Robot Man Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Wow, that Crime Patrol 15 really blew the socks off TOT annual 1. Obviously it was the grade. Both were Roger Hill books but I was a little suprised. I still believe the TOT 1 is a bit more rare than the CP 15 but that is a tough one as well. Sadly, the ship has pretty much sailed for collectors of more “modest” means. In the past few years I had my chance at a CP 15 but was too slow on the draw twice. Might end up being that one big hole in my EC collection… Mmehdy, IngelsFan and KirbyJack 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IngelsFan Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 On 8/25/2024 at 9:42 AM, Robot Man said: Wow, that Crime Patrol 15 really blew the socks off TOT annual 1. Obviously it was the grade. Both were Roger Hill books but I was a little suprised. I still believe the TOT 1 is a bit more rare than the CP 15 but that is a tough one as well. Sadly, the ship has pretty much sailed for collectors of more “modest” means. In the past few years I had my chance at a CP 15 but was too slow on the draw twice. Might end up being that one big hole in my EC collection… I think it was the type of restoration that the TOT 1 had. Cover reglossing is a PLOD kiss of death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 (edited) On 8/25/2024 at 10:45 AM, IngelsFan said: I think it was the type of restoration that the TOT 1 had. Cover reglossing is a PLOD kiss of death. Yeah, probably.But I would have thought that there would be enough EC collectors on a budget to snap it up a bit higher. I can't imagine one going any less in the future PLOD or not. Sometimes (at least to me) rarity and price trump condition. Edited August 25 by Robot Man KirbyJack and IngelsFan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghastly542454 Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 On 8/25/2024 at 9:42 AM, Robot Man said: Wow, that Crime Patrol 15 really blew the socks off TOT annual 1. Obviously it was the grade. Both were Roger Hill books but I was a little suprised. I still believe the TOT 1 is a bit more rare than the CP 15 but that is a tough one as well. Sadly, the ship has pretty much sailed for collectors of more “modest” means. In the past few years I had my chance at a CP 15 but was too slow on the draw twice. Might end up being that one big hole in my EC collection… A Tales Of Terror Annual #1 CGC 6.0 Universal would “blow the socks” 🧨💣off a Crime Patrol #15 CGC 6.0 Universal!!! OtherEric and IngelsFan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KirbyJack Posted August 25 Popular Post Share Posted August 25 I want a TOT annual 1 that contains Crime Patrol 15 & 16; and War Against Crime 10 & 11. …and I’m not buying one until I find it! C. Spaulding, Mmehdy, Robot Man and 3 others 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C. Spaulding Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Speaking of EC rarities, this is on eBay now. If it could actually be tied back to Russ it would be a pretty neat piece to own. $8k starting bid price. KirbyJack, Mmehdy and OtherEric 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 On 8/25/2024 at 12:27 PM, KirbyJack said: I want a TOT annual 1 that contains Crime Patrol 15 & 16; and War Against Crime 10 & 11. …and I’m not buying one until I find it! Who knows, it could almost be possible. I've got the first issues of TFTC, VOH, COT and the second issue of WS in mine. About as close as I can ever expect to get. C. Spaulding and KirbyJack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 (edited) On 8/25/2024 at 12:49 PM, C. Spaulding said: Speaking of EC rarities, this is on eBay now. If it could actually be tied back to Russ it would be a pretty neat piece to own. $8k starting bid price. It is indeed an authentic Russ Cochran personal file copy. Story is he obtained the books from another famous collector that @sfcityduck has researched extensively. But I cannot determine the validity of this. Read the seller's description. This is a mind blowing volume and one of a kind. A piece of comic history. Well worth the opening bid and maybe even the "buy it now" price in my opinion. I don't know why the seller didn't consign it to HA. If I were a deep pocketed one percenter, I'd be all over it... Edited August 25 by Robot Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sfcityduck Posted August 25 Popular Post Share Posted August 25 (edited) On 8/25/2024 at 1:14 PM, Robot Man said: It is indeed an authentic Russ Cochran personal file copy. Story is he obtained the books from another famous collector that @sfcityduck has researched extensively. But I cannot determine the validity of this. Read the seller's description. This is a mind blowing volume and one of a kind. A piece of comic history. Well worth the opening bid and maybe even the "buy