KirbyJack Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Another impactful Kurtzman cover! So good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 8 hours ago, Silver said: I remember thinking how expensive they seemed at the time! I couldn't afford any, but I sure wish I had bought at least one! Very cool, post the books too! On a different note, I just got in the ISF 31 I recently picked up, I was pleasantly surprised to find out it was copy #1. Not that it really means anything, its just kind of cool. In the original article I believe it said Bill was going to keep several copies of each book. I always assumed he kept the first couple? He must of sold off whatever he kept at some point I guess. Anyone know? The ads only show the middle copies as being available to the public. I thought I remember him keeping a set and a set for each of his kids. I thought they were the lower graded ones. Annie Gaines probably inherited his set once he passed. Raze 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 45 minutes ago, OtherEric said: Today's book. Four Two-Fisted Tales to go: I think I need 3 but at the rate you are going, you are going to beat me... Raze and OtherEric 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 6 minutes ago, Robot Man said: I think I need 3 but at the rate you are going, you are going to beat me... Maybe not. 2 of the 4 I need are the first two issues... Robot Man 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Raze Posted June 23, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 23, 2020 Heres a looooong awaited shout out to @OtherEric for this beat but complete (with added scans of missing content) Shock SuspenStories 14 ALL the stories were great if you don't have one get one!!! The Orphan was my favorite! fifties, creaturefan95, Larryw7 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 14 minutes ago, OtherEric said: Maybe not. 2 of the 4 I need are the first two issues... I've really been trying to finish off Vault, Crypt and CSS without much luck. I've been doing well on the sci-fi issues though. I've got one SS and 3 TFT which should be easier when the right copies come along. I've about given up hope on the romance ones. Just NEVER see them available. OtherEric and Raze 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 41 minutes ago, Robot Man said: I've really been trying to finish off Vault, Crypt and CSS without much luck. I've been doing well on the sci-fi issues though. I've got one SS and 3 TFT which should be easier when the right copies come along. I've about given up hope on the romance ones. Just NEVER see them available. I would like to get a few more examples, but in general I'm not trying for the pre-trend books in any organized fashion. Good look on all of those, CSS in particular is just loaded with high demand books these days. Raze 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifties Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 5 hours ago, Raze said: Heres a looooong awaited shout out to @OtherEric for this beat but complete (with added scans of missing content) Shock SuspenStories 14 ALL the stories were great if you don't have one get one!!! The Orphan was my favorite! IMHO this issue was the best reader of the entire series. Every story a winner! Larryw7, Raze and OtherEric 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 5 hours ago, Raze said: Heres a looooong awaited shout out to @OtherEric for this beat but complete (with added scans of missing content) Shock SuspenStories 14 ALL the stories were great if you don't have one get one!!! The Orphan was my favorite! I know I said it before, but thank you for giving the book a good home. It's beyond beat but it's got some great reading in it. And I can't stand the thought of EC's going unappreciated. Raze 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 37 minutes ago, fifties said: IMHO this issue was the best reader of the entire series. Every story a winner! I really think, given its role as a "sampler" of the other genres, Feldstein and Gaines put a little extra effort into Shock and it shows, at least in the horror, crime, and shock stories. The SF, for some reason, tends not to stand out as much. The one war story in #1 is pretty good too, and interesting in that it's the only War story EC did that I don't think Kurtzman was involved in at some level; although some of the stuff in the latter Frontline Combat and Two-Fisted Tales he had a reduced role because he was ill at the time. Shock #1 is high on my list, but not until after I finish off Two-Fisted Tales... KirbyJack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dave Henson Posted June 25, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 25, 2020 I submitted my Shock Illustrated 3 last week to CGC for a clean/press & grade. It was tough trying to put a value on it - there’s just not a lot of recent sale data that I could find so it was a complete guess. I must have guessed wrong because they ended up charging more for grading than I expected . A good friend owned a comic shop in Chattanooga back in the 90’s. He called me one day and offered this one to me for $300. Of course I bought it and later had it signed by Feldstein (hope they don’t ding the grade for that!). Larryw7, OtherEric, Hutch88 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 On 6/15/2020 at 5:06 PM, OtherEric said: The label is wrong... That's a DC or All American book, not an EC. Don't get me wrong, it certainly belongs in this thread... but the label is incorrect. I still want to get a copy some day, as I think "Death of Jesus" is hilarious as a CGC label notation. I stand corrected, by the way. The indicia publisher is Educational Comics, Inc. Well, I was going to file this with the EC's even before I saw that. 9 dollars, including tax & shipping. Well spent, I think: Raze, Larryw7 and KirbyJack 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 1 hour ago, OtherEric said: I stand corrected, by the way. The indicia publisher is Educational Comics, Inc. Well, I was going to file this with the EC's even before I saw that. 9 dollars, including tax & shipping. Well spent, I think: Gonna slab it? 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 26 minutes ago, KirbyJack said: Gonna slab it? 😄 Actually, seriously considering it. It would be as cheap as it gets to slab a GA book, I've got the complete NT edition if for some reason I feel the need to re-read it, and as I've said before I find "death of Jesus" as a slab notation a hilarious comment on our hobby. Raze and KirbyJack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Electricmastro Posted June 28, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 28, 2020 (edited) Land of the Lost Comics #6 (July, 1947). Art by Olive Bailey. Edited June 28, 2020 by Electricmastro Larryw7, Raze, creaturefan95 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 52 minutes ago, Electricmastro said: Land of the Lost Comics #6 (July, 1947). Art by Olive Bailey. I would love to get a copy of that one, I think it's a great cover. I've only got one issue of the series. I like your avatar as well, although personally Troughton is my favorite Doctor. Electricmastro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Electricmastro Posted June 28, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 28, 2020 (edited) Other artists: Harvey Kurtzman: Wally Wood: Frank Frazetta: Bernie Krigstein: Al Williamson: Reed Crandall: Johnny Craig: Basil Wolverton: Jack Davis: John Severin: George Evans: Graham Ingels: Joe Orlando: Al Feldstein: Edited June 28, 2020 by Electricmastro felixthecat, Larryw7, Raze and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 9 minutes ago, Electricmastro said: Bernie Krigstein: Note to self: I have GOT to upgrade my copy of this one. Such a stunning, underrated cover. Larryw7, KirbyJack, Electricmastro and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Every time I try to convince myself that I don’t want the New Direction books, I think about Impact 1, Piracy 6, ISF 33... Larryw7 and Raze 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin.J Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 1 hour ago, KirbyJack said: Every time I try to convince myself that I don’t want the New Direction books, I think about Impact 1, Piracy 6, ISF 33... I wish I could even think like this, my brain just says I want it all OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...