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[Red Hook]

Hi Sid,

 

Don't feel bad. I would NEVER try to make the case that Charltons compare to DCs or Marvels. That wasn't my intent. I suspect Shiver agrees. They can be pretty cheesy. The QP is basically non-existant. But consider them cult-comics. And I am truely fascinated by their place in the Steve Ditko ouevre............plus, they just have that Bizarro World - Something's-Off-Here quality. Sometimes cheesy and camp can be fun.

 

But I would never try to convince you they outrank the other lines.

[Susanville]

does this count as horror since the Phantom Stranger's in it??? i sure hope so...

 

[shiverbones]

neat cover! The godfather....? What on earth

[Zonker]

 

off of the top of my head HOM#186, 207, 221 are all perfection cover to cover. #261 has some nice stories in it as well. When i get a chance i'll dig more up!

 

I second HOS96 its brilliant for that story Zonker pointed out. A later issue of HOM (310ish) did a twist on that which was also very entertaining. I'll pin the number down for sure.

 

A couple more worth mention... House of Mystery 199 has the EC-esque " 'Sno Fun" by Wally Wood, and HoM 201 has the ACBA Award winning short "The Demon Within," (art by Jim Aparo).

[shiverbones]

oh yeah, Wood's sno fun in 199 is a masterpiece! My favorite thing he did post EC! It has a lot of lighter lines & finesse he lost as time went on. 201 is on my list too. I"m sorry i haven't had time to post more

[greggy]

Hope you had time to send out my package!

[sterlingcomics]

[shiverbones]

no sterling, not THAT package! Yes greggy, it went out

[sterlingcomics]

Hey gang, break out your best "SOMEBODY GET ME A DOCTOR!' (Van Halen) horror covers. Here's mine:

 

 

BTW, can anybody see the defect DC put on this cover?

[greggy]

Hey Sterling, how are you going to control your spending with all those Oakland DC horror books at the Vault auctions?

[sterlingcomics]

For me to know, and you to find out...

[greggy]

Relax....I actually not going after any of the slabbed copies. Going after some raw issues and some of the other collectibles stuff. Other auctions have higher priority at this time!

[sterlingcomics]

there is a lot of cool stuff up there for sure. BTW, today I actually visited my local LCS for the FIRST TIME . 80% or more were 1980s or newer...and what silver/bronze age they had were about midgrade...but the boards and bags were nicely priced!

 

"Heroes Aren't Hard to Find"

 

AND NO MYSTERY BOOKS....

..should've named their store to-

 

"Heroes Aren't Hard to Find...but Mystery Books Are..."

 

Actually, I met Phil--very nice guy. I will definitely be a regular there at least once a month or so---and there's a StarSchmucks next door... MMMMM Coffee....

 

BTW, Greggy, what could POSSIBLY have more priority than mystery books?!?

[greggy]

BTW, Greggy, what could POSSIBLY have more priority than mystery books?!?

 

100 pagers?

[grider67]

Nice to see greggy, sterling, and the donger at Vault Auctions.

 

This should get interesting in 14 days.

 

grider67

[icefires]

No slabbed copies?

 

Hope you enjoy your slabbed Young Love 69!

 

Edited May 16, 2004 by icefires

[greggy]

Thanks, ever since I hesitated on a mid-grade Young Love 69 with a BIN of around $65 many years ago (auction ended at over $90 ), I've been looking for a reasonably priced copy. Actually, the bigger deal was for the Young Romance 154 that has the uncredited Neal Adams cover for less than $13. Nope, I don't need slabbed copies of the DC horror. Have most of them in high grade. Anyways, the Vault auction is structured in a way that it can result in very high prices paid for books due to their automatic auction extension.

[grider67]

Well, I have the Secrets of Sinister House #5 in 9.2 of the 3 that have

been graded.

 

I thought I would strongly go after the 9.4.

 

And the Witching Hour 9.6 looks great as well as the HOS.

 

grider67

[sterlingcomics]

I thought I would strongly go after the 9.4.

 

Mine is only a 8.0.... I'd hate for you to have to OVERPAY on that book

[icefires]

I see you have placed your markers in another auction. I wonder which ones you really want..........

 

You know, you have single-handedly prevented me from adding over 50 DC 100 pagers to my collection over the last couple of years

 

I guess my wife's happy about it.....less money spent