Randall Dowling

This sounds oddly familiar... . If it wasn't Mr. Bedrock (and I'm not saying it wasn't because that guy definitely knows how to party), it probably should have been.

Cool Books! I've always been a big Gil Kane fan. There are a lot of great covers for Tales of the Zombie. Some of Boris' best work in my opinion!

"It's a form of payment."

My recollection was that he had a complete set of ECs but I forget where I heard it. The person I know that would know, can't be mentioned on these boards.

Sweeeeeet!! I like it!

Very nice!!

Agreed, this is a great stuff, Ed! Keep it coming!

It's an interesting question. If structure is approximately the same between two books and assuming we're talking of books 1950-1960, I'll tolerate off-white pages and pay the same price either way. If pq is cream-off-white, I'd pay 30% less. If pq is cream or less, not interested. At any price. There's a copy out there somewhere with better pages and I'll find that one. And I don't like buying books that I know I'm going to replace. If we're talking books prior to 1950, the rules change. I'd love to have nothing but Reilly or Church books but that's not realistic. I'm probably willing to pay 10% less for cream pages especially for WWII books and earlier but for many of those that I'm after, just finding a copy can be tough and the market is what it is. If I don't buy it for the market price, someone else will. And pretty quickly, lately.

These are 3 beautiful pieces of art that you don't see often. The Williamson/Evans page is particularly well executed! Thanks for sharing!!

Just want to thank you, Gator, for posting all of these books. I've been watching throughout and it's really a treat to see every Centaur in one place! What an awesome thread!!

That's interesting, Pat. What book is it from?

Impact 1 has a white logo version and a yellow logo version. Change due to poor interior printing quality of initial white logo version, Gaines changed printers and used yellow logo. The biggest change is on Krigstein's Master Race which is nearly unreadable in some white logo copies.

Also, FWIW, I've always thought that Wally must have seen this paperback cover prior to making SS6 as it came out a year or so before. Or maybe just something in the air...

I could be wrong about the stamp. At any rate, it's a great looking copy. I wish I'd bought a copy back then before the run up on prices. And agreed, I've always disliked dust shadows much more than a little bit of foxing.

FWIW, about 10 years ago, someone was selling a copy of this book that had foxing in the exact same place. The book was raw and he had it graded as a 9.0. Said it was a Bethlehem copy. I think it had a date stamp on the back cover but I could be wrong. Anyway, probably just a coincidence but thought I'd share anyway.

It would be really something to see the original art to that cover! I suspect it's out there somewhere, locked up in a collection.

That is a gorgeous book!!! Love the cover!

No, I think there's quite a few of us. I've had a lot more competition for room to look at floor boxes during conventions lately! (For some reason a lot of dealers still think that's where magazines belong, I don't get it)

I think you're totally right about that. There are definitely certain issues that you can find crazy numbers of like Eerie 12 and Creepy 20, etc. but there are big chunks of each of the 4 major runs that high grade copies are either locked up in collections or few and far between. I'm probably 75% complete on Eerie, Creepy, and Vampirella in 9.0 or better but there are some issues that are tough. It seems like they've really heated up a bit in the last year.

It seems harder to find in 9.0 or better and commands some respectable prices accordingly. I know what you mean, though, I started putting together a high grade Warren collection of Warrens 25 years ago and quit because they weren't that challenging or hard to find. Now, it's a different story!

113 is published after Warren by Harris with a reproduced cover from Vampirella 64. The print run wasn't super high and it was at a low point for Warrens so high grade copies are tougher than a lot of magazines. And yes, 112 is the last Warren issue.

The ghost of Frederick Wertham is out there somewhere and he's still angry...

Those are both difficult in high grade. Nice grabs, Oakman!

Agreed. And apparently is still a mystery as to what it even is. Some say iron molecules in the paper rusting others say it's a mold or fungus. In any case, I don't like it!