Weird

 

I don't think we would be speculating too much to say TOD sales probably blow HOM out of the water at their peaks then? What surprises me is Kaluta/I Vampire covers in HOM getting outsold by the Ghost issues.

I meant Ghosts in case anyone thought I was talking about Ghost Rider. That he outsold both of them doesn't surprise me.

Well, here's the other problem, the Ghost Rider numbers only start at 1979, when the DC horror anthology books were on their way out:

 

1979

 

H o Mystery 264-275 85,569

Ghost Rider 34 - 39 135,107

 

1980

H o Mystery 276-287 88,876

Ghost Rider 40- 51 132,129

Ghosts (DC) 84 - 95 95,317

 

1981

H o Mystery 288-299 86,962

Ghost Rider 52 -63 121,227

Ghosts (DC) 96-107 87,537

Unexpected 206-217 83,000

I don't think we would be speculating too much to say TOD sales probably blow HOM out of the water at their peaks then? What surprises me is Kaluta/I Vampire covers in HOM getting outsold by the Ghost issues.

Cool, I just won this auction. Not really familiar with it but the price was right and heck.... it's Frazetta! Sorry that this is technically late Siver, but it looks BA to me so here I am. Anyone know anything about these books? Too bad #1 wasn't in the deal.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6542644941&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1

 

Very good deal. 3 is everywhere (it's the only one I have), but getting the two for only $15 is a great deal. I believe all four issues in the run are Frazetta covers.

 

Now you have to get them all! Be careful not to get any of the reprints if auction scans are not as good as that one. I have seen some sellers try to pull that.

 

They reprinted those? Are the covers substantially different on the repros?

Different enough. But they could be confusing if you didn't know better.

So who's gonna bust out their copy of that book (Standard Catalogue?) and drop some "publication number data" knowledge on us about TOD and HOM?

 

 

I just keyed in a boatload of data, but lost DSL connection before saving! I'll eventually retype as a text file, then cut & paste here.

 

The problem is the Standard catalog has no data for ToD, Frankenstein, WbN, etc. The closest they come is Ghost Rider.

I bought a little battery backup at Staples for my PC. We get waaaay too many power outages/brownouts in Florida to not have one. Came in handy twice today due to storms. Go get one!

I guess the question would be - is Ghost Rider considered a "Mystery" comic? Or at least, considered so by the Marvel people who put the claim on the TOD covers. If it was and it still beat out HOM in sales, then TOD certainly would have, going by their cover claims that is was #1. Or something like that.

Cool, I just won this auction. Not really familiar with it but the price was right and heck.... it's Frazetta! Sorry that this is technically late Siver, but it looks BA to me so here I am. Anyone know anything about these books? Too bad #1 wasn't in the deal.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6542644941&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1

Very good deal. 3 is everywhere (it's the only one I have), but getting the two for only $15 is a great deal. I believe all four issues in the run are Frazetta covers.

Now you have to get them all! Be careful not to get any of the reprints if auction scans are not as good as that one. I have seen some sellers try to pull that.

Star Spangled War Stories 171:

Star Spangled War Stories 153 Kubert Copy:

Star Spangled War Stories 152:

*Note the similarities with US 205.

Star Spangled War Stories 163 Oakland:

Well I'm sure there was a little hype to it, but there are some stats to support that. It ran for 70 issues - thats longer than WWBN or any other horror series Marvel put out aside from maybe Ghost Rider and hes went a little more superhero IMO.

 

As well I think its the best Marvel in terms of quality. Colan and Wolfman stayed on this thing for the entire run, more or less and it seems to me they really put all their effort into this book.

 

There also seem to be a lot of HG copies of TOD floating around which would support a higher print run possibility.

So who's gonna bust out their copy of that book (Standard Catalogue?) and drop some "publication number data" knowledge on us about TOD and HOM?

And now another ambush cover.

Just got some books from Metro today. I'll post a few of the others later.

Star Spangled War Stories 166 Oakland:

So the "ambush" cover made it over to Atlas as well.

