icp004

Awesome copy! 

On 1/27/2019 at 6:09 PM, Jayman said:

The cover story in this one is classic HOM! 

You were right about “The Demon Within”! I also liked “A Tale of Vengance”,  the story about the boy who lost his dad to a coal mine accident.  I’m new to Bronze Age horror but I’m going to start reading more!  Thanks!

I purchased a really nice, near complete run (38 of 46 issues) of Secrets of Haunted House.  Nearly every issue is in same or better condition than the 1st issue pictured here. I don’t see many of these posted in this thread.  Are these not as sought after as some of the other DC Horror?  Regardless there are lots of cool covers in this run!

A busy week!

So did every DC title published during these months get the “Bigger and Better” issues?   

I am supposed to be thinning out my collection but because of all the cool books in this thread and the Infinite Bronze Horror thread I’m buying more than I’m selling. 

37 minutes ago, joeypost said:

Not sure if I posted before or not. 

1 hour ago, Jayman said:

Also added 2 more issues to my Haunted Love run courtesy of Dale’s FS thread.

Thanks for bringing back memories from the earliest days of my collecting.  My best friend and I raided a long box at a local used book store of all the number 1’s. This Reprint of the original run from Charlton is one I snagged.

5 hours ago, Von Cichlid said:

I just scored a House of Mystery 201-203 bundle from ebay at a good price a couple of weeks ago.  I love those covers.  Here are some of my favorites from the era:

 

I saw that HOS 201-203 listing.  Nice books!!

Picked up a few more over the weekend. 

More pick ups this weekend from local antique shop. 

48 minutes ago, Jayman said:

Wow, old post! No I didn’t follow up on that as my focus shifted to Precode Horror but I’m pretty sure it was a HOM issue. I know I have it as I remember reading it. Very creepy story! Oh, welcome to the boards too! 

Thanks for the reply.  I’ve been going through this thread and now I’m hooked.  There are so many cool covers!  

20 minutes ago, kc2112 said:

You're welcome. Yeah I got a little obsessed with it. Searched for like an hour and nothing. Could it be from something that was never finished or released? Seems to me that Al is going to kill a dog.....maybe they decided to scrap it.

I guess it makes sense that not all work gets published.  This page comes up in an eBay listing when I searched for Greg Larocque. I wanted to know where it appeared before deciding whether or not to make an offer. 

6 hours ago, kc2112 said:

I searched all of those writers and artists and couldn't find this at all.

My searches on comic book db all came up empty as well.  Thanks for checking!

On 10/10/2016 at 2:44 PM, Jayman said:

 

There was another story that I'd like to re read from a HOM or HOS. Had to do with a guy making a deal with the devil to bring his little girl back to life and at the end he gets her and everything seems fine. In actuality though, the last scene is the man obviously deranged (and tricked by the devil), holding the dead girl. Pretty shocking for a code approved book!

Were you ever able to find the issue with this story?

1 hour ago, speedcake said:

Just brought it home. First one I’ve found. 

Very Nice!  

Thanks to all who have responded so far.  You have brought up several good points that I had not considered. It is cool to find out that something already unique has something extra that sets it apart even more. 

1 hour ago, 01TheDude said:

if you take it out of the bag, it would help us see the slab better

part of me thinks the red label adds to the value-- since you know the book has probably not been pressed or cleaned

if you were to resubmit it, a clean and press might not be a bad idea either.

Here are pics after removing the bag. 

I wanted to get opinions on the resale of slabs with older red label versus the newer blue label.  

If two books were identical in every way including grade (except one red label and other blue) would one book tend to be more desirable than the other?

Would resubmission of a red label slab make sense?  How common is it for resubmission to result in a better grade due to differences it the strictness of grading on low grade books.

This is the book I am considering for resubmission.  Note the 20 cent price written over the UPC code.

Comments and suggestions are appreciated.

Anyone know which DC title this page is from?