Robot Man Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Thanks to a cool boardie, I joined the complete Aces High club yesterday. For the third time. A small victory that isn’t much of a big deal but #4 and #5 popped up for under $20. each so I grabbed them with no competition. I can’t say enough about this great run. WWI aviation stories by Evans, Wood, Davis, Krigstein and others. Such GREAT reads. My favorite New Trend run closely followed by Piracy. Do yourself a favor and pick up a couple cheap readers. You will be glad you did! Larryw7, KirbyJack, Ken Aldred and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 11 minutes ago, Robot Man said: Thanks to a cool boardie, I joined the complete Aces High club yesterday. For the third time. A small victory that isn’t much of a big deal but #4 and #5 popped up for under $20. each so I grabbed them with no competition. I can’t say enough about this great run. WWI aviation stories by Evans, Wood, Davis, Krigstein and others. Such GREAT reads. My favorite New Trend run closely followed by Piracy. Do yourself a favor and pick up a couple cheap readers. You will be glad you did! Welcome back to the club! It's easy to criticize some of the New Direction titles... M. D., I'm looking at you... but even at their worst they're better than 90% of the comics from the era, and at their best they stand proud with the New Trend books. I think if I had to pick I would put Piracy over Aces High, but it's a very close call. Both are first rate titles that are insanely cheap compared to other EC's or other books from the era. My current problem is I'm running out of New Direction books I need, and when I do, there goes my source for inexpensive EC fixes. It's going to get trickier fast from here on out. Raze and KirbyJack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robot Man Posted August 10, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 10, 2019 Here is my run of Piracy. These were gifted to me over 40 years ago by a kind gentleman who saw how much I loved them. I was lucky to have Angelo Torres sign #1 and #2 at a con many years later. My favorite cover is #7 with that nasty shark swimming up behind the unsuspecting diver. Again, cheap and available. Pick up a couple. You won’t be disapointed. Ken Aldred, OtherEric, Larryw7 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Liebl Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 I would really like a Frazetta cover EC book one day besides more FF hehe. Anyone got a list of the Frazetta covers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 4 minutes ago, OtherEric said: Welcome back to the club! It's easy to criticize some of the New Direction titles... M. D., I'm looking at you... but even at their worst they're better than 90% of the comics from the era, and at their best they stand proud with the New Trend books. I think if I had to pick I would put Piracy over Aces High, but it's a very close call. Both are first rate titles that are insanely cheap compared to other EC's or other books from the era. My current problem is I'm running out of New Direction books I need, and when I do, there goes my source for inexpensive EC fixes. It's going to get trickier fast from here on out. Yep, but if you lower your sights grade wise, and are patient, they are mostly all pretty available. Was glad to complete Haunt of Fear. A big run out of the way. The horror titles seem to have been trending up in price a bit. Dealers have told me they are good sellers and when I do shows they are the first to go even in pretty bad shape. Crime SS is getting tougher as well. Shock SS, the sci-fi titles and the war ones are pretty much affordable still. I’m not looking forward to the Crime Patrol, War against Crime and Crypt of Terror issues. Harder to find and getting pricey. I’m also going for some of the westerns and romance (near impossible). But patience is a virtue as has been said... KirbyJack and Raze 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 3 minutes ago, Karl Liebl said: I would really like a Frazetta cover EC book one day besides more FF hehe. Anyone got a list of the Frazetta covers? Weird Science Fantasy 29 is all by him. He assists on a couple others. KirbyJack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Liebl Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Robot Man said: Weird Science Fantasy 29 is all by him. He assists on a couple others. Great. I forgot that one. I also know about the roller coaster one and monster in the portal one, not sure about others... I know there are not many... Edited August 10, 2019 by Karl Liebl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 7 minutes ago, Karl Liebl said: Great. I forgot that one. I also know about the roller coaster one and monster in the portal one, not sure about others... I know there are not many... The roller coaster one is Shock Suspense #13. Not a cover but a brilliant interior story and only one he did solo for EC. As said, he assisted on several other covers and interior stories. IngelsFan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Liebl Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Robot Man said: The roller coaster one is Shock Suspense #13. Not a cover but a brilliant interior story and only one he did solo for EC. As said, he assisted on several other covers and interior stories. What about Weird Fantasy 21? Because well, babe on cover... I need to do more research bleh... Edited August 10, 2019 by Karl Liebl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 14 minutes ago, Karl Liebl said: What about Weird Fantasy 21? Because well, babe on cover... I need to do more research bleh... Assist. One of my favorites! