Frisco Larson Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 An American copy with proper cover date. KirbyJack, frozentundraguy and bc 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frisco Larson Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Another Feb copy .... frozentundraguy, bc and KirbyJack 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frisco Larson Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 They can't all be pretty .... bc and KirbyJack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frisco Larson Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Ok, well this one is "kinda" pretty. bc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frisco Larson Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 No price on this cover! Odd .... frozentundraguy, bc, Jasonmorris1000000 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frisco Larson Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Could THIS Feb book be the next BIG Marvel character book??? Having a GORILLA-MAN in the Avengers might have it's advantages. Overturned banana truck? He's ON it!!! frozentundraguy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frisco Larson Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 15 minutes ago, Jasonmorris1000000 said: The radioactive scarecrow! Distant relatives??? Thoughts??? frozentundraguy, KirbyJack, bc and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 49 minutes ago, Jasonmorris1000000 said: This one’s the first Marvel horror comic? The cover is insane. I love it Not if you count Marvel Mystery 3. bc and Jasonmorris1000000 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 46 minutes ago, Jasonmorris1000000 said: This one’s the first Marvel horror comic? The cover is insane. I love it Its actually a Canadian edition I got off the 'bay 20+ years ago. If you notice the issue number on the cover it's "35" instead of "32". I've seen a couple other Canadian versions over the years, but they are pretty rare. -bc Jasonmorris1000000 and KirbyJack 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 24 minutes ago, Frisco Larson said: Distant relatives??? Thoughts??? Both fear a Zippo lighter. -bc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 On 2/2/2021 at 4:36 PM, bc said: Since I'm too lazy to go upstairs to my desktop computer, figure I'd just quote myself. This is another Canadian edition. It's identical to the US version #95, but is issued by Bell Features and is numbered #96. I posted this over in the GA forums a long time ago. Got contacted by a real nice guy at comics.org who asked for a bunch of pics & more detailed info on every interior page. Didn't realize until a few years later they actually used my copy in their database https://www.comics.org/issue/1593070/ Wonder if any of your foreign editions may need catalogued @Frisco Larson ? That's what made me remember this in the first place.... -bc jayhawker, KirbyJack and frozentundraguy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonmorris1000000 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 2 hours ago, bc said: Both fear a Zippo lighter. -bc Even DC was in on the giganto-destructive-radio-active scarecrows. It must have been a 60's thing. Ha. Ha. Math Teacher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozentundraguy Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Just arrived today, suddenly faster shipping again. Cover by Russ Heath, better known for his work on war books. Frisco Larson, Jasonmorris1000000 and bc 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 16 minutes ago, frozentundraguy said: Just arrived today, suddenly faster shipping again. Cover by Russ Heath, better known for his work on war books. The amount of detail in the inks on that cover is amazing. To bad it all stopped after the Implosion - wish they would have continued that artistry into the PHM era. Very nice pickup! -bc frozentundraguy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozentundraguy Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 18 minutes ago, bc said: The amount of detail in the inks on that cover is amazing. To bad it all stopped after the Implosion - wish they would have continued that artistry into the PHM era. Very nice pickup! -bc Thanks. I'm going to be on the lookout for one in higher grade, but given my experience with WOM #1 that could take a while. The detail level is incredible, especially the crumbling brick wall as the metal man grazes it as he lumbers by. Jasonmorris1000000 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frisco Larson Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 18 hours ago, bc said: Both fear a Zippo lighter. -bc And here I figured you for a Wizard of Oz reference bc! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frisco Larson Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 16 hours ago, bc said: Since I'm too lazy to go upstairs to my desktop computer, figure I'd just quote myself. This is another Canadian edition. It's identical to the US version #95, but is issued by Bell Features and is numbered #96. I posted this over in the GA forums a long time ago. Got contacted by a real nice guy at comics.org who asked for a bunch of pics & more detailed info on every interior page. Didn't realize until a few years later they actually used my copy in their database https://www.comics.org/issue/1593070/ Wonder if any of your foreign editions may need catalogued @Frisco Larson ? That's what made me remember this in the first place.... -bc I really don't know. I honestly didn't think there was much interest in the foreign publications that I collect. Of course, I just LOVE them, as to me, they're the cousins of my beloved Atlas and Marvel books. If anyone else has interest in them, they can surely contact me here and I will try to help fill in any blanks that I can. KirbyJack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frisco Larson Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 Looking at some of my PHM books has me wondering if any of the collectors here gravitate to the "monster" type cover books more than the "other" type cover books. Examples below of what I mean. Monster type first KirbyJack and frozentundraguy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 13 minutes ago, Frisco Larson said: Looking at some of my PHM books has me wondering if any of the collectors here gravitate to the "monster" type cover books more than the "other" type cover books. Examples below of what I mean. Monster type first Good Friday question man! I prefer the classic Monster covers, but there are some great stories & covers in the Other books as well. Actually, the Monster cover books account for a relatively small percent of the PHM era. The Monster cover period started in mid-1960 and only lasted until fall 1961 - which coincides with the rise of the superhero titles. The beginning of the series and the last year or so all of the PHM titles were predominantly the "Other" type books. Maybe it took too much effort to keep coming up with the nearly-monosyllabic Monster names & stories while they were busy formulating the birth of the Marvel Universe? Once they knew they had a hit with Fantastic Four, a smart businessman would jump on that money train and shift resources accordingly. In 1962 we get Spidey, Hulk & Thor and the rest is history until the PHM era ends in '63. Not only did they have to dream up the superheroes, they needed equally compelling adversaries to match up against. Personally, I'd rather have consumers latching on to the new superhero titles than being pulled to some big Monster cover that is basically a one-shot sale. I've read a lot of articles/blog posts/books/papers about the Post Implosion Atlas transition to Marvel and the shift from Monster to Other was never really researched or explained. Just my on a Frday morning, -bc frozentundraguy, Frisco Larson, Jasonmorris1000000 and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 Sign me up for monsters! It is a good question. I don’t think I’ve ever consciously made the distinction, but it’s undeniably there. I was always in it for the art, but all this time, I never knew I had monstrous tendencies! Jasonmorris1000000 and bc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
