OtherEric

Creepy is another good call. If we're extending to comic Magazines, MAD has a pretty incredible lineup over the years as well.

Weird Science. Feldstein, Frazetta, Wood, Williamson, Kurtzman just to name 5

Lucky! The only childhood toys I still have (other than a couple stuffed animals) are my Legos. The only true vintage Micronaut figure I have is the Time Traveler I showed earlier, the others are either Palisades or the SDCC set from a few years ago. My local retro store knows to call me first if anything comes in, though!

One of Kelly's strengths is that he tends to follow the official model sheets very closely. A side effect of this is that, when he works on licensed characters, his style can get a bit lost when he's doing a single image, such as a cover, like this. It generally pops back when he does a full story, even a single pager.

I haven't read them in years, so not a hill I'm willing to die on, either. I've still got the complete run. And I did say not many people, not nobody. I had several different Time Traveler figures. I think my parents loved the fact they were one of the only toys with the action figure included, so I got lots of the vehicles but very few of the figures other than the Time Travelers. I did eventually get Baron Karza and his horse, and the good guy equivalents... can't remember the names of any of those, though. All long gone, sadly.

There are a lot of people who like the entire comic run for the Mantlo stories, although I don't know many people who have good things to say about the "New Voyages". Those of us who had them back then did enjoy them, though. ROM was the one where the toy was unimpressive in practice, the interchangeable nature of the Micronauts made them a lot of fun to play with. They were clearly a step on the way to developing the actual Transformers figures.

I’m guessing a large part is because the Transformers never really went away, while the Micronauts did. If they ever do bring back Micronauts my toy budget will go crazy.

It's a word I can easily forgive people for messing up, to be fair...

Do you know where? I couldn't find it when I looked earlier, and since it was produced for the government it should be public domain.

Possibly, although it could be our scanners as well. But it would make sense that the issue could reoccur.

This is Rosen's debut in Eerie, I believe, but he had stories in Creepy #30 and Vampirella #2. He did roughly a couple dozen stories for Warren, but doesn't seem to have done much elsewhere.

Eerie #25 thoughts: Cover: I can't disagree with the index suggesting that the cover was originally intended for something else. If nothing else, the huge signature is not something Steranko normally does... it looks like this was meant to be published at a smaller size than it actually was. It's a nice piece of art, with the tree in particular playing the "creepy face" trick very well. But there's not really anything about it to make it a classic Warren cover other than the signature, either. Monster Gallery: Nothing special here, although continuing the mixed up IFC pages recently this feels a bit more like a Feary Tale than a Monster Gallery. Isle of the Vrykolakas: Nice art by Colon and a solid plot twist by Glut, with only unusually dire comments from Cousin Eerie bringing the story down a half point. Mistake: Saunders & Black are both inconsistent enough still to bring this story down a notch as well, but it's still a very moody, claustrophobic piece. Hijack to Horror: Not a lot to say about this one. It hasn't aged well, through no fault of its own. But it also can't seem to decide on the difference between a werewolf and an vampire. To Pay the Piper: Still a good story from Colan & Ivie. Vampirella ad: I wonder how many people were willing to pay a premium for getting the 4th issue of Vampirella early. I also wonder if that has anything to do with why there are two variants of the issue. Getting ahead of the club by a little bit, can anybody who has both versions compare the interiors to see if there are any differences between the color of the text on the cover? Southern Exposure: We have a two-part story for what I think is only the second time. Excellent Sutton art, the lettering seems very odd and rushed in places, and I'm going to refrain from assessing the story itself until I see part #2. I won't normally wait for the continuations as we get more and more multi-part stories, but this one seems from what we see here to be more a case of they split a story that was originally meant to be published all at once into parts for reasons unknown than an actual serial. The Thing in the Cave: A rather story, honestly. It's not bad, but it's also clear both creators are still learning their craft. House of Evil: I think my opinion of this has gone up; I'm learning to appreciate Grandenetti's art more even if I don't actually care for it. I'm amused that the index doesn't even mention the story is still credited to Orlando in the book. Hex Marks the Spot: I think this is Rosen's best story yet; Barry's art is quite effective in places but is very inconsistent through the piece. I find my reaction to the book similar to the Eerie #24: this is another solid issue overall; although when I go through it story by story I find myself damning it with faint praise. The book is clearly going in the right direction and providing definite value for the reader's money, but it's not back to full speed yet either.

I went ahead and asked the store to hold it for me. Now I need to decide if I'll crack it or not.

It's not in the window. $120.

It's the CGC 8.5.

So, I looked at what the later books in the Don Rosa Library were actually selling for on eBay... selling, not asking. And dropped by the local store again today. To be fair, this has long been on my list of "I should get these some day", and they're not going anywhere anytime soon.

How rare is the "I am the Guard" book? My LCS has a copy, trying to decide if I want to pay what he's asking.

I actually really liked the Kevin Nowlan sketch covers, so I tracked those down cheaply. But in general I agree it's way too many, and not that many appeal. I'm enjoying Priest's story, though.

That's the preliminary list, of course. They'll add more. Here's the cover gallery from the back of the recent Vampirella: Year One #1. I can't swear there weren't more store exclusives that Dynamite didn't include in the back of the issue:

Interesting, we're getting some new Vampirella by Frazetta... Specifically, Sara Frazetta: https://bleedingcool.com/comics/vampirella-and-alice-cooper-in-dynamites-october-2023-solicits/

A bit of a tangent, but it's always nice when others know the correct name of the book. Yes, that's my copy. It's actually more valuable than any of my actual PKD first editions, even though it's not a first itself, the book was originally in hardcover.

Found at a local store today. I figured it was worth grabbing at cover price these days:

Found at a local store today: