If you could have just one Pre code horror...

[comichut]

CRIME SUSPENSE #22

 

ditto.

 

My favorite too.. Crime Suspenstories #22. The cover is historically very important to comic book history.

[shiverbones]

yes, but it's a crime cover, no?

[precodekeith]

...but if I can only pick one it would have to be Eerie #1... first horror comic, great gothic cover, and very hard to find in decent shape.

 

I went with Eerie # 1 also.

[comic_lot]

I voted for Mister Mystery #12, its always been my PCH grail. I also think of CS #22 as a crime book rather than a horror book, although the cover is horrific.

[rjpb]

yes, but it's a crime cover, no?

 

I used to seperate the classic pre-code crime covers from the horror category - but I think in the minds of many, the more gruesome covers count as "horror" books.

[october]

Here is a classic that didn't make the list...

 

 

As far as I am concerned, NOTHING beats this book for striking cover imagery. Not anything from the golden age, silver age, bronze age or modern age. Nothing.

 

[comic_lot]

As far as I am concerned, NOTHING beats this book for striking cover imagery. Not anything from the golden age, silver age, bronze age or modern age. Nothing.

 

 

Well said Andy! Nice looking copy.

[shiverbones]

While I think Mr. Mystery #12 is right up at the top, I put 2 covers ahead of it for sheer brutality.

 

Weird Chills#2 - because the head is seen trapped, and is being slowly tortured by multiple face wounds. The nail in the lip is bad enough, but the hook in the eye is just too much!

 

Thing #7 - This one because the perpetrator WAS an attractive woman, which plays on the fears of the opposite sex AND the fingernails are IN the eyes, and blood is streaming out.

[precodekeith]

OK, I am starting to get a little confused. Is this thread/poll about "covers" or "books"?

 

I seperate the two, personally. If the vote is on the basis of cover, I'd have to change mine.

[shiverbones]

it started out about books, but lately has shifted towards cover, so I am going to get a new poll going when I get a chance based on covers.

[precodekeith]

[october]

OK, I am starting to get a little confused. Is this thread/poll about "covers" or "books"?

 

I seperate the two, personally. If the vote is on the basis of cover, I'd have to change mine.

 

Makes little difference to me, as I am mostly a cover collector, but if we have to take interiors into consideration I would either choose an EC or a book with a killer Wolverton story. Kinda takes the fun out of it, as my choices would be pretty limited because of it and many classic, classic books would be knocked out of the running.

 

The actual thread just asks which we would choose if we could only take one, so I am going to pick the book with the best cover and ignore interiors.

[Jayman]

OK, I am starting to get a little confused. Is this thread/poll about "covers" or "books"?

 

I seperate the two, personally. If the vote is on the basis of cover, I'd have to change mine.

 

Makes little difference to me, as I am mostly a cover collector, but if we have to take interiors into consideration I would either choose an EC or a book with a killer Wolverton story. Kinda takes the fun out of it, as my choices would be pretty limited because of it and many classic, classic books would be knocked out of the running.

 

As quoted earlier by Paul, Weird Mysteries #5 has the tri-fecta!

 

 

 

 

Weird Mysteries #5

 

all-time classic Baily cover

"Swamp Monster" story by Wolverton

and a text piece on the pre-code witchhunt by the publisher

 

What else could you want in a pre-code book?

[october]

I should pull out my copy and read that.....oh wait, I don't own the book.

 

Every time I see one come up for auction, I get smoked on it. Haven't read that Wolverton story either, as I have had considerable trouble finding reprints of his horror and sci-fi stuff (when they even exist).

[precodekeith]

OK, I am starting to get a little confused. Is this thread/poll about "covers" or "books"?

 

I seperate the two, personally. If the vote is on the basis of cover, I'd have to change mine.

 

Makes little difference to me, as I am mostly a cover collector, but if we have to take interiors into consideration I would either choose an EC or a book with a killer Wolverton story. Kinda takes the fun out of it, as my choices would be pretty limited because of it and many classic, classic books would be knocked out of the running.

 

The actual thread just asks which we would choose if we could only take one, so I am going to pick the book with the best cover and ignore interiors.

No sweat. I've had the mantra "you can't judge a book by its cover" drilled into my head all my life, that's probably why I make a distinction between the two. Yeah, the thread title just asks to chose one, but I believe Matthew's intro to the poll used the term "book," which is why I went with Eerie #1 instead of a classic cover.

 

Maybe we could get Matthew to make 3 polls?

Book - The whole package including interiors, cover, and any historical signifance.

Cover- Self explanatory.

Story - Again, self explanatory.

[adamstrange]

OK, I am starting to get a little confused. Is this thread/poll about "covers" or "books"?

 

I seperate the two, personally. If the vote is on the basis of cover, I'd have to change mine.

 

Makes little difference to me, as I am mostly a cover collector, but if we have to take interiors into consideration I would either choose an EC or a book with a killer Wolverton story. Kinda takes the fun out of it, as my choices would be pretty limited because of it and many classic, classic books would be knocked out of the running.

 

The actual thread just asks which we would choose if we could only take one, so I am going to pick the book with the best cover and ignore interiors.

No sweat. I've had the mantra "you can't judge a book by its cover" drilled into my head all my life, that's probably why I make a distinction between the two. Yeah, the thread title just asks to chose one, but I believe Matthew's intro to the poll used the term "book," which is why I went with Eerie #1 instead of a classic cover.

 

Maybe we could get Matthew to make 3 polls?

Book - The whole package including interiors, cover, and any historical signifance.

Cover- Self explanatory.

Story - Again, self explanatory.

 

Works for me (thumbs u