IngelsFan

On 10/23/2022 at 9:23 PM, bounty_coder said:

 

Some of the Eerie Publication original covers are in private collections.  The interiors though I have not seen necessarily.  Often times the AJAX/Farrell Pre-Code Stories (most often used) were doctored up a bit to add more ghoulishness and gore. A lot of paste-up's were done.  Some I believe are straight re-prints.

Heritage auctioned off a handful of complete stories in the early 2000s but I haven’t seen any since.

Steering this back to the unpopular opinion theme, and since it is the spooky season I’ll give you one that is horror-related: Tomb of Terror 15 is not a horror cover, it’s a sci-fi cover. That is a robot/android head exploding, not a human being.

Bet! I just hope it’s good. I’ve seen some reviews that were rough already.

One of my favorite non-mythos short stories of HPL’s is “The Picture in the House”. I recently acquired the page that the narrator describes in the story. From Regnum Congo, this page is from the second German printing in 1609 with the illustration by Theodor de Bry. The speculation is that Lovecraft didn’t read the original, but rather the picture and description of it in Thomas Huxley's Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature. Either way, the illustration of the “cannibal market” is pretty graphic.

On 10/10/2022 at 8:07 AM, Robot Man said:

A recent pickup. Never seen this one before. This is #54 actually #1. 

Those Charlton war giants are a fun (and tough!) set to put together. Congrats on a cool one.

Of course the first installment was in The Comics Magazine as Dr. Mystic;https://medium.com/@Meimi/the-comics-magazine-1-doctor-occult-1936-3c436af221b0

The previous story arc, The Werewolf, wrapped up in More Fun 13. More Fun 14 picks up where part 1 in The Comics Magazine 1 left off.

On 10/7/2022 at 2:01 PM, OtherEric said:

Finally in today.  If this is what the seller considers fair/ good I'll take all they've got, looks closer to a VG to me.  On the pricing front, there's an 8.0 on the bay right now for $595 BIN... I wonder how long that will last.

I would have found one that was just the Road Runner credits, but this is the version I grew up with.

That 8.0 must not have lasted long-I can’t find it (or I’d have bought it!)

On 10/1/2022 at 11:34 AM, DC# said:

How about a little Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters….#1 9.8 White pages.   $100

 

Take at 20% off

Take Battle Cry 2&3

On 9/29/2022 at 6:00 AM, Forbush-Man said:

Here's a question for you guys: Is this the very first Gray tone war cover?

War Comics 4 beats it, even if it isn’t noted as a greytone on the cover. The figures in the spotlight are a grey/wash tone.

On 9/23/2022 at 2:37 PM, catrick339 said:

Love Secrets 35

Flat, clean, tight, glossy, white pages. Bit of minor general wear

Asking $25

Take

Wow! Awesome book-GLWS.

On 9/13/2022 at 12:51 AM, Flex Mentallo said:

That panel is very disturbing. 

One of EC’s most disturbing stories, IMHO. From Haunt of Fear 27, with art by Reed Crandall.

On 9/9/2022 at 10:00 AM, lou_fine said:

Finally, a strong price for a copy of Hit 1 even though we should not be comparing a pedigree book against a non-pedigree book.  Especially when you are talking about one of the long time established GA pedigrees like the Denver pedigree.  

Then again, I've always felt that Hit 1, similar to National 7, has been a much underappreciated and seemingly almost forgotten Fine book when compared to some of his other more higher recognized classic cover books.  Absolutely loved the detailed artwork on this gorgeous red cover and from my own personal POV, stands up with Fine's other classic cover books from his much more higher profile earlier Fox time period run:    

Very strong finish on this one, and it’s on my short list for books to pick up in the next year or so (but even my short list is a big list, lol).

Shocking finish compared to the 4.0 cr/ow that went for the same price last October:https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/crime/crime-patrol-15-ec-1950-cgc-fn-65-off-white-to-white-pages/a/7279-92052.s?ic2=mytracked-lotspage-lotlinks-12202013&tab=MyTrackedLots-101116

On 9/6/2022 at 9:53 AM, Robot Man said:

Yes, Harvey file copies. I bought a bunch but overlooked this at the time…

Cool cover but I still don’t get the hype. There can’t be that many Misfits fans that are GA comic collectors. 

Decent cover but not even a Top 5 Harvey cover for me nor even a Top 10 PCH cover….I just don’t get the appeal.

On 8/24/2022 at 5:42 AM, jimbo_7071 said:

That seems to be common. The graders' notes are not all inclusive.

I had always thought that they would note rust on the staples—they used to note that on the label!—but apparently they don't do so consistently because I've seen quite a few books lately with noticeable staple rust and no mention of it in the notes.

I'm noticing more and more books with rusty staples. I'm wondering whether books that were pressed 12 or 13 years ago now have rusty staples because of the humidity that the books were exposed to during the pressing process. The humidity could be a catalyst for the rust to start. It could also just be because the books are getting older and time is taking its toll.

The staple rust could also be a by-product of the storage of slabbed books. I’m not sure how many collectors are aware of the staple rust issue involved with  certain fireproof safes.

On 8/17/2022 at 5:43 AM, PDGray said:

My latest addition - Tip Top 62 - Lost Valley copy - total of 3 on the census.

 

PDG

Such a cool pedigree-congrats!