Raze Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 On 1/3/2021 at 3:11 PM, Tri-ColorBrian said: It's designed to look like a tiger's fur...so you can "patch" a tiger with it. It's just a st*pid, funny idea...tiger's really don't get torn and you can't patch them... Could you "patch" a paper tiger? Or Im I (42 years old) still missing this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raze Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 On 1/4/2021 at 9:40 PM, Robot Man said: My first EC of the year! Was this an Ebay purchase? If so I keep losing to you..so please stop bidding on ALL EC books. Thanks! Just kidding! Glad its in your hands! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 23 minutes ago, Raze said: Could you "patch" a paper tiger? Or Im I (42 years old) still missing this one? I guess you could patch a paper tiger... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tri-Color Brian Posted January 7, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 7, 2021 Wow...OtherEric has been a busy EC collector. I finally received my Piracy #6 and scanned it. The sellers photo (posted on previous page) was Waaayyyyy off on the actual colors, and even my scan is a little light on the reds and oranges, but it still looks pretty good... OtherEric, KirbyJack, Raze and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OtherEric Posted January 7, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 7, 2021 1 hour ago, Tri-ColorBrian said: Wow...OtherEric has been a busy EC collector. I finally received my Piracy #6 and scanned it. The sellers photo (posted on previous page) was Waaayyyyy off on the actual colors, and even my scan is a little light on the reds and oranges, but it still looks pretty good... That is a beautiful copy of a beautiful book. Most of my EC's are from the last 2-3 years at most, and right now I've got almost exactly half of the new trend and new direction books. Hopefully I'll be able to finish Shock Suspenstories this year; after that the big project is Weird Science and Weird Fantasy. EC remains better than 99% of all the comics ever published. I don't know that they could have done that much more in their old format by the time they were forced out; honestly... they took what they did about as far as possible, I suspect. But there has never been a publisher-wide level of quality that was even remotely like what EC managed for about five years. conan09279, Tri-Color Brian, Randall Dowling and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 9 hours ago, OtherEric said: That is a beautiful copy of a beautiful book. Most of my EC's are from the last 2-3 years at most, and right now I've got almost exactly half of the new trend and new direction books. Hopefully I'll be able to finish Shock Suspenstories this year; after that the big project is Weird Science and Weird Fantasy. EC remains better than 99% of all the comics ever published. I don't know that they could have done that much more in their old format by the time they were forced out; honestly... they took what they did about as far as possible, I suspect. But there has never been a publisher-wide level of quality that was even remotely like what EC managed for about five years. Pretty good work for 2-3 years. Just shows what you can accomplish when you really want to. OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OtherEric Posted January 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 8, 2021 5 more. I think Shock 6 & 7 are both 'official' classic covers, and the other three are all pretty impressive as well: conan09279, Larryw7, Raze and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Going to the post office for a mail call. I'll post what my newest New Direction books really look like when I get back and scan them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tri-Color Brian Posted January 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 8, 2021 (edited) And...here we go...I just scanned these, and while the reds continue to foil me the books still look a lot better than the dealer's scans. Here's the Aces... Edited January 9, 2021 by Tri-ColorBrian Larryw7, OtherEric, Jayman and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tri-Color Brian Posted January 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 8, 2021 And the Impacts... Jayman, KirbyJack, Larryw7 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tri-Color Brian Posted January 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 8, 2021 And Piracy... Jayman, Raze, Larryw7 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OtherEric Posted January 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 9, 2021 A few more Shock Suspenstories. 12 is another classic cover and the 15 seems to be heating up. The other three aren't bad, either... although I will never understand giving Frazetta the interior story on the #13 but not the cover. conan09279, KirbyJack, fifties and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryw7 Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 I always felt like Shock 11 was a reworked issue of Crime Suspense. The cover, the lead story.feel out of place in the Shock run. OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 6 hours ago, Larryw7 said: I always felt like Shock 11 was a reworked issue of Crime Suspense. The cover, the lead story.feel out of place in the Shock run. Well, starting with Shock #12 the last few issues of the title are much closer to Crime Suspenstories than a sampler, although there are still a couple horror stories and the Shock stories mixed in. But the SF is gone after #11, so the cover shift may be related to that. Larryw7 and KirbyJack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OtherEric Posted January 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2021 5 more. Two Fisted tales wasn't completely a war book the first few issues, but after the #18 it's all war covers, at least: Tri-Color Brian, Larryw7, conan09279 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fifties Posted January 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2021 I've always felt that Shock 14 was not only the best read of the series, but qualified as being in the top tier of the entire EC line. Here's mine. conan09279, Larryw7, OtherEric and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 41 minutes ago, fifties said: I've always felt that Shock 14 was not only the best read of the series, but qualified as being in the top tier of the entire EC line. Here's mine. Interesting. Any other suggestions for individual issues that are the best of the best? Books with not just a cool cover, but great stories or some other factor that makes them stand out? Raze 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Wipple Posted January 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2021 Is this one as rare as people say it is? Part of a new OO collection. IngelsFan, Raze, fifties and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hap Hazard Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Yep, that's the tough one to find, Here's a pic from my book and you can see what's blacked out. IngelsFan, Larryw7 and Wipple 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifties Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 4 hours ago, KirbyJack said: Interesting. Any other suggestions for individual issues that are the best of the best? Books with not just a cool cover, but great stories or some other factor that makes them stand out? Unquestionably Shock 9 is damn near equal. Raze, Larryw7 and KirbyJack 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...