Dave Henson

Happy to add another Doctor Strange to my collection 😀

I picked up these two about 25 years ago. I was a big Doctor Strange collector and ST110 seemed impossible to find. I found the 7.0 at a show setup inside a mall in Chattanooga . I didn’t see another copy until a few years later when I found the 8.5 at a show in Atlanta. It was $1,200 and I grabbed it. I walked a few tables away and another dealer had one. Looked to be in the same grade and was also $1,200. I just couldn’t afford another $1,200 at the time. 

I’ve always felt Doctor Strange has been undervalued and under appreciated. 

Added 4 more Doctor Strange comics to my collection. Very happy with these and a big THANKS to Collectors Comics!! 🤩

I scored the Haunt boxed set on eBay last night. Includes the box 🤪. I’ve bid in the past over $400 and always lost. Very happy with the price on this one! It’s been on my want list since the 90’s when I bought Vault and Tales. 

There were several beautiful Doctor Strange issues from the Federal Hill collection up for bid on Comic Link. The auctions ended last night. I put healthy bids on six but only won this #175.  
 

I’ve owned this copy of Doctor Strange 169 for over 25 years. Received it back from CGC last week.

And a few recent acquisitions thanks to the awesome Reece’s Comics.

And finally the cover art for a ’95 limited series called Over the Edge #2. 

I can breathe easier now that my EC’s are home. 😃

Hats off to CGC for super quick grading (and minimizing my Click+Refreshes). Pretty happy with my EC grades 🤗

So the waiting begins 🤪

Sent some of my ECs to CGC and they’re scheduled for grading. 👹 

The Haunt 26 is Gaines copy 8 of 12. The Tales are just pretty. 

Has anyone else struggled with the fact that you’re paying more to CGC than you paid for the books?!? LOL I guess that’s a good thing, and I did buy them a while back. 

I wasn’t surfing eBay looking for this, but it jumped out and called my name so I had to buy. I’m pretty happy with the price. It’ll make a great addition to my Tales From The Crypt and Vault of Horror boxed sets. If only I could find a decent deal on the Haunt boxed set too. 🤪

Happy Monday 🤪. I received my Shock Illustrated 3 today back from CGC. I purchased this one about 25 years ago and it’s not a Gaines file copy.

CGC 8.5 White Pages

There are 8 copies graded higher in the census. I’ve seen pics of the 9.0, 9.2, 9.4 and one of the 9.8. All those are Gaines file copies and none of those have white pages.

It would be cool to know the journey of this copy but perhaps it’s too shocking to illustrate. 

Today is a vacation day for me, so I decided to read through some of the horror and EC threads while drinking my coffees (always more than one cup lol). One of the items discussed was the River City pedigree. Most of the books pictured had an S followed by a date. I really thought the penmanship of the S looked familiar, so I did a search on Heritage’s sold books for River City and came across this copy they sold of Crypt of Terror (not my book):

The S-8 almost exactly matches the mark on my Haunt of Fear 15 (this one IS my book):

It looks like I may have had a River City in my collection for 25 years and didn’t even know. 

HOF 15 was my first EC. I bought it from a dealer in Tennessee. It was $800 and he had the audacity to charge sales tax making it $866 🤨. Over the next 5-6 years I added a few more ECs to my collection. Within the next few days I should get my Shock Illustrated 3 back from CGC, so expect another proud post  soon! I may hand out cigars!!

I purchased this beautiful copy of Tales from the Crypt 35 over 20 years ago. I’m pretty sure it was a Dragon-Con show and I believe the dealer was Vincent Zurzolo.


 

At the time, they were running a special -  with every purchase you got a free photo with Chanel  

If you look carefully, eventually you’ll find the book in the pic!