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The 10 Magazine Keys.

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RedRaven

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In an effort to generate some traffic here how bouts we put our collected heads together and determine what the comic mag keys would be. I just pulled 10 out of the air as everyone likes that number for lists. Don't know if we will have more or less than 10 but I'm not especially beholde to any particular number.

 

 

I suppose the first thing to do is to decide what exactly constitutes a key.

 

I'm gonna toss out a few scoring categories for consideration, in no order of importance.

 

1. Current collectability.

2. Impact on the genre.

3. First Appearances

4. Artist/Inker/Writer

5. Longevity of title.

 

 

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Cimm

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Web of Horror #3 (first Berni Wrightson cover)

Vampirella #1 (Origin and first appearance Vampirella)

Vampirella #8 (first serious Vampirella story)

Vampirella Annual #1 (New Origin Vampirella)

Creepy #1 (first Warren comic mag, last Frazetta art in comics)

Eerie #1 (only printed 1000 copies, an ashcan for a long-lived series)

the EC Picto-Fiction line (Crime, Terror, Confessions, and Shock Illustrated)... the direct result of the comics code, and the progenitor of the Warrens, etc.

Psycho #1 (first Skywald horror comic)

 

 

that's all I can think of right now... kinda rough day...

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sakaridis

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Playboy is not a comic magazine, so I guess it probably shouldn't be considered in this discussion.

 

I agree about Savage Tales #1. It's also the first appearance of Man-Thing. That's gotta count for something. :headbang:

 

Another candidate: Marvel Preview #2. Origin/Early appearance of Punisher hm

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Boba

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Warren's - An Illustrated History of Heidi Saha - less than 500 printed, many unsold, recently sold for $750.00 on ebay.

Never mind that it's a little twisted, it IS comic-ralated.

 

Do these count as "magazines"? Sort of like the GA of comic magazines.

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Simply gorgeous - and a bargain at $6500 on ebay.

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THE_BEYONDER

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Web of Horror #3 (first Berni Wrightson cover)

Vampirella #1 (Origin and first appearance Vampirella)

Vampirella #8 (first serious Vampirella story)

Vampirella Annual #1 (New Origin Vampirella)

Creepy #1 (first Warren comic mag, last Frazetta art in comics)

Eerie #1 (only printed 1000 copies, an ashcan for a long-lived series)

the EC Picto-Fiction line (Crime, Terror, Confessions, and Shock Illustrated)... the direct result of the comics code, and the progenitor of the Warrens, etc.

Psycho #1 (first Skywald horror comic)

 

 

that's all I can think of right now... kinda rough day...

 

If Web 3 makes the list.....I would think Nightmare 20 would also (1st pro work- John Byrne)

 

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bergdoll

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GREAT topic!! I'm really interested in what comes out of it.

 

There are the "tweens" - not quite a magazine, not quite a comic books like TMNT #1, but for magazines, I'd think the Warren's mentioned here are good picks.

 

I'd also add that EC magazine that never was on the newsstands - you had to go to their office to pick it up when they went under.

 

 

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