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You may have more luck asking over in this thread. I don't know anything about this particular variant.

And the other major find at the Half Price Books today. Not cheap, but a very nice copy of the 6th state from around 1917. Only my 4th Reilly & Britton Baum book, and second Oz book specifically. It also came with the Map of Oz/ Flag of Oz, which I believe dates to around 1920, assuming it's truly vintage. It seems to be but unlike the books, I'm not confident in my ability to identify the original:

Found at half price books today:

That is a stunning copy. How many of us on this forum have the book? My copy is quite beat up but I still never tire of showing it off...

Verified, it's the same poster in both books. Which would have struck me as being a dirty trick... if the poster wasn't double sided. As is, you could buy one copy of each and display both sides. So it's a good way to save money for Warren while actually providing a value to people who buy both.

I think it’s the same one, will verify when I get home

Today's book. My second try at a copy, but this one does have the poster intact. Does anybody know if the poster in this one is the same as the Creepy #55? I don't have a copy of that one yet, with or without a poster, and the Warren Index and the GCD are both low on info about the posters. Or does the Creepy #55 even have a poster, despite what it says on the cover?

Just some other Bode covers for comparison.

Vampirella 3 thoughts: This issue is notorious for being scarce. I don't think it really is at this point, but similarly to the Eerie #17 this one disappeared from the back issue ads very early on, earning it a reputation of being hard to find. Cover: Our first Warren work from Vaughn Bode and Larry Todd. Bode only ever does a handful of covers for Warren, and never solo, although the co-artist varies. Todd has a couple of interior stories as well as covers. Both are best known for their work in underground comics, although in Bode's case that's not strictly accurate when you look at the record. Bode actually had tons of stuff published in mainstream magazines or books, such as National Lampoon, but it was the mainstream trying to show an interest in the underground, if that makes sense. Feary Tales: Another movie summary by Forrest J. Ackerman. I think this marks the end of Ackerman's work in the comic magazines, which is fine by me, since he never really seemed interested in the comics as a medium. Wicked is Who Wicked Does: Great art by Sutton, but the story is driven by a version of Vampirella (who only appears, in bat form, in the first panel in the story proper) that is very much not really the character as we now know her. So this winds up just feeling very odd. One interesting detail is the narrator bits... it's introduced by Evily but the conclusion is by Vampirella. Vampirella ad: I wish I knew more about the preview copy of Vampi #4, like I said when the ad appeared in Eerie last time. Blast Off to a Nightmare: After one story back in Creepy #18, we'll start seeing Jack Sparling and his studio quite a bit. This is also the debut of Al Hewetson, who does a fair number of stories before going off to Skywald. The story works well, almost in spite of itself, and I think the credit largely goes to Sparling for that. I noticed quite a few typos, I can only imagine how many @Axe Elf will spot. I wonder what came first, the cover or the story? My guess is story, but not sure. Eleven Footsteps to Lucy Fuhr: A story from three creators we'll never see again in the Warrens, the writers don't seem to have any other comic credits at all. Ed Robbins had an extensive comic career, dating as far back as 1940. The story draws from A. Merritt's Seven Footprints to Satan, as the name of one of the characters indicates. The original story is available here: https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0601971h.html It originally came out in 1927, so it's in the Public Domain in the US as well; not sure why it's not on the US Project Gutenburg yet. Maybe they're waiting for next year, since that's when the book version came out. After all that, the story is decent but I don't see why the index claims it's the best. I Wake Up... Screaming: Not quite a masterpiece, but Graham's work here is excellent. Miles better than the Lucy Fuhr story in my opinion. I can see the likenesses the index mentions but I probably wouldn't have if they hadn't been called out. The Caliegia: Piscopo's art is rather hit or miss, and Cuti is clearly still honing his skills. But this is still a charming fantasy story that makes a very nice change of pace. Didn't I See You on Television?: A very lightweight story, but great art by Graham again. And the change of pace works well. A Slimy Situation: Good art from Sparling and his studio, the story is fairly generic but it's at least trying to bring another level to the work with the prologue setting up the characters. It gets extra points for trying something new even if the execution is average. Overall, this was an excellent issue. Not flawless by any means, but all of the stories had something to add to the overall package, and there was a very nice mix of content here that elevates the book as a whole.

My copy was $10, I believe, from Bud Plant. Wish I had upgraded when it was still more easily doable, but I've got it! Yes, it's Finlay's only Astounding cover. I believe it was cropped without permission and Finlay wouldn't work for Campbell again.

The pulp covers matching the books you have. Starship Troopers... I've got the Starship Soldiers serialization somewhere, but not scanned. Orphans of the Sky was originally two stories, Universe and Common Sense. I don't think Common Sense made the cover. Methuselah's Children was a three part serial, which was extensively revised for the book version. I don't have the magazine version of Podkayne of Mars. I'm actually not positive there was one. If This Goes On was also extensively revised for the Revolt in 2100 collection. Coventry and Misfit didn't make the covers. None of the stories in "Assignment in Eternity" made the cover, although I've got all of them in the original magazines. Beyond this Horizon was a two part story. Double Star actually made the cover twice, which is very unusual.

Nice. I've never really worked on getting the Heinlein paperbacks in any sort of organized sense, although I've obviously got some. My focuses with Heinlein have always been getting everything in some form of Hardcover, which I think I've done at this point even if it's heavy on Book Club editions, and getting all of the prewar pulps with his work, which I've done bar a fanzine and a couple of book reviews.

But, as always, my major project these days remains the Ace D-S-G series books, and a lot of very good one were in the batch today:

And the books from @Surfing Alien's sales thread finally showed up. The delay was purely the post office. Other than the Avon, this first batch was all a gift to go with the purchase. Which is incredibly generous, particularly in the case of the Helen of Troy, which is inarguably one of the 100 most famous paperback covers, and probably has a strong case for the top 10.

Picked up at my LCS today. There’s some argument if it’s really a Neal cover, even if CGC labels it as such:

Actually, now that you point it out... I wonder if they somehow got the rights to the cover, originally meant for elsewhere, and wanted to do a story based on it, but something was so last minute they had to go with the two parter? I could see Warren wanting to push the Steranko cover up in the queue, since he was a big name at this point, and the two parter being the only way they could tie it in in time for the deadline on the issue.

In today. Only about 60 more Warrens to go for all their comics.

Early issue of long running title from the mid-60's with a well known cover by a popular cover artist in high grade... Compared to most comics meeting those criteria, that's not an unreasonable price. Not saying it's right for the market as it is, but it doesn't strike me as unreasonable on the face of it either.

So, in the race for the D-S-G Aces in @Surfing Alien's last sales thread, I only missed one that I didn't already have. This copy of The Gilded Hideaway isn't quite as nice as the one in that thread, but it will do. And I'll hopefully have the books from the thread in a day or two. Since I could save on combined shipping, I grabbed a couple other cheap Aces as well. I'm now up to a third of the Ace D-S-G run:

Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn?