OtherEric

In today. I already had a lower grade copy, but ugly writing on the cover meant it was unacceptable to me even by my low standards. Only Asimov story in WT:

And, since others grabbed all the decent copies when we discussed this a few years ago, it's taken me a crazy long time to find a semi-decent copy of this one:

I will always be fond of Mile High as the first store I ever got back issues from, as mail order back in the very early 80's. And there have been a very few purchases I've made from them of books that were very low value but I simply could not find anywhere else. Paying $10 on what should be a $2 book isn't going to worry me to get the last couple items to finish a run. But yeah, I normally avoid them as nonsensically priced.

Now that you point it out, I can certainly see the resemblance. It's definitely possible it was based on the HoF cover. And I'm sure that something like that was what the "Prepare yourself for..." was meant to reference, but the layout just doesn't support anything like that on the actual cover.

Eerie #20 thoughts Cover: I like this more than Harris's other Warren cover, for the Creepy 1969 Yearbook. Still not a huge fan, and it looks to me like the background was cropped, not entirely successfully. The word balloon is an interesting choice we don't often see on Warren covers, although I need to ask... prepare ourselves for what? It seems to me like the cover copy was changed at some point but the balloon wasn't edited to reflect that. Round Trip: A nicely moody piece in both -script and art, not a masterpiece but still solid work. A Cloak of Darkness: Great Crandall art, and a nicely executed twist at the end. Cave of the Druids: A Crandall reprint to compare with his new story. Fall of the House of Usher: I'm almost tempted to dig up the original and see how much of the text Sutton used here, it's more an illustrated version of the story than a comic adaptation. Beautiful art by Sutton. Dark Rider: Still an excellent horror western by Severin. This is one of the best issues we've seen in a while; the cover is the low point and even it's not bad. Despite @Axe Elf's fears above, it's not a step backwards. With only five stories I probably would have gone for a non-Crandall reprint, but otherwise no complaints. And my copy could use a press but is really just beautiful for a book that's 54 years old this month.

Finally grabbed this from a local store today, after dithering for several months. Ex-Library copy, although pretty nice as Ex Lib copies go, with an unclipped jacket.

Some days, you just need to risk a little on a lot of books with a single bad photo. The books are in low-to-mixed enough grade that it's not a total jackpot of a purchase, but at just a hair over $4 a book I still feel like I got my money's worth. (There were also copies of a couple Merrits I already had in the lot, one of which was an update for me.) Several of these are on the upgrade cheap list, and in the case of "About the Murder of a Startled Lady" it's on the not even necessarily cheap upgrade list. But still a nice addition to my overall run:

In today:

In today.

Grabbed a cheap copy from MCS based on your recommendation. Low grade, but was an undeclared 15c variant.

I’m on the west coast of the US, it was actually still morning (barely) when I typed that

@themagicrobot: I’ve got the required full run of Adventure in the required 68-73 era. Will try to check this afternoon

It doubly qualifies, I would think...

Sorry about that, it was a not terribly successful attempt to make fun of myself for having a fairly long run of the title myself... specifically, the run with the Rose & Thorn backup. My apologies. Slightly more seriously, what I should really check is Adventure Comics, since I've got a complete run from around 1961 up of that. Today's my Friday, so I'll try to remember that tomorrow.

This would, of course, require someone to admit they have a run of Lois Lane to check... 104-130 are the Rose & the Thorn run. I'll check when I get home from work if I remember.

What an amazing copy! I just wish sellers were more diligent listing exactly what copy they have, even if it has the right cover it's not necessarily a 1st.

Playboy famously had multiple different versions of each issue, distinguished by the number of stars in the P of the title:

Three covers: The first issue of Mad he worked on, from 1955. One of the only front covers he actually drew for the magazine. And the issue with his last new work, from 2020. What a jaw-droppingly extraordinary body of work, making so many people laugh and, just as importantly, think.

You are absolutely correct, but neither of the online sources I use... the Grand Comics Database or the Warren Magazines Index... seem to be aware of the fact. Although I just spent the 30 seconds needed to add the change to the GCD, so we'll see how long it takes to get approved.

That is 70's vintage toilet paper with an original Spider-Man/ Hulk story printed on it.