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Liebl Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 26 minutes ago, Robot Man said: Assist. One of my favorites! This looks like the best one. I will just jot it down on my mental notebook... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Robot Man said: Assist. One of my favorites! To be fair, I think the Fleagle gang was, hands down, the best group of collaborators ever in comics. All amazing artists, with an uncanny ability to work together in perfect unison to create the best possible art. Larryw7 and IngelsFan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Robot Man said: Yep, but if you lower your sights grade wise, and are patient, they are mostly all pretty available. Was glad to complete Haunt of Fear. A big run out of the way. The horror titles seem to have been trending up in price a bit. Dealers have told me they are good sellers and when I do shows they are the first to go even in pretty bad shape. Crime SS is getting tougher as well. Shock SS, the sci-fi titles and the war ones are pretty much affordable still. I’m not looking forward to the Crime Patrol, War against Crime and Crypt of Terror issues. Harder to find and getting pricey. I’m also going for some of the westerns and romance (near impossible). But patience is a virtue as has been said... EC's, for the most part, are insanely affordable. But I've been averaging under $15 a book filling in the New Direction, and the others aren't going to be that cheap. Luckily, given my personal tastes, the Horror and Crime SS are the titles I don't actually want to collect at this point. Although I do want to get at least one issue of Haunt and Vault each so I have examples. Oh, well, it's a long term project. I've gotten close to 40 EC's so far this year, so I can't say I'm doing badly at all. But it is going to slow down now. KirbyJack and Raze 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 I kept examples of horror stuff. I do miss my Vault of Horror 12 and Crime Patrol 15, tho. I thought this issue would be the best place holder. I have been searching for more, tho... Larryw7, OtherEric, porcupine48 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 17 hours ago, KirbyJack said: I kept examples of horror stuff. I do miss my Vault of Horror 12 and Crime Patrol 15, tho. I thought this issue would be the best place holder. I have been searching for more, tho... I got another VOH #12. But, I really miss my Crime Patrol #15. Should have kept it. It’s gonna be a challenge at this point. You kept a good HOF. Great cover and origin or 1st appearance of the Old Witch I believe. Recently replaced that one from my buddy “Big Ron” Murray. Gave me a great deal on it. KirbyJack and Larryw7 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 OK, just for Eric, here is my amended Frontline Combat run with the missing Bethlehem #11... Raze, OtherEric and KirbyJack 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 2 minutes ago, Robot Man said: I got another VOH #12. But, I really miss my Crime Patrol #15. Should have kept it. It’s gonna be a challenge at this point. You kept a good HOF. Great cover and origin or 1st appearance of the Old Witch I believe. Recently replaced that one from my buddy “Big Ron” Murray. Gave me a great deal on it. The Old Witch debuted in HoF 16. 17 has a story where all 3 Ghoulunatics force Gaines and Feldstein into printing their stories. porcupine48, Larryw7, Robot Man and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robot Man Posted August 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 11, 2019 And, while I was in the box, here is my complete MAD EC run... Yes, I have 2 #1’s. One is signed by Gaines and the other is signed by Kurtzman, Elder, Severin and Davis. Ken Aldred, OtherEric, Raze and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 While they were out, I took a skim of them and found these that I had forgotten about... Larryw7, OtherEric, Raze and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 (edited) And, these just for fun... I think the guy on the MOD is supposed to be Elvis Costello. Edited August 11, 2019 by Robot Man Larryw7, Raze and KirbyJack 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