If there is one thing I fault the DC war covers for, it is the reliance on too many ambush scenarios. But now, I'm just nit-picking.

I guess Marvel's "Snapple" series would be Monster of Frankenstein.

 

I always thought ToD was the most popular BA horror series in terms of sales, but I could be dead wrong. I am sure someone can straighten that out.

I have always though it was also. Due mainly to it having things like this "ribbon" on many covers:

Or it could have just been hype.

That was a Mile High DS book that didn't meet reserve on ebay. I got it after-auction for less than my max bid (and less than the last one in grade sold for in 2003) and w/ free shipping. Lynne from MH rocks.

 

 

Did those turn out to be restored/trimmed? The Bats 244 went out a few days ago for a refund....

I took them out again tonight and they looked okay to me, but I am no expert. Maybe I'll waste one of my CS entries this year on the 8 and see what gives.

Thanks.

 

 

 

....don't knock mambly pambly bidding, high proxy bids can get you into trouble!

You think $20 is a high proxy bid?

Looks familiar....

 

Incremental shiller!!! Stick to hoarding Bats 227 and lay off the DC war books!!!

 

I have learned my lesson and will stick to my side of the fence!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

....for now.

It WAS such a high dollar book ....

He then graciously let me win some restored Weird Wars...

JK. Andy felt really bad about his mambly pambly bidding and went above and beyond to make up for it. He's a good egg

Looks familiar....

Incremental shiller!!! Stick to hoarding Bats 227 and lay off the DC war books!!!

Star Spangled War Stories 160:

Working on my SSWS/US run....

Star Spangled War Stories 162:

I sold my 9.6 on eBay for $193.61 and I know that banner got around $250 for his. I was sure that it was on eBay as well but for some reason, it's not listed in the GPA.

 

Still a strong price for a book that isn't that scarce!

 

I wasn't aware of drbanner's sale. Was it in the last year?

 

And no, the book doesn't seem to be scare in general, but I still cannot find a raw NM for myself.

Yes, it was within a year of my sale which happened in November of last year.

Maybe I'll buy Chuck's "Near Mint" one for $24 plus the PHILLY discount.....

I sold my 9.6 on eBay for $193.61 and I know that banner got around $250 for his. I was sure that it was on eBay as well but for some reason, it's not listed in the GPA.

 

Still a strong price for a book that isn't that scarce!

I wasn't aware of drbanner's sale. Was it in the last year?

And no, the book doesn't seem to be scare in general, but I still cannot find a raw NM for myself.

I gotta admit this one surprised me - $465. I figured maybe double the average for a 9.6 at most (which would have been $300 or so). It doesn't show up in the census as yet (no 9.8s currently).

 

The HOM 201 cover is one of my favorites; I love the baby demon's expression. But, 5k is pretty pricey. Is that a realistic price range for his covers?

 

The seller referenced this Kaluta sale when mentioning his price expectations:

 

Kaluta Cover on Heritage

 

I guess it's a really fair price. That cover is from 1984, and is Bold Adventures #3 from Pacific Comics. Kaluta's Shadow pages have sold on Heritage for $1500-$3500. Now, where did I put that $5k I had lying around?

I was not sure what his horror covers were going for to tell you the truth and thought $5k was a tad high for a starting price as well. But I really have nothing solid to base that opinion on. I do know that the art for the Detective 423 cover sold for under $5k, I believe, last year or the year before through one of the major OA auction sites (I forget which - if someone has a link to the auction that would be cool). You can see it here: 'Tec 423

I think that was a bargain comparatively and wish I had seen it. I would have been tempted to break my self-imposed limit on OA/comic spending. That is my favorite Kaluta cover of any genre...

 

The HOM 201 cover is one of my favorites; I love the baby demon's expression. But, 5k is pretty pricey. Is that a realistic price range for his covers?

The seller referenced this Kaluta sale when mentioning his price expectations:

Kaluta Cover on Heritage

That's because the Ghosts # 42 cover is just pure

 

Sell it to me!

But I have more wallspace!!!