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Gore, man gore! The tame ones just don't float my boat. I have what I like in St John. (Annuals, great covers and good artists). But, I see no need anymore to "complete" those titles. ACG, I like the early ones (great covers and art by Williamson ect). The rest just don't jazz me enough. I will make an exception with ACG though. The Clutching Hand one shot is FULL of gore. Very unlike this publisher. Any body have a copy handy to post? Maybe some of the good panels inside? Mine is buried deep...

About the only ones I don't have near full runs of would be ACG and St. John (not lurid enough for me I guess). Since, you have probably seen most of the usual suspects, I thought I might start out with a few more obscure fringe titles.

Thanks for showing those, very interesting! I too have the Roly.Poly bleedin' 'ead issue.

 

AFA ACG, I have fairly complete runs of the later issues of Adventures Into The Unknown, and Forbidden Worlds. I would say that each of the '53 and later books all had at least one good story, although generally not on the gore level as The Thing or Mister Mystery.

St. John, agreed, pretty antiseptic AFA gore, but they also had some interesting stories.

Last for today are a couple giants/annuals that you don't see often. I love annuals and have a lot of them in all genres. Here are a couple horror ones.

Here is an unusual English book that has content by Atlas and Fawcett. I have a few more somewhere.

Here are two western/horror crossover titles usually overlooked by most horror collectors. Both are pretty good with decent content. Both are published by Youthful just before they changed over to Beware and the like. The surrounding issues are worth a look as well.

Not that anyone probably cares but the first one is the Crippen copy...

Hi Guys. I've been wanting to get in on the fun over here for a long time. Pre-code horror is probably my favorite era. Like fifties, I've got pretty complete runs of them. I am missing a few spotty issues mostly Atlas. About the only ones I don't have near full runs of would be ACG and St. John (not lurid enough for me I guess). Since, you have probably seen most of the usual suspects, I thought I might start out with a few more obscure fringe titles.

Here are 3 books not really straight horror but very horror related. They pre-date the onslaught of horror books of the 1950's.

Last but not least a few giant/annuals that you don't see everyday...

An unusual English horror book that has pre-code Atlas and Fawcett contents:

Here are a couple of cool western/horror crossovers with horror covers and stories:

As if any one cares the is the Crippen copy...

Hey Kids! Comics! Today, I will feature some more obscure horror type comics. Not the usual stuff but some more "fringe" areas of the genre.

One million dollars!

Wow, Gary, you are perceptive. I had a card by it's self and then I got the kit. The group picture is a lot older. I don't think I had the kit then. So, I might have two cards... Oh Oh, here come the PM's...

I love that one Marty! I always refer to it as an Action #1 homage. I know you paid a whole lot less for your copy than I did!

Here's one from the back of the box that got wet years ago.

 

 

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And, along the same lines, here is the Green Lama "Escapo" Membership Kit from the comic books. I love the WWII vibe. Only thing missing is the mailing envelope. Unfortuanately, there was never a button or badge...

And, along the same lines, here is the Green Lama "Escapo" Membership Kit from the comic books. I love the WWII vibe. Only thing missing is the mailing envelope. Unfortuanately, there was never a button or badge...

Here are some Double Detective pulps. These all feature the Green Lama before he was in comics. There aren't many Green Lama issues if memory serves me well.

Here are some Double Detective pulps. These all feature the Green Lama before he was in comics. There aren't many Green Lama issues if memory serves me well.

That seems to be the consensus. I now tend to agree. It is kind of weird that so many artists could draw in the same style. Also most Disney stuff doesn't seem to be dated. Walt ran his company with an iron fist. I worked at the studio for a short time and there were a lot of rules. I was a bit of a rebel and didn't fit in too well...

Yeah, I look for comics, toys, premiums, robots, pulps, advertising stuff, political pins, sports ect. Have found some great stuff in Addamstown, Kutztown ect. Always fun to hunt in different areas. Out here I know all the players. There, everything is fresh and different. Do you still find any GA comics out there? Oh, a Zoomer is a good one! I've got a couple in my robot picture.

Oh, man what a stash! Some I have, some I don't. (some I'll never get anymore...) I love hunting flea markets in PA!

 

I used to find Baker books at the flea market and they were cheap.

The price went up and the collections disappeared. I can still find Little Lulu, however.

 

All but one of those was from the flea markets. Did you used to search for robots in PA? I knew a guy that did that. I asked him about the robot I had as a guy and he called it a "Zoomer".

OK, Kids, here is another Baker oddity. Record Book of Famous Police Cases Giant WITH the Mexican version. Can't be many of these out there. This weekend I delved into my Giant/Annual boxes. I forgot how many St John annuals I had. (I think I am missing only 2). I used to buy every one I could because I loved annuals and Matt Baker did most of the St John ones. They aren't all Romance though. I've got to put them on my photobucket. Any you would like to see first?

LOVE the colors on this one!

Oh, man what a stash! Some I have, some I don't. (some I'll never get anymore...) I love hunting flea markets in PA!

I used to find Baker books at the flea market and they were cheap.

The price went up and the collections disappeared. I can still find Little Lulu, however.

OK, Kids, here is another Baker oddity. Record Book of Famous Police Cases Giant WITH the Mexican version. Can't be many of these out there. This weekend I delved into my Giant/Annual boxes. I forgot how many St John annuals I had. (I think I am missing only 2). I used to buy every one I could because I loved annuals and Matt Baker did most of the St John ones. They aren't all Romance though. I've got to put them on my photobucket. Any you would like to see first?

LOVE the colors on this one!

No, very little. They take up too much room. I do have a few wartime Superman's and some Betty Boop sundays I thing somewhere.

Any newspaper colour comics?

Those "low graders" would be fine with me! I take what I can get on this stuff.

Glad to finally grab these two, in recent months... even low grade copies such as these...

 

 

Here's one to get you started. It ain't the best copy but I'm glas to have one at all. I think tricolorbrian started a thread on this and got very little response. I wasn't on the boards then so it hasn't been posted. I don't have much else in sci fi annuals.

Here is annother cool sci fi book

and one more...

I've got a couple of those. Just haven't dipped into the sci fi boxes yet. I pulled out a bunch of annuals and giants this weekend, Also did some misc GA stuff and pulps. I have my stuff by publisher and genre. My aim is to put up stuff that most people haven't seen. Most comics have been shown here many times so I will look for ones I think are a little more obscure. So I will get around to it.