Hap Hazard Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 1 hour ago, Raze said: So there are random EC stories in this one? What about the other annuals? Or are they 2 different Entities? This 1951 Tales of Terror Annual: Vault of Horror 13 (2) Crypt of Terror 19 (3) Weird Science 14 (3) Haunt of Fear 16 (2) KirbyJack, Larryw7 and Raze 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Dowling Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, Raze said: So there are random EC stories in this one? What about the other annuals? Or are they 2 different Entities? My understanding is that all of the annuals were restitching of remainders/returns with a new cover. You can have 5 copies of Tales of Terror Annual 1 and have 5 different interiors, all most likely from the first few issues of Crypt, Vault, Haunt, etc. Edited October 22, 2019 by Randall Dowling Grammar Raze and Larryw7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robot Man Posted October 22, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 22, 2019 Yes, that is the case. I have a COT 17 (#1) in mine. I have heard of a couple that even have the last 2 issues of Crime Patrol as well. If you were basing a price on contents, having first issues would make it worth more and thus increase desirability. I guess in a slab you are just buying a cover anyway. I actually count the interior to having value as well. Nice to have this info on the label... Hutch88, Larryw7, Raze and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robot Man Posted October 24, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 24, 2019 Local pickup today. And a Canada copy. You paying attention Jimmers? Guide says low distribution and I think they are spot on on #5. I have bumped into little groups of early MADs over the years and 9 times out of 10 #5 is usually missing. Randall Dowling, Marty Mann, Raze and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OtherEric Posted October 24, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 24, 2019 Fresh in today, courtesy of @Robot Man. Been looking for this one for quite a while, the cover on this one is completely unforgiving and finding a lower grade copy that didn't present horribly has taken me quite a while. 16 down, 7 to go on the comic book issues of MAD. Larryw7, KirbyJack, Raze and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spider9698 Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 On 10/22/2019 at 11:54 AM, KirbyJack said: Boy, would I love to buy it and find out. It could hammer at 5 figures, tho. I believe I saw one at NYCC this month. Might have been this book with a 12K price tag. Don't remember which dealer had it but I believe he said it came from an original owner collection KirbyJack, Hutch88 and Randall Dowling 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Marty Mann Posted October 25, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 25, 2019 KirbyJack, AJD, Larryw7 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 A good day at the Jet City Comic show. We start with a low grade, cover faded, and quite cheap Shock: KirbyJack, Raze and Marty Mann 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Next up, a brace of MAD's. This actually gives me 10-31 of MAD complete; only 5 more comic issues to go, all single digits. To be honest, even I might upgrade the 17 if the right copy appears... but it was cheap; and the 16 wasn't bad. Larryw7, Raze, KirbyJack and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OtherEric Posted October 26, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 26, 2019 And, finally, this little gem: Raze, Marty Mann, KirbyJack and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Sweet haul! OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifties Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 5 hours ago, OtherEric said: A good day at the Jet City Comic show. We start with a low grade, cover faded, and quite cheap Shock: This issue is one of the best readers in the series, and given that it's an EC, that's sayin' something, lol! Larryw7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OtherEric Posted October 29, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 29, 2019 Today's book. No back cover, $10, sold by the original owner, and a gorgeous Williamson cover & adaptation of Bradbury's "A Sound of Thunder" Raze, fifties, Marty Mann and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 On 10/26/2019 at 3:43 PM, OtherEric said: And, finally, this little gem: An odd question: a listing online claims this is the first EC horror cover. I was wondering if this was generally agreed, or if it was just a certain dealer trying to double their already high price tag on the book. Raze, Marty Mann and Larryw7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 It’s a cool book, but calling it horror may be a stretch. That skeleton is adorable. Along these lines, I just bought an EC that I think is significant, but isn’t recognized generally. I’ll post it here when I get it, and I’ll hope for the forum’s opinions! OtherEric and Larryw7 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Marty Mann Posted October 29, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 29, 2019 AJD, KirbyJack, Larryw7 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Larryw7 Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 On 10/29/2019 at 2:20 AM, OtherEric said: An odd question: a listing online claims this is the first EC horror cover. I was wondering if this was generally agreed, or if it was just a certain dealer trying to double their already high price tag on the book. As soon as I saw this, I was 99% certain.who the dealer was. Just checked eBay.and I was right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 On 10/29/2019 at 1:20 AM, OtherEric said: An odd question: a listing online claims this is the first EC horror cover. I was wondering if this was generally agreed, or if it was just a certain dealer trying to double their already high price tag on the book. Further research reveals that this is the Sept.-Oct. issue. I suspect a Halloween theme rather than horror. Larryw7 and Marty Mann 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 30 minutes ago, KirbyJack said: Further research reveals that this is the Sept.-Oct. issue. I suspect a Halloween theme rather than horror. I think it's quite possible that a Halloween cover could also be a Horror cover. I think trying to identify the first EC horror cover is actually an interesting discussion, and a Land of the Lost cover is as likely a candidate as any. I do not require that the creators of the book actually consciously thought "This is horror" to count a cover as horror. I also think that, if we do pick a Land of the Lost cover as the first EC horror cover, 6 or (less certainly) 5 are probably better candidates for the honor. Scans from GCD, if anybody has better ones I would love to see them: Raze, KirbyJack and Marty Mann 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
