litldevl-migration

Here's my report on the Pittsburgh con re:bronze horror.I think I saw the show from a different perspective than shiverbones. I'm a completionist collector currently working on the bronze DC and Marvel horror runs. I approach collecting from a price angle (gotta be a bargain) first and condition is secondary. I'm just going for good "eye appeal" (usually means a fine, for me). Therefore, when I see a seller with the majority of his stock sitting there in mylars, I run the other way as fast as I can. I only saw what was being offered in the bargain bins. I had a pretty decent budget of around $200 to spend and I ended up with half a long box of comics (list to follow). From a bottom feeder's point of view, here's where my experience differed from shiver's: Here's the copy of HOM#236 I picked up. The same dealer had two copies of equal quality. I left the second one behind. It was still there on Sunday. This is one of the few doubles I picked up. Never hurts to have a spare of this one! In the cheapie boxes, there were plenty of Ghosts, Secrets of the Haunted House, and Unexpected. The hardest to find were Witching Hour, House of Secrets, Secrets of Sinister House, and all Marvel horror titles. Found this copy of Ghosts#106 along with a bunch of others. The 105 was probably there too but I already have it and I went for filling holes before grabbing dupes. In the price range I was shopping at I saw mostly late 70's and very little early bronze (under 35 centers or so). Most notable were a bunch of later issues of Unexpected, Secrets of the Haunted House, and House of Mystery that I picked up for a steal. I wish I would have had more money to spend. I left a LOT of stuff behind. Here's a sampling of last issues to represent the later 70's material I found in Pittsburgh. Overall, it was a great show for bronze horror with one exception. That would be the B&W horror magazines. I only saw maybe 5 Skywald's there. The Warren mags I saw were all WAY overpriced. I didn't end up with a single magazine even though my want list is still full of them. I found a lot of later issues in the DC horror runs and finally found all the 80 page House of Mystery issues for a decent price. Here's the list of what I picked up:Chamber of Chills 15 VF $2Crypt of Shadows 6 F/VF $2Crypt of Shadows 16 F $1.50Crypt of Shadows 20 G/VG $1.50DC Special 11 VG $2Ghosts 3 VG $3Ghosts 4 F $3Ghosts 20 G (Looked much higher) $1Ghosts 36 F/VF $1.50Ghosts 40 VG/F $2Ghosts 42 F $2Ghosts 58 VF $2Ghosts 103 VF $2Ghosts 104 VF $2Ghosts 106 F $1Ghosts 109 F $1Ghosts 110 F $1Ghosts 111 F/VF $2Ghosts 112 F/VF $1House of Mystery 170 F $1House of Mystery 189 VG $2House of Mystery 204 VG/F $2House of Mystery 206 F $2House of Mystery 221 VG/F $2House of Mystery 236 VG $2House of Mystery 250 G $1House of Mystery 251 VG/F $2House of Mystery 252 VG/F $2House of Mystery 253 VG/F $2House of Mystery 254 VG/F $2House of Mystery 255 VG $2House of Mystery 256 VG/F $2House of Mystery 270 F/VF $1House of Mystery 293 VF $2House of Mystery 298 F $1House of Mystery 307 F/VF $2House of Mystery 309 F/VF $1House of Mystery 311 VF $2House of Mystery 312 VF $1House of Mystery 316 VF $2House of Mystery 317 VF $2House of Mystery 321 F $2House of Secrets 84 VG $2House of Secrets 89 F $4House of Secrets 90 VG $2House of Secrets 133 F/VF $2House of Secrets 134 F/VF $3House of Secrets 149 VG $2House of Secrets 154 F $2Phantom Stranger 7 F/VF $3Phantom Stranger 12 F $3Phantom Stranger 29 F/VF $3Secrets of the Haunted House 7 VF $2Secrets of the Haunted House 9 F/VF $2Secrets of the Haunted House 17 F $2Secrets of the Haunted House 23 G/VG $1Secrets of the Haunted House 43 VF $2Secrets of the Haunted House 45 VF $2Secrets of the Haunted House 46 VF $2Tomb of Darkness 12 F/VF $2Unexpected 126 VG/F $2Unexpected 163 F/VF $2Unexpected 167 F $2Unexpected 178 VF $2Unexpected 185 VF $2Unexpected 187 VF $2Unexpected 196 VF $2Unexpected 198 VF $2Unexpected 201 VF $2Unexpected 203 VF $2Unexpected 204 VF $2Unexpected 208 VF $2Unexpected 208 F $2Unexpected 211 VF $2Witching Hour 19 F/VF $7.50And I'll leave you with one of my few Marvel pick ups.