OtherEric

Found at a local store today:

My collection is about the opposite of high grade, with a few exceptions. I can’t think of any pulp where a high grade collection wouldn’t be difficult, though. Astounding from 1936 until it became a digest, perhaps.

About $5 an issue. I figured I should at least look, after having suggested it. I pretty much grabbed any late 1980 Whitmans they had cheap that I didn't have already.

And some Super Goofs. I apologize for sneaking in the Gold Key issue here, but it's the 1st issue and I figure people here would appreciate it:

And a couple Looney Tunes:

Since I was grabbing some stuff from MCS anyway:

I think that's Bill Nye the science guy, now that you mention it...

In today:

In today:

A very well spent $100 on Cyber Monday. I've already got a copy of the Summer 1946 issue somewhere, but this one is nicer. Up to 40/71 on Planets, it will be interesting to see how close I can get. But there's at least a couple absolute killer issues I don't have yet. (As well as a couple I do, at least.)

In today. These two issues mean my Eerie collection is done. Not complete... with #1 out there it will never actually be complete... but done.

In today. I think this gives me the entire collection of mass market Doctor Who items produced for the US market in the 1960's... the Dell comic, the Avon novel, and the Famous Monsters with the article on the movie. I presume there were movie posters and the like also produced, but I'm not aware of anything else intended for general availability:

What's better than getting in one Dell Looney Tunes issue I still need? Getting in TWO issues I still need. 238 down, 8 to go.

Sorry, not feeling great today. I wound up more or less just rephrasing what you said. I should probably lie back down.

One thing that I think lots of people forget is that, even if you can prove a print order for a specific issue, there's no evidence it was the same through the run of the title. I'm pretty sure we've seen enough examples pointing to different orders that, in fact, it definitely changed at various points. It's not a big deal which came first. But it can be fun to try and figure out for a specific issue as a standalone logic puzzle.

@Malacoda: To complicate the issue, there are US versions with the red O as well. Although my super quick glance didn't spot any red O US versions with a stamp, I haven't really looked yet:

Vampirella #8 thoughts: Cover: This is only the second cover to actually feature Vampirella. The art is a bit stiff, Vampi looks surprisingly relaxed for being chained up and about to be sacrificed. It's also, I believe, the first time we've seen a bondage cover on a Warren mag in the reading group, unless you want to label Eerie #27 as such. It's certainly not the only one we'll see, but it's not particularly common either, which I think is contrary to how some people would stereotype the line. Feary Tales: It feels like this one was somewhat geared to the Famous Monsters crowd, drawing all the examples from classic horror films. A nice if slight piece by Sutton, trying to reference three films on one page doesn't leave you much room for anything. Who Serves the Cause of Chaos?: Goodwin & Sutton produce what is either the first or at most second most important story to ever appear in the Warren magazines. Not the best, although it's pretty darn good, but most important. Without actually removing anything from the early humorous Vampi stories by Ackerman, and ignoring very little, this story creates the version of the character that actually succeeds, and indeed outlasts the Warren Magazines themselves by several decades at this point. It's also the longest single story we've seen to date, admittedly only by one page. But this gives it a sense of scale we really haven't seen before, with several pages setting up future plots. And from here on out, the Vampirella story will be the most important item in any given issue, even if it does so by being absent a couple issues from now. In many ways, this is the real first issue of the series, with the first seven issues being a separate book that just happened to come out with the same name and numbering. The Demon in the Crypt: As in the first Amazonia story in Eerie #27, Gardner Fox provides an extremely pulpy script. Unlike that first story, this one has some great art by Billy Graham, which matches the story perfectly. Easy Way to a Tuff Surfboard count: 12 Out of the Fog: The Warren debut of Steve Skeates. I'm stunned the index doesn't mention this, given that he writes dozens of stories for Warren, including being the original writer on Pantha. More generally he has over 1500 script credits at the GCD. The story itself has beautiful art by Ken Barr and pulls off a neat trick I don't really recall seeing before in the reading group: The twist actually comes earlier than you would expect giving the pacing of the story to that point, giving it a very unexpected slam ending. This is an excellent Warren debut, arguably the best we've seen yet past the first year or so where everybody was a debut. Snake Eyes: A solid story with an amusing twist, it's the least impressive story so far in the issue but there are a lot of issues we've seen so far where it could be the highlight. Vampi's Flames: I normally just zip past this, but it's worth noting this time for the Druilett piece and the early Octobriana piece. If you're not familiar with the character, the history is somewhat bonkers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octobriana Signs of Sorcery: There's maybe a sign of an interesting story somewhere in here, but it's completely buried under a bunch of digs at "the kids these days", starting with a nearly completely irrelevant prologue. Roussos is of course a legendary creator, with well over 9000 credits at the GCD, dating back to 1940. He had a few credits at EC, making him another EC veteran at Warren, although he only does three Warren stories. The Gulfer: A decent story from Cuti and "Williamsune" that probably could have benefited from another page to breathe a little. All in all, a very good issue, although the best material was somewhat front loaded in the issue. Although it's somewhat hard to assess the issue in the terms we try for in the reading group; it's another one of the books where our knowledge of the future skews the view.

Hoarder!

Are you sure you (or your references) are not getting the 1959 series confused with the 1953 series, which also seems to have run two issues? I really don't know enough, but this turned up when I did a little looking. Images swiped from MCS:

I don't, but I just found out about them and am keeping my eyes open. Garzon tends to be ignored when he's not working with Williamson and that's really not fair.

Now that you point it out… I think probably so. Still happy with the book, but definitely feels like it was closer to the correct price.

And some books I came across in a box earlier in the week. I think I've got about 20 random Turoks, pretty much all from dollar bins or less:

I think I paid under $20 for the 1st Road Runner comic. We figured out recently that the Four Color issue actually came out before the Bugs Bunny's Vacation Funnies #8, but neither is terribly expensive.

Ran across these in a box and thought the thread could use a bump:

How did we let this thread fall to page 3? My local store got this in a couple weeks ago, there was a delay as he figured out a price. Even with the stain in the upper left corner, I figure $225 was a steal. More than I normally want to pay for an otherwise typical EC these days, but this one is much better grade than my average copy: