Loukayza Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 My new favorite EC of all time... Wow! The green really pops out on this! Beautiful!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loukayza Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Are you accounting for the change in size that the books had in the spring of '53? EC's became narrower across the board at that point, so maybe that's what you're experiencing? I'll check that out. I only got through re-bagging/mcp'ing the Crime Suspenstories pile and Frontline Combat last night, so I'll see if it happens across all the titles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Are you accounting for the change in size that the books had in the spring of '53? EC's became narrower across the board at that point, so maybe that's what you're experiencing? When EC switched to the slightly smaller size, they also began using a more fragile cover stock, but the printing was improved and the trimming of the books became more reliably uniform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevemmg Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Are you accounting for the change in size that the books had in the spring of '53? EC's became narrower across the board at that point, so maybe that's what you're experiencing? When EC switched to the slightly smaller size, they also began using a more fragile cover stock, but the printing was improved and the trimming of the books became more reliably uniform. Very true. Hence why some of the later books are so darn tough to get in grade. Some issues even the Gaines copies are rare above 8.0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevemmg Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 My new favorite EC of all time... Wow! The green really pops out on this! Beautiful!! It's something special for sure. It was one of the first books I bought a Gaines File copy of myself as it may be the most imaginative Ingels cover of them all. The coloring is also spectacular. Congrats on a top end copy of a top issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
originalisbest Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 (edited) Are you accounting for the change in size that the books had in the spring of '53? EC's became narrower across the board at that point, so maybethat's what you're experiencing? To agree with dukedog & Steve, many EC's were cut out of square as made. And not only did they get smaller in length and width, comparing early to late period, they also appear slimmer, less "fat" in their thickness. Hard to notice that in a slab of course. Not that any book can't be trimmed, but in all likelihood it's normal production variances you're seeing. Oh, and that's a sweet haunt of fear 18 Richard - a classic. It was the one original EC cover chosen by Russ Cochran when Gaines offered him his pick (since wsf 29 was unavailable.) Ps - forgive horrid phone typos. Awful keypad on this sucky HTC phone does that. Will try to correct on a real device later. Suck it, HTC!!!! Even though I was able to edit. Edited June 23, 2014 by originalisbest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC ed Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Here's a recent pickup...the first issue of Animal Fables I've owned (from 1947) Notice a certain resemblance between Freddy Firefly when he "flames on" and a prominent Timely character back in the day? By issue #7 of Animal Fables (the last issue of the series, as it turns out), Freddy was no longer red, but was green and yellow...ostensibly because the lawyers got involved... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryw7 Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Got this one from the Comiclink auction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 (thumbs u Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldust40 Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Got this one from the Comiclink auction. Contains one of the most gruesome stories in the E.C. canon. (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryw7 Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 (thumbs u Larry Thanks, Jack. Got this one from the Comiclink auction. Contains one of the most gruesome stories in the E.C. canon. (thumbs u The whole issue is really good, and the cover story is pretty funny, especially since the main characters in it are based on Gaines and Feldstein. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 You can really appreciate the art when you see it in b and w. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 (edited) You aren't a real Fan-Addict unless you have one of these originals...I bought it from the original owner (Al Rosso-R.I.P.) for $20 in 1974. Edited July 2, 2014 by tricolorbrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevemmg Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Wow, very tough to get complete. That's fantastic and like the display too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 (edited) Thanks. It actually looks better, but I photoshopped the background color to get rid of glare and it kinda made it look ragged around the edges. It came with the 3 last bulletins too. Edited July 2, 2014 by tricolorbrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 You aren't a real Fan-Addict unless you have one of these originals...I bought it from the original owner (Al Rosso-R.I.P.) for $20 in 1974. I always liked the ad. I think I saw this at the age of 8 or 9 and it was probably in an old Mad comic I got from my cousin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 (edited) You aren't a real Fan-Addict unless you have one of these originals...I bought it from the original owner (Al Rosso-R.I.P.) for $20 in 1974. I always liked the ad. I think I saw this at the age of 8 or 9 and it was probably in an old Mad comic I got from my cousin. The house ads in Mad are priceless...I told the story of how I found Al and obtained the kit and a lot of E.C.s in one of my earliest posts...but it's probably buried on page 106 by now... Edited July 2, 2014 by tricolorbrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twistty1 Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Got this one from the Comiclink auction. Love this cover. This was one of the first EC's I bought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twistty1 Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Here's one I just paid off today. I can't wait to see the greens in hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickamabob Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Love this cover. This was one of the first EC's I bought. Good thing Sun Girl is on the case! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
