conan09279 Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 10 hours ago, Robot Man said: ECs HAVE to be read. It’s great to have nice graded copies but you at least have to get low grade or reprints to appreciate them. I even got a GFC gasp! Ungraded. Bought it from Russ when they came out. Have actually read it a couple of times (carefully). Because we are all friends here, I will let you in on a dirty little secret - as long as you promise not to tell. I crack every one as I prefer to read the stories and enjoy the artwork. Shhh! KirbyJack, Larryw7 and OtherEric 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 1 hour ago, Raze said: I agree that ECs have to be read as well! Can you please tell me what “GFC” is? Its not ringing any bells. Gaines file copy Raze 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 26 minutes ago, conan09279 said: Because we are all friends here, I will let you in on a dirty little secret - as long as you promise not to tell. I crack every one as I prefer to read the stories and enjoy the artwork. Shhh! conan09279 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 (edited) Two of the things I love about ECs; the majority of collectors read the books and aspire to complete runs. Edited July 31, 2020 by KirbyJack Raze, Larryw7 and conan09279 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 1 hour ago, KirbyJack said: Two of the things I love about ECs; the majority of collectors read the books and aspire to complete runs. In my opinion, the best of the best, book for book. Hard to find a stinker in the bunch. I'm getting a lot closer to having a nice mid grade run again. But I do also have a very large pile of un-bagged beater reader copies sitting on a shelf when I get the urge to just smell a few... conan09279 and Larryw7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 That’s the stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifties Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 Just missing 1, 2, and 6. Of the ones I have, number 14 has the best stories, IMHO. Larryw7, Raze, conan09279 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raze Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 5 hours ago, Robot Man said: Gaines file copy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robot Man Posted July 31, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 31, 2020 1 hour ago, fifties said: Just missing 1, 2, and 6. Of the ones I have, number 14 has the best stories, IMHO. Here is my #1 and #6. Sorry, no photo handy of my #2. Larryw7, ThothAmon, fifties and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OtherEric Posted August 1, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 1, 2020 Today's book. I only need issue #19 to finish off the Two-Fisted Tales run. Just astounding colors on this one! KirbyJack, ThothAmon, Raze and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 Nice book! I'll await a group shot after you snare that 19! OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 13 hours ago, OtherEric said: Today's book. I only need issue #19 to finish off the Two-Fisted Tales run. Just astounding colors on this one! Congrats! And yes, such pretty colors. A great run that I think you will complete soon. I’m down to a little less that half the runs of Crime, Crypt, Vault and about 7 of the SF titles. And there is that pesky run of the Romance titles... I pick at them when the right copies come up at the right prices. I almost don’t want to finish. ECs are about the only books I still want to finish runs of. KirbyJack, conan09279, OtherEric and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conan09279 Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 20 hours ago, Robot Man said: Here is my #1 and #6. Sorry, no photo handy of my #2. Love the signature! ThothAmon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Raze Posted August 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 2, 2020 OH man Ive been wanting this one for almost 2 years! Now I have one! It was the most I spent on a single issue but it was/is worth it! Awesome Werewolf cover/story a Vampire story, a Voodoo story and a Mummy story! KirbyJack, conan09279, ThothAmon and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Raze said: OH man Ive been wanting this one for almost 2 years! Now I have one! It was the most I spent on a single issue but it was/is worth it! Awesome Werewolf cover/story a Vampire story, a Voodoo story and a Mummy story! Nice! Another one of those books where it might almost qualify as a classic cover if EC hadn't already gone way over its quota of classic covers... Seriously, the baseline EC cover is so good that it takes a lot to get up to classic status compared to other publishers. KirbyJack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Larryw7 Posted August 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 2, 2020 Two recent pickups. The Vault was a CGC 4.5(already cracked and read). KirbyJack, OtherEric, creaturefan95 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Robot Man Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 I assume you mean high prices. Were these the high grade, great title issues? Were there any mid grade issues and were they crazy too? I would assume the horror and crime issues lead the pack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 7 hours ago, Larryw7 said: Two recent pickups. The Vault was a CGC 4.5(already cracked and read). Even if I'm mostly just going for selected examples of the Horror EC's, I wouldn't mind getting a copy of Haunt 28 someday. The hearse pulling away from the reader into what I choose to see as a overcast sunset just has a lovely elegiac feel that fits the end of the EC horror perfectly. Just a beautiful cover. Larryw7 and Raze 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 You’re in for a surprise when you read that story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...