EastCoastExchange-migratio Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 I just picked up all of these raw EC's. The certified ones I've had for a while. Nice. Very Nice (thumbs u (thumbs u CC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonds25 Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 My favorite Weird Fantasy cover. A classic. Thanks goes out Vinny Z. @ Metropolis Comics. I will buy from you guys again in the future!!! Great book - it's one of my favorite EC covers too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonds25 Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 This beauty came in the mail today from *paull*. Thanks again, Paul. Out of the Shadows #8 Fantastic comic - one of the best pre-code covers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrightson fan Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 I broke down and overpaid for this copy at Heroes. I've owned other copies in the past, but never one that I felt was a "keeper". This one has nice sharp corners, edges, and gloss - and the paper is fantastic. Beautiful colors on your copy......gorgeous. You don't see a copy this nice everyday. Want to trade it for a 5.5-6.0 copy that is signed by Bill Gaines? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Bill who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoinAddict Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 This copy of The Tormented #1 came in the mail today from thedude. Thanks again, Alton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrightson fan Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Bill who? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gaines Gaines's comics may have appealed to adults, but comic books were (and to a degree, still are) considered by the general public to be aimed at children. With the publication of Dr. Fredric Wertham's Seduction of the Innocent, comic books in the Gaines style drew the attention of the U.S. Congress and the moralizing classes in general. Gaines' testimony before the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency in 1954 achieved notoriety for his unapologetic, matter-of-fact tone, and Gaines became a boogeyman for those wishing to censor the product. One exchange became particularly infamous: Chief Counsel Herbert Beaser: Let me get the limits as far as what you put into your magazine. Is the sole test of what you would put into your magazine whether it sells? Is there any limit you can think of that you would not put in a magazine because you thought a child should not see or read about it? Bill Gaines: No, I wouldn't say that there is any limit for the reason you outlined. My only limits are the bounds of good taste, what I consider good taste. Beaser: Then you think a child cannot in any way, in any way, shape, or manner, be hurt by anything that a child reads or sees? Gaines: I don't believe so. Beaser: There would be no limit actually to what you put in the magazines? Gaines: Only within the bounds of good taste. Beaser: Your own good taste and saleability? Gaines: Yes. Senator Estes Kefauver: Here is your May 22 issue. [Kefauver is mistakenly referring to Crime Suspenstories #22, cover date May] This seems to be a man with a bloody axe holding a woman's head up which has been severed from her body. Do you think that is in good taste? Gaines: Yes sir, I do, for the cover of a horror comic. A cover in bad taste, for example, might be defined as holding the head a little higher so that the neck could be seen dripping blood from it, and moving the body over a little further so that the neck of the body could be seen to be bloody. Kefauver: You have blood coming out of her mouth. Gaines: A little. Kefauver: Here is blood on the axe. I think most adults are shocked by that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 I know, I know. It was a joke. Have you read the 12 cent plague yet? He documents how Gaines was living on amphetamines in the days leading up to that testimony and was all strung out. By the time he was called, he was exhausted and flopped miserably. I'm not sure that would have made a difference in the outcome, but interesting nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrightson fan Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 I have not read it yet, but my next order from Amazon will probably include a copy. I have been meaning to pick it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoinAddict Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 This copy of Worlds of Fear #10 came in the mail today from REALITY_CONSENSUS. Thanks again, George. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoinAddict Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 A few more came yesterday. The first three came from Sharon (skypinkblu) and the final two came from Vince (tkg2627). Thanks again guys. They are all great. Spellbound #23 Web of Mystery #5 Thrilling Comics #61 Mystic #26 Adventures into Terror #17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 That Thrilling is ... well ... thrilling That Spellbound looks familiar Oh yes! I happened to pick up a copy at Chicago yesterday. It's a nice book with cool stories inside as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonds25 Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 A few more came yesterday. The first three came from Sharon (skypinkblu) and the final two came from Vince (tkg2627). Thanks again guys. They are all great. Great covers all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinball Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 This showed up today in the mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
precodekeith Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 This showed up today in the mail. Nice book. You must have really good mail service though, since today is Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinball Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Today is Monday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
precodekeith Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 My bad! One (or more) too many!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.tor Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 more great purchases, folks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoinAddict Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 This one came yesterday from october. Thanks again, Andy. Shocking Mystery Cases #50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
