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On 3/23/2022 at 8:31 PM, lbcolefan said:

Tonight’s clink wins!

 

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those are outstanding!!!

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There was Skywald gold tonight!  These just so seldom if ever come up- 

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Scream 1 9.2

psycho 2 1st Heap in 9.4 

nightmare 1 in 9.2  -kinda funny because the comments by Clink were for the wrong Nightmare 1--they referenced the 1952 Ziff-Davis cover

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On the topic of Skywalds:  Credit to Bounty_Coder and Jayman who was a significant contributor to this now archived thread below: This was nearly 20 years ago.  I love Warrens, don't get me wrong, but Skywald was the underdog and they managed to come up with some of the greatest, most terrifying artwork/covers.  To my understanding, from a collector's standpoint, these had lower print runs in comparison to Eerie, Vampi, and Creepy and the quality of materials and manufacturing QC wasn't as high (as Warren) making these a proverbial needle in a haystack in higher grades. If I’m mistaken on the above statement I’ll accept a verbal spanking

 Would love to see if there have been any changes in just how difficult these are to acquire.   If the experts here are open to a deeper dive, this probably isn't the correct thread, but with last night's auction thought it would be timely to request/bring up.  As an aside, by the grader's notes, looks like several of these from last night escaped someone's collection --were recently slabbed.  It makes sense because in these kinds of grades they either just don't by and large exist, or the owners are just not willing to let them out of their vice-like grip hm.  But Here's the link and an excerpt from Bounty: 

 

From 2004:
Here is my synopsis on the situation. Of course when it comes to grade they are all difficult to get in a solid VF8.0-VF+8.5 or higher. Near Scarce in NM 9.4 or higher. These books take patience to collect. Another thing I forgot was that 40% of these had black back covers as well! This means that you have double the chance of having problems with them.

 

Here are some particular issues that are hard to obtain in either High Grade due to specific covers or just because they had a lower distribution.

 

Psycho #2 - I do not know where all of these issues are, but they are hiding well. I've seen 2 pop up in over a VF/NM 9.0 during the past 2 years, and both went over guide price. Also has the First App. of the Heap. Also has 68 pages and was prone to binding defects I believe.

Psycho #8 - Squarebound issue. Rarely see them pop up.

Psycho #9 - Tough Black cover with Slithery Slime Man. Very prone to fingerprints and other abrasions.

Psycho #12 - All white cover with Jeff Jones Front peice. Art was suppossed to be for the Space Oddyssey title that got bagged. Tough book to find.

Psycho #14 - Classic Creeps cover with all black. Very prone to fingerprints. Anything wrong will show up on this issue!

Psycho #18 - Classic Eye Injury Panel cover with black border. Very prone to fingerprints and other abrasions. High Grade copies of this issue will bring retarded money.

Psycho #21 - All black cover and I believe that these later psycho's may have had cheaper paper. Which is likely since Skywald was beginning to fold under.

Psycho #22 1974 Fall special - Not only is this another tough black cover, but it may have been low distribution. I rarely see this pop up.

Psycho 1974 Yearbook - Rediculous to find! All black boarder cover. I have only seen 3 in the last 2 years. and 2 of them were Fine 6.0's. The otherthough was Bobcats NM- 9.2 and that went for bookoo bucks, $135+.

 

Scream #1 - This issue had a tough deep color cover. And I see a lot more high grade copies of the rest of the skywalds books compared to this issue.

 

Scream #8-#11 - A few board members have stated the low distribution in issue #10 & #11 with #11 being the real pain in the . But I think that it stretches from Issue #8 to #11. I've only seen 2 #8's and 2 #9's for sale in the last few years, but 3-4 of the #10's and #11's. Granted none higher than a VF/NM 9.0.

 

Nightmare #1 - Tougher to find than Psycho #1 (In my oppinion...may just be my geographic). It predates Psycho #1 by a few months or more. Was produced in 1970. Just don't see many of these available when compared to Psycho #1 (though Psycho #1 is still difficult to find in desirable grades).

Nightmare #2 - Boris cover, have seen less of these pop up than the first issue. For whatever reason it is, shares the same trait as Psycho #2.

Nightmare #15 - All black dracula cover. Rarely see them pop up. Plus it has a very hard to keep straight dark black cover.

Nightmare #20 - First John Byrne art, so it has a double market. John Byrne Fans are deep, so once they grab these they dont let them go. So I don't know if it was low distribution or just for the fact that no one lets them go that they are so hard to find. But they are tough!

Nightmare #21 - Summer Special - Dark cover For some reason the #20 and #21 are hard to locate. Maybe low dist. at the time...Have no Idea.

 

Crime Machine #1 - Possibly one of the Hardest Skywald books to obtain. I've only seen 1 for sale in 2 years. Tough darker cover also prone to defects.

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On 3/24/2022 at 7:14 AM, Artifiction said:

Wow, you went way back to find that post. I wish the book links were still good. 

I actually had to go outside of the CGC search forum to pull this up and was just by happenstance I came across this gem.  Sadly so many dead links!!!  Still so much great info, but to have those links still active would've sent it over the moon :)

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On 3/22/2022 at 5:33 PM, OtherEric said:

I have the impression you’re talking about #3 and Wombat is talking about #17, but I could be completely wrong.

As to the #3 cover, the white doorway is what sells me on it.  That doorway isn’t going where you think it should, it’s connected to somewhere else.

I view it as this monster is coming out of a sort of nexus in the void, and coming into our world.

Step into the light all are welcome.... hahaha. 

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On 3/24/2022 at 11:45 AM, Rip said:

A nice Psycho 14 or a nice white 15 in high grade would do very well.

Scream 9 in 9.0 or better has been another tough one for me.

Yeah, a nice 15 like the one that Randall found would be nice. I think his deserves a bump. Plus, I hate having to try to find it every time I want to look at it. :p

On 1/15/2022 at 10:00 PM, Randall Dowling said:

Well, well, well.  After looking for many years for a nice, white, clean copy of this magazine, my ship finally came in!  Very pleased with this book!  :acclaim:

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Edit:  I got a better photo of the book.

 

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