gojira Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Those are stupendous! A Gaines copy of a war book is a future goal of mine. I'd like to complete a Gaines set of Frontline Combat. I bought a couple of new ones at SDCC. Here's the first one which is not an amazing copy due to some fading on the left edge, but I got it for a good price. Awesome! That is exactly the sort of copy I'd go for! Cheers (thumbs u The edges have a tanning halo, but otherwise it's a great looking book that will do for now. I'd really like to complete a Gaines Frontline set, but still have issues to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gojira Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Those are stupendous! A Gaines copy of a war book is a future goal of mine. I'd like to complete a Gaines set of Frontline Combat. I bought a couple of new ones at SDCC. Here's the first one which is not an amazing copy due to some fading on the left edge, but I got it for a good price. Wonder if it's possible that's a printing defect rather than the result of fading? It looks like fading to me, add the light tanning halo the book has along the edges to that and it seems to me that the book suffered from bad storage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gojira Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Another SDCC pick-up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Those are stupendous! A Gaines copy of a war book is a future goal of mine. I'd like to complete a Gaines set of Frontline Combat. I bought a couple of new ones at SDCC. Here's the first one which is not an amazing copy due to some fading on the left edge, but I got it for a good price. Wonder if it's possible that's a printing defect rather than the result of fading? It looks like fading to me, add the light tanning halo the book has along the edges to that and it seems to me that the book suffered from bad storage. For a few months, in 1952-53, EC's printers used a particular type of red ink that was apparently not very stable. I've noticed the same phenomenon with Weird Science 17, and especially 18. The red inks have a tendency to fade due to an unknown cause. Even some of the Gaines File copies, which have done nothing but sit around in storage, display signs of color fading in the red register. I still haven't seen a single Gaines copy of Weird Science 18 with reds that have held up against this tendency to fade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gojira Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Interesting I did not know that. Frontline 11 and Weird Science hit the stands the same month, I guess that they must have been printed at around the same time. Maybe this explains the fading on the Frontline 11. (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Makes sense. "Gaines" and "bad storage" really don't go together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gojira Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 You're right, they don't go together. (thumbs u I'm still wondering about the tanning halo around the edges though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gojira Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Another SDCC pick-up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantasyland15 Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 This just hit the door mat. 'Well not literally'. One of a few that will be here shortly I hope.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
originalisbest Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 You're right, they don't go together. (thumbs u I'm still wondering about the tanning halo around the edges though. Tanning halo, maybe from subsequent storage, or it might have happened while within the Gaines "vault". But definitely agree, the color fade on your book is an inherent printing defect, not the result of fading/light exposure. Nice copy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gojira Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 You're right, they don't go together. (thumbs u I'm still wondering about the tanning halo around the edges though. Tanning halo, maybe from subsequent storage, or it might have happened while within the Gaines "vault". But definitely agree, the color fade on your book is an inherent printing defect, not the result of fading/light exposure. Nice copy! Yes, that's what I thought: subsequent storage. Cheers (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gojira Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 This just hit the door mat. 'Well not literally'. One of a few that will be here shortly I hope.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC ed Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Love me some pre-trend titles...recently picked up this white-paged Gerber 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedy-D Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Excellent thread!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedy-D Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 I'm not Mr. High Grade, and I'm pretty much out of the comic-buying game these days, but I still my little pile of ECs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifties Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 I'm not Mr. High Grade, and I'm pretty much out of the comic-buying game these days, but I still my little pile of ECs. Those all look like pretty decent copies to me. I'm quite the same, with one long box of EC's, and another with the three horror titles, crime, shock, and the Sci-Fi title reprints. I've noticed that you don't normally find raggedy copies of EC's, like you might Atlas titles, so I think that even "back then", ppl tended to take better care of their EC's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedy-D Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Yeah, they're not beaters, but they're not 9.4 Gaineses either. Still, I love them to death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantasyland15 Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 These landed today. The quest continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
originalisbest Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Wonderful books! I admit the WSF 27 in 4.0 seems out of place next to your 9.8's, but it's a great book. I have one in similar shape and love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
