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I did set up a myspace account to try and track info as it comes in. I'm posting this info in the blog section. feel free to add any info you see fit. I found three different scans of different copies of eerie #1 so I posted those as well. No clue whether they are real or not but it's a start. thanks! Oh, the link for it is: http://www.myspace.com/eerieashcan1

Right, everything I've read (which is not a lot) deals with copies, nowhere have I seen a description of an original or a side by side comparison. Guess we need to find someone with an authentic copy willing to send us scans of it. Still, it would be nice to see what other people have in regards to this even if they know it's a copy or second print (there is a second print, right? thought I read that somewhere in my research). How different copies differ from one another would be interesting to see whether or not a determination can be made one way or the other. Again, gathering this data is going to be key to figuring stuff out on our own, if we even can. It's an interesting project to start, hopefully.

I got this reply from CGC concerning grading it: "We cannot grade that book as it is printed in a manner that is easy to duplicate. Gemma Adel CGC Customer Service Supervisor" So it sounds like it's up to us to get as much info as we can. Would setting up a myspace account or something to attend to this be advised? We may get more hits/info that way.

I've never been a fan of keeping something a mystery just so others don't take advantage of it. Yeah, you run that risk but I think a lot of people would rather have some type of guide to determine a real copy from a fake than have it in limbo until someone decides to come by and do just what we are (hopefully) trying to do.

Well, can anyone who has a copy scan in the cover and back and maybe describe key points on their copy? Hell, we should be able to do this if no-one else is and there has to be more people here than I whom has a copy we can compare. Maybe we'll get nowhere but we can start cataloging copies and variants and such, yes? I'll do a better scan on mine today and try to find whatever text decripitions are out there and try to compare mine to those in the meantime.

Never thought to look in Overstreet for info...does a specific year of Overstreet deal with this or is this something that is attended to in every year? Thanks!

Do you mind going into what CGC had to say about it or the process it went through? And do you have any idea where I could find info on what copies are going for these days? thanks!!

Hmmm, I thought CGC wasn't accepting copies of this because so much about it is in question but that may be a another avenue to approach if they are. I was thinking the best way to tell is the type of paper it's printed on but other than a C14 test or something akin, I can see the difficulties. Provenance would certianly help answer some questions but sadly, I picked my copy up at a used bookstore in NYC about 10 years ago and they didn't remember where or whom it came from other than it came in with a full run Of Creepy and other similar magazines. But in researching it, I could find no tell-tale signs of it being a photocopy like the ones which popped up in the 70's but then again, there is no definitive answer out there. I guess they best way would be to compare it to an known original and a known photocopy. Anyone have one of either? it'd be cool if we could come up with some kind of guide to knowing a fake from an original.

Dig out my copy of the Eerie Ashcan #1 and was wondering if anyone here can help me identify whether it's original or a photocopy. It is printed on higher qulaity paper than normal photocopy paper otherwise it's hard to tell things. No blue staples or photocopy drift, everything is sharp and lovely. I scanned the cover and back if that helps but I really don't want to scan interior pages yet. But if that would help, I'll see what I can do. thanks for any assistance! -Jeff