fifties

Ya done well!  Strange Terrors 2 is a good reader.

Cross posting with the recent Pre Code Purchases thread.

Mail call yesterday.  A Canadian book with the term, "Crime" in the title, which was later forbidden in the GWN.

Just listed 5 pre code horror, crime, and Sci Fi on The Bay;  https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?item=226150987193&rt=nc&_trksid=p4429486.m3561.l170197&_ssn=fifties

Mail call today.  Been after this issue for ages, and it just seems HTF. 

On 5/12/2024 at 12:24 PM, Ghastly542454 said:

Well, not to break up the happy gathering, but if you really want to get into “The Group”, you’ll need these two books to complete it.

 

 

Sorry, but that's a different title.  

On 5/10/2024 at 8:56 PM, OtherEric said:

I can't judge the application because I'm not a member myself, but is this one also required?

 

I don't think so, in that the original C.O.T. issues were from 1950, and the 3Der was from '54.  Nevertheless I have that issue as well.

Canadian editions of the EC Sci Fi fare had always been cheaper than the American printed ones, since they used inferior plates, and it showed with inferior printed pages. I'm not sure though if there's a discernable difference in the covers, which would really be all that matters in a slabbed copy.  None of mine are slabbed, but I really don't see a difference in the covers, just the interior pages.

Here's mine.  I think it's a b itchen cover, classic or not.

On 5/6/2024 at 10:16 AM, Mmehdy said:

Since Roger Hills complete EC collection is hitting the market, besides TTA#1 what New Trend  comic book not MAG would be the rarest and also pre trend? Opinions?

I would think the short lived Crypt of Terror series might qualify, if those are in his collection.

On 5/2/2024 at 6:27 AM, Marty Mann said:

While I did deliver newspapers during my seventeenth summer in Scranton, my best moneymaking years were 1944 and

1945 shining shoes on the streets of Newark, NJ.

 

 

That was right around the time I was gettin' born in Queens Borough, N.Y.  

On 5/1/2024 at 4:47 PM, Chip Cataldo said:

Again, the conversation was about a high-value book. Read through the recent posts, please.

So you didn't insure the slab for the full amount. That affects the shipping cost, obviously.

1" thick mailer? Like a Gemini mailer? That's NOT a well-protected slab, sorry to inform you.

What were the actual dimensions of the package?

You made a generalized statement, which prompted my response.  IDK what a Gemini mailer is, but this one had corrugated cardboard all around, and an extra cardboard inside. The slab just fit, so it's dimensions were just slightly larger.

I've been selling & mailing comic books for 25 years, and not once have ever had a complaint about packing.