shiverbones Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 thanks Greggy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greggy Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 hey! speaking of this thread, i am working on a selection of the best covers of the era for my website (Still on track for June, at least DC will be complete by then) and would love some input on what everyone thinks. Are there any obscure ones you love? Which Wrightsons really are better than others. What about Adams......Let me know what you think. I am shooting for 25 "classics" and don't be DC Centric if possible! You should know my favourite! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 hmmmm HOS88? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takeyourlemons Posted April 24, 2004 Author Share Posted April 24, 2004 sorry, I'm gonna be jaded because everything I read and collected was DC for the most part for horror stuff. I've only just recently collected the many Marvel reprints Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greggy Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 well i don't have the treasury, but i do know about it! I have abeat copy of the digest with the Kubert pool cover. The HOM digest actually has an otherwise unpublished cain & Gregory inside back cover! I do have the SOHH special too.... You want a Ghosts treasury? I have many! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 thats ok, i hope my site turns people on to some of the incredible Charlton & gold key covers out there.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 sure Greggy, i have just been avoiding them because they are a pain in the arse to keep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greggy Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 I'll hook you up when we make a larger deal in the future? You think storing one treasury is hard. How about a few hundred of them? You need the HOM one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 hmmm a few hundred treasuries...nope! i'll limit myself to ghosts & HOM & i guess the batman one that repros the 1st app. of scarecrow from worlds finest #3. Yes i need the HOM & we can do as you suggested. Thanks! here is a classic Charlton speaking of non DC... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecfanman Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 hey! speaking of this thread, i am working on a selection of the best covers of the era for my website (Still on track for June, at least DC will be complete by then) and would love some input on what everyone thinks. Are there any obscure ones you love? Which Wrightsons really are better than others. What about Adams......Let me know what you think. I am shooting for 25 "classics" and don't be DC Centric if possible! I'd have a hard time not being DC centric. I think the best covers from that period were done for DC by Adams, Wrightson or Kaluta, and I could probably pick 10 Adams', 10 Wrightson's, and 5 Kaluta's before I would start picking any others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takeyourlemons Posted April 24, 2004 Author Share Posted April 24, 2004 very nice cover....for me Charlton has mixed quality issues. When I was growing up I called Charlton the "cheap comic" because of the decidely more inferior quality in terms of the stories, art, and paper quality. Make no mistake though, there are some good issues. Ditko didn't do it for me while I grew up (I wasn't even born yet when Ditko had completed his Spidey run); he kinda grew on me as I expanded on my collecting universe. Some of his art in the Charlton series was pretty good. I definitely love some of the painting covers...here's another one that kinda reminds me of the Killer Teddy Bears issue in Weird Mystery Tales: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 i love that cover, i actually tracked down a NM- copy, which is near impossible for mid 70's charltons. I always hated them as a kid as well. I used to experiment on them, trying to prematurealy age them, fade them, etc. I really like the 1973-1976 time period now though, there is so much great art in them by Sutton, Newton, & others. The ditkos are still hit or miss for me, but some of them are REALLY sweet. OK, even if everyones views are DC Centric, i still would like to know what you think the best covers are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted April 25, 2004 Share Posted April 25, 2004 here is another of my favorite non DC covers.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takeyourlemons Posted April 25, 2004 Author Share Posted April 25, 2004 Kinda reminds me of Marilyn Manson's wardrobe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awe4one Posted April 25, 2004 Share Posted April 25, 2004 Ghostly Tales #89 - Ditko cover Scary Tales #13 - ?? cover Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted April 25, 2004 Share Posted April 25, 2004 that ditko cover is cool never saw it before! Always liked theat minimalistic scary tales cover. ...Marilyn Manson's wardrobe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takeyourlemons Posted April 25, 2004 Author Share Posted April 25, 2004 Here's a trivia question (and actually I forgot the answer but I have to look it up): What was the name of the host of the Ghosts series later in the run? He wore a hat and his glasses were a touch of class. OK, losers--no one answered. The Shade Next question: What was the name of the mystery host who always talked to his imaginative friend and what was the friend's name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonker Posted April 25, 2004 Share Posted April 25, 2004 Abel (House of Secrets' host) spoke to Goldie, his gargoyle. (Though I think Neil Gaiman or one of his followers later showed us Goldie was in fact "real") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 aw, hey, i knew that, but i didn't see your post!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickHigh Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 Just bought a couple of nice Unexpected this weekend. These were my first for this title, but I really liked the covers, so I just couldn't let them go. I don't think that these are that "rare", but thought I'd share anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
