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I don't think so; mostly from the bottom of the 1/. But it's hard to tell.

I wonder why a previous owner felt the name to change the number on the satellite?

Congrats on winning this one. From your choice of image, I guess you're saying we'll be seeing you in the next one?

And finally, the highlight: The White Mountain copy of Ace D-533. Other than the slight corner crease it looks like it was printed yesterday. The first White Mountain book I've ever owned; it somehow fits my style that's it's a comic-adjacent book rather than a regular comic:

Onto the Doubles. The first and third are from @Surfing Alien again, the D-149 is the one that isn't:

Today's books, with one exception they're all from @Surfing Alien. We'll start with the more random selections. I love the "A. A. Fair" books that don't even mention Erle Stanley Gardner, and who doesn't like mapbacks? The NatLamp book was thrown in as a bonus; it's a nice crossover item from the era where I collect NatLamps and my more general paperback habit:

Welcome to the forums! Always a particular delight to see original owner EC's. If you're interested, there's already another EC dedicated thread, where people would love to see the Crypt #46:

And, since it was filed in the same place since it's the same company:

Some more from the series:

How did this classic LB Cole cover not already show up in this thread? Or did I miss it?

So, was glancing over at my bookshelf (it's near my desk) and notice something I had missed when I first got the book a few days ago. D-194, Moscow, has a true wraparound cover, even extending to the spine. Not something you see often on vintage paperback, is anybody aware of any other classic era Aces that have one?

I'm curious too, it's not a direct 1 post= 1 point, since I'm at 6.8K posts but under 5200 points, apparently.

Creepy 27 thoughts: Cover: It's Frazetta. And now that Frazetta isn't churning out a cover a month, he's even better. Not that he didn't have several masterpieces in his initial run, but his average, amazingly, goes even higher when he only occasionally does a cover. Loathsome Lore: One of, I believe, only 3 comic pieces Forrest J. Ackerman ever did. It's much more an illustrated tribute that we could have expected from Famous Monsters than a comic piece, honestly. We might as well cover Ackerman here, as well, since we'll be busy when we get to his two actual stories in a few months. He essentially made a career out of being a professional fan; he wrote about 40 SF stories and tons of essays and reviews and articles. But mostly what he's known for is Famous Monsters, which is essentially a professional version of the fanzine stuff he put out for decades. Collector's Edition: I know @Axe Elf didn't care for it as much as the rest of us the first time round, but it's still one of the most famous Warren stories ever, and I won't argue with that assessment. If anything, this is one of the few stories I think Warren was remarkably restrained with, we won't see it again until 1982. Make Up Your Mind: I've finally figured out my issue with Parente. His stories have a lot of ambition but he's exceeding his grasp at this point. It's obvious what he's trying to do with this story, and it's a good and ambitious idea. But he never quite manages to make the scene transitions work, and so the story, as so many of his, winds up being not as good as it could be. I suspect the problem is he's being overwhelmed with the task of being both editor and primary writer so early in his career; and forced to do more than he's really capable of yet. He'll disappear from the Warrens, and comics, more or less completely around 1971. I wonder what he might have done if he hadn't had to do so much, so fast, at the start of his career; he's got enough good ideas that he might have done some incredible stuff if he was given more time to develop. (The fact that the "overwhelm the new creator" trick actually worked with Archie Goodwin doesn't mean it's a good plan in general, just that Archie was one of the true geniuses of comics.) The Coffin of Dracula: It's really weird that they ran part two without part one; made even worse by the editing not taking out the reference to "last issue". With all that said, it works tolerably on its own... this was the first issue I got with part of the story, so I read it in isolation the first time. I know from experience that it can work. Barbarian of Fear: Gorgeous art by Sutton, decent ideas but often unclear writing in the story. Fan Club: Ken Kelly, Frazetta's nephew (not son-in-law, I believe) makes his Warren debut here, roughly a year before becoming a regular contributor. Brain Trust: Still a nice, very EC-style story from Goodwin & Torres. Surprise Package: Ugh. We already saw an origin for Uncle Creepy back in #4, we didn't need a new one. Particularly not this mess. Nice art as usual from Colon, though So, I disagree with the index rather significantly here, because I feel that this, not #29, is the start of the Warren rebuilding and the end of the dark ages. It still needs work, but Frazetta's cover, Kelly's debut, and the increased page count, means we've turned the corner. To be fair, putting the mark of the new era anywhere on Creepy & Eerie is going to be somewhat arbitrary, other than it has to be no later than when Vampi #1 is on the stands. But this seems like a good landmark to me.

I've got my review ready to go when you start the issue, @Axe Elf. But I'm crashing in a few minutes.

Here's a question: I always read the Oversteet comment as the outer cover being something advertiser specific, not a reprint of the inner (paper) cover. I could be very wrong, though. Does anybody here have a slick cover copy of any of the early issues? I've got a copy of #3 somewhere, but it's paper cover.

It's definitely not completely new... I have it in Zap Comix #16... but a large percentage of the Freak Bros comix books are reprints from other places, so it fits nicely and makes me happy.

Wish I had known, I should have a second copy on the way from MCS... I grabbed a few Warrens from them, and picked the FFFB book as one of the freebies in case, then found one when I was out today. Would have sent you my extra gratis.

Tales of the Incredible is new today; I have a beat up copy somewhere in my storage unit but decided I needed an upgrade. The other two I've had for a while but can't remember if I've shown them here or not. Now I just need to track down decent copies of Tales from the Crypt and Vault of Horror.

Today's book. I've got a beat up copy somewhere in the black hole I call my storage unit, but I decided I needed a nice copy of this one. I've got the Bradburys, so now I just need to find Tales from the Crypt and Vault of Horror.

Why starting so late? I've got at least a dozen comics that predate Action #1. None of them stamped, though...

Anybody else score their copy of this yet? 31 pages of stories, about half in color, I think they're all reprints. But one of them is "Phineas Becomes a Suicide Bomber", which I don't think was ever in an issue of Freak Brothers. So this gets filed as FFFB 14 with the rest of the run for sure. I really need to track down a copy of #13, for that matter...

And one oops on my part, I showed the wrong cover on one of the books. Sargasso of Space is the wrong side, it should be The Cosmic Puppets.

I really do need to upgrade The Man Who Japed, at a minimum...

Why I’m asking about bookshelves: these deserve better than being stacked three deep!

And now we close with a book from a different seller. Some days, you look at a listing and go "Why are they asking under $18 with shipping for this book with no photos?", and decide it's worth spending the $20 to find out. Because now and then, the answer is "they apparently made a mistake". Super super happy with this one, even with some obvious minor flaws this is a beautifully presenting copy of one of the key D-Series doubles: