OtherEric

Today's addition, always happy to get a FC in the 1300's:

This thread has been quiet too long. Today's addition to my UG collection:

I got these much later, and they cost me considerably more. But it's fun to see the listing, and know they're still of interest to comic collectors decades later. The Vault actually just arrived today.

In today. Now I just need the Tales from the Crypt for all five of the Ballantine EC collections (other than the Mad books, of course)

Have you tried turning it upside down and shaking it to reboot it?

And, finally, one book today that's not from @Surfing Alien. That's three of the four Chandler Murder Mystery Monthlies done:

And a nice batch of the Frazetta Tarzans:

A nice lot in today, courtesy of @Surfing Alien. Now I just need to find the Ballantine Tales from the Crypt and I'll have all five of the EC collections from that era. Princess of the Atom does finally complete my run of Avon Fantasy Novels, all two of them!

I actually think Watchmen is pretty correctly rated, personally. Killing Joke? That's an Alan Moore comic that's insanely overrated.

Thought so, I actually have a copy myself but couldn't remember for sure until I got home and checked. It's also got some very nice work by Toth and Kane as well as Frazetta, once you get past the rather bland cover:

The Jimmy Wakely has a Frazetta story, right?

Since nobody has made the obvious joke yet... I would spend it with the living creator.

Creepy #33 thoughts: Cover: One of the two Boyette covers for Warren. It's not a bad painting, but it's badly cramped inside the huge yellow border. I have no idea why they did this, it's not like the painting didn't leave room for the logo or something obvious like that. Loathsome Lore: Sutton provides an excellent bit of mermaid art, it seems like it was designed to work at either a lore page or a monster gallery, depending on where it was published. I'm far from certain the Uncle Creepy at the top is by Sutton, it almost looks like a bit of left over Jack Davis work. One Too Many: There's a decent little story in here somewhere, but the pacing seems all off to me. Royal Guest: An excellent little story from Boyette. Blue Mum Day: A so-so story (starting with a horribly tortured pun of a title) that provides a frame for Crandall to hang some amazing art on. Definitely a net win overall, though. Dr. Jekyll Was Right: Some very nice art by "Williamsune", but an ending that tries too hard to tie things up in a moral without actually working very well as a story. I'm Only in it for the Money: This seems to be Juan Lopez Ramon's only Warren story, and indeed only US story. They have some more credits in international publications. Let's just say this one hasn't aged well and leave it at that. The Full Service: A decent little time paradox story, although the resolution isn't terribly clearly done. I think I've finally figured out what it was going for, but I'm still not 100% positive. Boxed In: I'm not sure why the indexer said this was an Eisner homage. It has a little bit of Eisner in the mix, but also some Kirby kid gang stuff, and a definite touch of EC in the ending. It's an excellent little tale to end the issue on, though. This was another strong issue; although I think it might have benefited by dropping one or two of the stories and letting the others have a few more pages to breathe. Most of the stories are only 6 pages, with a couple at 7, and lots of them seem to be cramped with rushed endings. But that's a relatively minor complaint, given the overall quality here.

Today’s $4.99 pickup at Walmart. Pretty nice micro set at that price:

I think the NDS era predates Spidey Super Stories, but amusing nonetheless...

The D-15 Ace Double isn't the most valuable or rarest paperback out there, but it's probably the paperback most famous for being rare and valuable. $2500 is still definitely high for an unsigned copy.

I don't doubt the label, but these make almost as little sense as the Canadian MJ books people have found. Spidey Super Stories was always ad-free, unless you count the subscription ad.

We both seem to agree this issue was a winner, with a couple weak points... but we don't remotely agree on what the weak points are. This actually tells me the issue is maybe even better than I thought, because different reactions shows that it's trying different things and appealing across a wider base.

In today. While I knew it contained "The Bronze Door", one of Chander's very few fantasy stories, I didn't know it also had a very early printing of the classic "The Simple Art of Murder" essay in addition to the three stories.

Take at 30% off

Actually, despite having a complete run of the Warren Vampirellas, I've only got the first paperback. I need to track down readers of the run.

I'm glad I already had the Ace Doubles you listed today, because they (and everything else) just disappeared before I even saw the listings in most cases.

The public domain is a beautiful thing.

Ultimately I think I want all of the Burroughs F-series Aces, and I know I want all the Frazetta F-series books. But for the moment I was just wondering how many Tarzans they had done, since it was such a random selection of the series. I do like the Krenkel covers as well; I've still got the Krenkel Barsoom books as well as the SFBC hardcovers with the Frazetta covers.

I already claimed The End of Eternity, I believe. But with the way the boards have been acting for me today, I could just about believe that I'm the only one who can see that post.