bronze johnny Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 On 7/24/2022 at 12:44 PM, Hap Hazard said: Low Grade SDCC pick up Cameron❤️❤️❤️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fifties Posted July 24, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 24, 2022 Couple of recent HA wins. Back in the '50's I had gotten a copy of the 3D issue, "The House of Terror", which reprinted four St. John comic stories. In later days, I had learned that the first story, "The Curse of Khar", had come from this book, and I've been looking for a copy for years. Finally bagged it. vaultkeeper, Point Five, Mr. Lady Luck and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post badback83 Posted July 25, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 25, 2022 Pretty excited about this one. Found at Gem City: bronze johnny, Hutch88, Robot Man and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mr. Lady Luck Posted July 26, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 26, 2022 New arrival/upgrade... Inaflash, buttock, BuscemasAvengers and 19 others 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hap Hazard Posted July 26, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 26, 2022 (edited) couple of more SDCC pick ups Edited July 26, 2022 by Hap Hazard adamstrange, Robot Man, grendelbo and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic8612 Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 On 7/24/2022 at 12:22 PM, sagii said: For all the Mister Mystery 6 fans, pulp predecessor sagii, comicjack and Larryw7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post N e r V Posted July 28, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 28, 2022 One of the tame DC Pre code covers…. Jayman, grendelbo, adamstrange and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fifties Posted July 28, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 28, 2022 Received from member Johnny545 yesterday. Nice reader grade Atlas, with a cover by Bill Everett, and a story by Russ Heath. Galen130, Mr. Lady Luck, Raze and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jayman Posted July 29, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2022 On 7/28/2022 at 3:06 AM, N e r V said: One of the tame DC Pre code covers…. Kind of goes with this one… Larryw7, Raze, bronze johnny and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Bat Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 On 7/28/2022 at 12:06 AM, N e r V said: One of the tame DC Pre code covers…. Nice book, but please show me a DC pre code that wasn't tame- compared to what everyone else was doing. I've always wondered why there were no berserk DC pch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldust40 Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 On 7/29/2022 at 6:54 AM, Black Bat said: Nice book, but please show me a DC pre code that wasn't tame- compared to what everyone else was doing. I've always wondered why there were no berserk DC pch. DC never wanted to play in the deep end of the PCH pool as they presumably had too much to lose with all their established properties. Turns out they were right to avoid the wrath of the powers that were. I'd say that those two covers were actually less tame than most of their pre-code HOM issues. At least there are horror themes involved. Ironic how DC's "mystery" line in the early '70s was essentially E.C. lite, with certain artists such as Wrightson and Kaluta being influenced so extensively by the likes of Ingels and Frazetta. Not to mention horror hosts Cain, Abel, and Eve... Jayman, Black Bat, Larryw7 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 On 7/29/2022 at 4:31 AM, goldust40 said: DC never wanted to play in the deep end of the PCH pool as they presumably had too much to lose with all their established properties. Turns out they were right to avoid the wrath of the powers that were. DC was the equivalent of MGM. They had the big stars and glamour. Even from the beginning they showed restraint in comparison to their competitors and reined in outliers like the Bob Kane (solo Batman) and Bailey (Spectre). On 7/29/2022 at 4:31 AM, goldust40 said: Ironic how DC's "mystery" line in the early '70s was essentially E.C. lite, with certain artists such as Wrightson and Kaluta being influenced so extensively by the likes of Ingels and Frazetta. Not to mention horror hosts Cain, Abel, and Eve... Orlando was the editor so not too surprising given his involvement with EC back in the day. Black Bat, Jayman and Larryw7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bronze johnny Posted July 29, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2022 On 7/29/2022 at 4:31 AM, goldust40 said: DC never wanted to play in the deep end of the PCH pool as they presumably had too much to lose with all their established properties. Turns out they were right to avoid the wrath of the powers that were. I'd say that those two covers were actually less tame than most of their pre-code HOM issues. At least there are horror themes involved. Ironic how DC's "mystery" line in the early '70s was essentially E.C. lite, with certain artists such as Wrightson and Kaluta being influenced so extensively by the likes of Ingels and Frazetta. Not to mention horror hosts Cain, Abel, and Eve... Don’t forget Neal Adams. Interestingly, this cover by Dominguez could pass for heavier precode horror: goldust40, Kevin.J, AndyFish and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze johnny Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 There were some exceptions. Including this one by Adams that was censored when reprinted: There were exceptions. Larryw7, Kevin.J, Black Bat and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Bat Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 On 7/29/2022 at 4:51 AM, adamstrange said: DC was the equivalent of MGM. They had the big stars and glamour. Even from the beginning they showed restraint in comparison to their competitors and reined in outliers like the Bob Kane (solo Batman) and Bailey (Spectre). Orlando was the editor so not too surprising given his involvement with EC back in the day. That makes sense, I like the MGM comparison. But it seems the dc super hero books started getting full on corny in the 50's, which seems opposite of glamour, more like Marx Bros, maybe that started in the 40's? I don't know, I grew up on the marvel stuff and dc just seemed dumb. I think a lot of it is Robin's fault. ha ha. AndyFish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post manetteska Posted July 29, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2022 A little rough but the price was right. Black Bat, Ltpink2002, Raze and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badback83 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 On 7/29/2022 at 4:18 PM, manetteska said: A little rough but the price was right. What a nice group. Raze 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post badback83 Posted July 30, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2022 Just in thanks to @Unstoppablejayd Thanks Jay! Mr. Lady Luck, vaultkeeper, Larryw7 and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Silver Posted August 1, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 1, 2022 (edited) A really big upgrade 😊 Edited August 1, 2022 by Silver fifties, Raze, Treco and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoso99 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 On 7/31/2022 at 9:26 PM, Silver said: A really big upgrade 😊 That book is sharp! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
