the other seven.

I've actually got the D-177 as well: The D-44 would be around 1954, so unless they were pricing it as a rare import or hard to find backstock, I agree the price is too high. But it doesn't look like a regular date stamp either. As far as I know, Moorcock only did one Double, H-36. I've got a copy somewhere, but not handily scanned, so this is swiped from online:

We have shamefully allowed this thread to drop to page two. This is unacceptable. I shall do what I can to correct the situation for the moment. In today, the Beetle Bailey 54 is the first King issue:

In today, featuring the story "Colony"

Thank you, Axe Elf. I think my appreciation for the story has gone up seeing your comments. I agree that the Music Festival seems like an odd target in isolation; the only way it really makes sense to me is as a reaction to Altamont. Completely agreed that Corben seems inherently suited to color more than B&W, there's a reason that a huge percentage of the Color Sections we eventually get in the Warrens are by Corben.