Popular Post Illustrious Posted January 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 12, 2023 Issue #24 is my personal favorite TFTC cover because on my 12th birthday in 1991, my parents bought me a copy of Les Daniels book "Marvel: Five Fabulous Decades of the World's Greatest Comics", and there was a chapter in there on Marvel shifting to horror comics in the Fifties that also had some pictures of E.C. Comics, one of which was TFTC #24. Seeing that zombie cover always stuck with me, and I knew one day I would have to have a copy of that issue for myself. Here's the panel from the book in question: Point Five, KirbyJack, grendelbo and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 On 1/12/2023 at 1:42 PM, Illustrious said: Issue #24 is my personal favorite TFTC cover because on my 12th birthday in 1991, my parents bought me a copy of Les Daniels book "Marvel: Five Fabulous Decades of the World's Greatest Comics", and there was a chapter in there on Marvel shifting to horror comics in the Fifties that also had some pictures of E.C. Comics, one of which was TFTC #24. Seeing that zombie cover always stuck with me, and I knew one day I would have to have a copy of that issue for myself. Here's the panel from the book in question: I’ve read that Daniel’s book cover to cover at least 4 times. Great book! And Bob, I agree; there’s something definitive about TFTC 24. Illustrious, IngelsFan and jimjum12 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IngelsFan Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 On 1/11/2023 at 10:57 AM, Illustrious said: Marked off another one from my E.C. want-list this week: Congrats! 24 is my favorite cover of the run. Illustrious 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robot Man Posted January 13, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 13, 2023 On 1/12/2023 at 11:42 AM, Illustrious said: Issue #24 is my personal favorite TFTC cover because on my 12th birthday in 1991, my parents bought me a copy of Les Daniels book "Marvel: Five Fabulous Decades of the World's Greatest Comics", and there was a chapter in there on Marvel shifting to horror comics in the Fifties that also had some pictures of E.C. Comics, one of which was TFTC #24. Seeing that zombie cover always stuck with me, and I knew one day I would have to have a copy of that issue for myself. Here's the panel from the book in question: I gravitated to #23 for the same reason. I had a handful of ECs very early on in my collecting journey. I loved them but they were hard to find at garage sales, flea markets and used book stores. (The only way to find old comics at the time. My girlfriend in high school bought me that large hardback EC reprint book as a gift. #23 was on the DJ. It just absolutely creeped me out. I searched for years for a copy. I now have several of them and is a sentimental favorite. OtherEric, grendelbo, Larryw7 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 On 1/11/2023 at 11:05 AM, OtherEric said: Not something we often cover here… but still, they’re 50’s EC’s, so why not? Nice! You will never get any hassle from me posting early MAD mags. And yes, I consider them ECs as well. OtherEric and Raze 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fifties Posted January 13, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 13, 2023 Yup, my TFTC 23 & 24, bought ages ago, are my two favorites of the title. My VOH 13 & TOT 2 run a close second. Point Five, Larryw7, Raze and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KirbyJack Posted January 13, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 13, 2023 Today’s Top Five EC horror covers 1. TFTC 24 2. VOH 30 3. VOH 35 4. TFTC 23 5. TFTC 22 I’d almost certainly have different answers tomorrow! damonwad, IngelsFan, grendelbo and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post grendelbo Posted January 13, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 13, 2023 On 1/12/2023 at 9:15 PM, KirbyJack said: TFTC 22 Agreed. I'm partial as this book was my earliest EC, but IMO it's the first horrific cover of the New Trend. Can't beat the dead claiming a wretched soul in a cemetery by a full moon under the craftsmanship of Feldstein. KirbyJack, SAKI, Mojohand and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fifties Posted January 13, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 13, 2023 On 1/12/2023 at 9:22 PM, grendelbo said: Agreed. I'm partial as this book was my earliest EC, but IMO it's the first horrific cover of the New Trend. Can't beat the dead claiming a wretched soul in a cemetery by a full moon under the craftsmanship of Feldstein. Here's mine. Raze, damonwad, Jayman and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ghastly542454 Posted January 16, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 16, 2023 With the arrival of Crime Suspenstories #15 and Crime Suspenstories #23 back last week from CGC, I now have a complete graded run of all 28 issues of EC’s Crime Suspenstories! Now you’re probably wondering what I’m talking about because most people think there are only 27 issues! According to the CGC Registry in order to have a complete run of you need to have Crime Suspenstories #15 (#1) blocked out in indicia plus Crime Suspenstories #1-#27. Crime Suspenstories #15 (#1) blocked out in indicia is a pretty rare book on the CGC Census. There are only 8 of them. Although I’m nowhere close to being highest in the Registry, I am the only person with a complete 100% run. OtherEric, conan09279, Jayman and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 On 1/12/2023 at 10:15 PM, KirbyJack said: Today’s Top Five EC horror covers 1. TFTC 24 2. VOH 30 3. VOH 35 4. TFTC 23 5. TFTC 22 I’d almost certainly have different answers tomorrow! Not a fan of Graham Ingels? At least one of his HOF covers would be on my top 5 horror cover list. grendelbo, Ghastly542454, OtherEric and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post grendelbo Posted January 16, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 16, 2023 On 1/16/2023 at 10:51 AM, MrBedrock said: Not a fan of Graham Ingels? At least one of his HOF covers would be on my top 5 horror cover list. For sure! Mojohand, Illustrious, OtherEric and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MrBedrock Posted January 16, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 16, 2023 (edited) On 1/16/2023 at 12:16 PM, grendelbo said: For sure! That is a great one, but #18 is my favorite... Edited January 16, 2023 by MrBedrock jimjum12, OtherEric, damonwad and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ghastly542454 Posted January 16, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 16, 2023 On 1/16/2023 at 10:37 AM, MrBedrock said: That is a great one, but #18 is my favorite... Mine too!! My favorite EC cover hands 🙌 down! jimjum12, MrBedrock, Raze and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MrBedrock Posted January 16, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 16, 2023 On 1/16/2023 at 12:39 PM, Ghastly542454 said: On 1/16/2023 at 12:37 PM, MrBedrock said: That is a great one, but #18 is my favorite... Expand Mine too!! My favorite EC cover hands 🙌 down! Raze, grendelbo, OtherEric and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghastly542454 Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 On 1/16/2023 at 10:40 AM, MrBedrock said: It doesn’t get any better than that!! MrBedrock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KirbyJack Posted January 16, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 16, 2023 On 1/16/2023 at 11:51 AM, MrBedrock said: Not a fan of Graham Ingels? At least one of his HOF covers would be on my top 5 horror cover list. I love his work, and considered 17 and 18. It’s so detailed, it can be hard to see. When I sold the majority of my ECs, I kept a handful of what I thought were definitive examples. HOF 18 was among them. As I said, different day; different list, so Haunt of Fear 18 is now Officially in! Robot Man, Raze, grendelbo and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 I concur. When I sold off my complete EC set, I kept those two as well. Glad I did… KirbyJack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MrBedrock Posted January 16, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 16, 2023 For the longest time the only two Haunts that I had were 17 and 18. But recently I got the cover art for 20... IngelsFan, SAKI, OtherEric and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 That’s very Wrightson-ish! 👏 Phill the Governor, ThothAmon, Albert Thurgood and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
