adamstrange Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 (edited) HOM is a pretty lame cover -- a pale imitation of the pulp that inspired it. I can scan the pulp if anyone is interested Funny thing about HOM #1. It actually reminds me of the DC Bronze Age Sinister House Of Secret Love, Secrets Of Sinister House etc. but I always felt these DC Bronze age titles were better than the HOM #1. PLEASE - show us a scan of the pulp that inspired this cover!!!!!!!! They have reversed the cover for HOM 1 so that the wolves run right to left. Also, the colors are much nicer on the pulp than on the comic. Edited February 24, 2005 by adamstrange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
precodekeith Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 HOM is a pretty lame cover Like I said, most DC pre-code horror WAS lame. If I had to pick some of the LEAST lame, I'd go with the Sensations and maybe HoM #1. BTW ... I wasn't "complaining" about YOUR HoM # 9 specifically, Adam. ( I think you took it personal for some odd reason? ) I was stating that in general, it was my opinion that DC pre-code horror is inferior to the output of other publishers of the same era. -- a pale imitation of the pulp that inspired it. I can scan the pulp if anyone is interested. Now you're talking! Let's see it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
precodekeith Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Very Nice! Hard to top a Brundage painting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Hard to top a Brundage painting! Ditto! Note that Edmond Hamilton is listed as a writer on the Weird Tales. He was a major contributor to DC Comics in the 1950s, primarily because of his relationship to Julie Schwartz and Mort Weisinger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 Anyone recognize this artist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 A recent aquisition - low grade but the price was right. Not pictured in the Gerber - but not a white space either - I'm guessing non-EC horror didn't get quite the same respect back in the 80s, as there are a few runs which aren't completely represented. I love the self-referential cover - I wonder if that's a self-portrait of Myron Fass himself. Overstreet references "heart torn out" and "blood drainage", but don't expect anything too graphic - run of the mill sub-EC horror resides inside. One of my favorite concepts: the Horror Comic Writer Cover. Has anyone compiled a list of these? I know there are a few, anyway! The only other "pre-code" covers I'm aware of are: Punch 9 Adv Into Unknown 39 Does anyone know of more than these? What I like about the AIU and the Beware is that there is a story inside corresponding to the cover. The Punch doesn't. There are many comics with interior stories with this theme, the best IMHO, is in Venus 17. Bill Everett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 I love the self-referential cover - I wonder if that's a self-portrait of Myron Fass himself. I must have missed this post before because I do have a more recent pic of Myron Fass and we can all judge that it is him on that Beware cover as seen below on the right. Adam: Any chance you could see your copy of Venus 17? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 (edited) Do I have a Venus 17? What would be very cool is for someone who has a low-grade copy that they could scan. The story in question is "Cartoonist's Calamity". It was also reprinted in the early 70s by Marvel. Edited March 17, 2005 by adamstrange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
precodekeith Posted March 18, 2005 Share Posted March 18, 2005 The only other "pre-code" covers I'm aware of are: Punch 9 Adv Into Unknown 39 Does anyone know of more than these? There's an Atlas title with this type of cover,too. I 'll have to dredge it up.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted March 18, 2005 Share Posted March 18, 2005 The only other "pre-code" covers I'm aware of are: Punch 9 Adv Into Unknown 39 Does anyone know of more than these? There's an Atlas title with this type of cover,too. I 'll have to dredge it up.... Are you thinking of Spellbound 2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
precodekeith Posted March 18, 2005 Share Posted March 18, 2005 There's an Atlas title with this type of cover,too. I 'll have to dredge it up.... Are you thinking of Spellbound 2? Indeed I was! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted March 18, 2005 Share Posted March 18, 2005 There's an Atlas title with this type of cover,too. I 'll have to dredge it up.... Are you thinking of Spellbound 2? Indeed I was! Spellbound 2 is wonderful book, but what I particularly like is when the artwork comes alive. Spell 2 cover is about the writer. In the three examples that I cited, you can see that the artwork showing the creature and that creature coming to life. I really like the "cover within a cover" concept as well as the coming to life concept. There is another cover that is post-code that also has the artwork coming alive, Surprise Adventures 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*paull* Posted March 23, 2005 Author Share Posted March 23, 2005 (edited) I have a copy of Horrific #1 in my collection, but I'd consider it to be VG- at best with a couple of tears on interior pages. It's one of my favorite titles (at least the first 3 issues)... love the Iger Studio artwork, the cover and logo. It's a tough book in any condition. The stories in this one are really cool. I came across a new copy over the weekend and grabbed it, knowing that it's tough to find a nice one. It looks to be a VG+ at least, with a flat and very glossy cover and really nice pages. Edited March 24, 2005 by paull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PovertyRow Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 That's an amazing book, Paul! To my eye much more compelling than old hole-in-the-head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*paull* Posted March 24, 2005 Author Share Posted March 24, 2005 Thanks, POV! I agree.... I like this cover far more than the War Fury-copied cover of Horrific #3. How that ever became a "classic" cover while something like this is ignored is beyond me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
precodekeith Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 Spellbound 2 is wonderful book, but what I particularly like is when the artwork comes alive. Spell 2 cover is about the writer... Typical collector attitude... always drooling over the artists and ignoring the writers... Poor comic writers, they get no respect... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1st-and-keys Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 I have a copy of Horrific #1 in my collection, but I'd consider it to be VG- at best with a couple of tears on interior pages. It's one of my favorite titles (at least the first 3 issues)... love the Iger Studio artwork, the cover and logo. It's a tough book in any condition. The stories in this one are really cool. I came across a new copy over the weekend and grabbed it, knowing that it's tough to find a nice one. It looks to be a VG+ at least, with a flat and very glossy cover and really nice pages. Nice book . Still trying to get a nice copy myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 To those of you that don’t know, I mainly collect Bronze age books and up but I have in the past purchased some Pre-Code horror (by some I mean 3 or 4 issues). I really do like them: a totally different look, texture and yes…smell to them make them so appealing to me. But one has to ask themselves, how many titles can you afford to collect? These boards didn’t help matters much by all of you posting your fabulous horror books to tempt me. So for the first time in about 15 years I gave in to the pre-code call and had to possess this beauty. A book I always thought had the classic “Zombie Kiss” cover. comicnoir 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PovertyRow Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 To those of you that don’t know, I mainly collect Bronze age books and up but I have in the past purchased some Pre-Code horror (by some I mean 3 or 4 issues). I really do like them: a totally different look, texture and yes…smell to them make them so appealing to me. But one has to ask themselves, how many titles can you afford to collect? These boards didn’t help matters much by all of you posting your fabulous horror books to tempt me. So for the first time in about 15 years I gave in to the pre-code call and had to possess this beauty. A book I always thought had the classic “Zombie Kiss” cover. Saw your cross-post in Lurid and have to day that book deserves at LEAST two posts!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 To those of you that don’t know, I mainly collect Bronze age books and up but I have in the past purchased some Pre-Code horror (by some I mean 3 or 4 issues). I really do like them: a totally different look, texture and yes…smell to them make them so appealing to me. But one has to ask themselves, how many titles can you afford to collect? These boards didn’t help matters much by all of you posting your fabulous horror books to tempt me. So for the first time in about 15 years I gave in to the pre-code call and had to possess this beauty. A book I always thought had the classic “Zombie Kiss” cover. This is a "Romance" book. You're in the wrong thread. (But it looks like a really nice, I mean icky copy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