it now" price in my opinion. I don't know why the seller didn't consign it to HA. If I were a deep pocketed one percent, I'd be all over it... Looks exactly like the other bound volumes Russ Cochran made from Dave Wigransky's comics. On another thread we've been discussing provenance. A Russ Cochran bound volume is one of my grails because I want to own comics from Dave Wigransky's collection -- and getting a Russ Cochran bound EC volume is the only way I presently know of to meet that goal because the provenance on Wigransky's other 6,000+ comics is presently lost b/c probably sold to a dealer around 1966. This bound volume is priced considerably higher than the WS and WF volumes that sold on Heritage, and its page quality appears worse. No Cochran bound volume has topped $4K. If prices are going up due to the Wigransky connection probably my fault. Since I'm after Wigransky comics, not PCH, I'm going to take a pass and wait for a less exalted title to come up someday. The Russ Cochran bound volumes of Dave Wigransky's comics I've seen all look something like this: So far I've seen the following come up for sale - all at Heritage: HOF 15(1)-14 VOH 12-25 TFT 18-29 and TFT 30-41 WF 13(1)-11 WS 12(1)-11 WSF-ISF (all issues) MAD 24-20 (not sure if these were Wigransky's) Panic 1-12 Edited to add: Oops! Also: Aces High (all issues) Extra (all issues) Piracy (all issues) Edited August 25 by sfcityduck Robot Man, KirbyJack, C. Spaulding and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sfcityduck Posted August 25 Popular Post Share Posted August 25 One final comment. The eBay seller states: "Conclusion: These comics come from what one might consider, at least unofficially, a pedigree collection." A better way to state that: These comics come from a "lost pedigree." We know the pedigree existed, we know it was pretty fantastic, and we know the collector who put it together was truly one of, if not the, first truly great comic collector. The fact that he was the sole source of Russ Cochran's purchase of a complete EC collection is a cool bit of comic collecting history showing Wigransky's legacy but not the only bit. FYI - here's part of the written docs which make up the provenance on these bound volumes - the ad that Sydney David Wigransky Jr. aka David Pace Wigransky aka Dave Jay took out in the RBCC and from which Russ Cochran bought his complete EC set said to have actually been in nm/m: C. Spaulding, KirbyJack, Mmehdy and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcityduck Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 (edited) Russ Cochran verified the set was NM/M when he bought it (which is why it is great Gaines had all his file copies because Russ then proceeded to bind them). And everything we know about Dave Wigransky strongly suggests they would have been. Both the photo evidence of Dave and his collection from 1948: And what he had to say about how he stored his comics in a 1946 article in which he was dubbed as a "comic expert" despite being 13 years old then: The article's key quote from the article is: "Passing a chest of drawers on the landing, he said: 'I can't show you those. There I'm collecting a complete set of the Fawcett publications in good condition. I never let anyone else handle them, and I seldom handle them myself.z'" By "good" he means colloquially "really nice" condition. You can read more here: Edited August 25 by sfcityduck KirbyJack, C. Spaulding, buttock and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robot Man Posted August 27 Popular Post Share Posted August 27 On 8/23/2024 at 8:49 AM, BitterOldMan said: Epitaphs from the Abyss 2 arrived Wednesday on new comic book day. Just bought the painted clown cover issue. Stories were fairly well written, but I was generally disappointed with the interior artwork. Tough to follow the legendary work of Feldstein, Ingels, Davis, and Craig. A tale of 2 ECs… I got this one at my LCS last week. The owner sold it to me for the $5. Cover price. I kind of liked the 2nd story but the other 2 didn’t impress me much. The regular clown cover was quite good but I had to have the fun EC tribute cover. Then, I picked up this detached cover Piracy #3 for my low grade collection here on the boards from Catrick also for $5. Starts right off with a killer Crandall cover and story as well as well written stories with art by Evans, Krigstein and a finish by Ingals. Now THIS is an EC. Not one of the more popular Horror, Sci-Fi or Crime titles, just one of those unpopular post code ones. There is no comparison. $5. so much better spent… Raze, Jayman, sfcityduck and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 On 8/27/2024 at 10:27 AM, Robot Man said: just one of those unpopular post code ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hap Hazard Posted September 3 Popular Post Share Posted September 3 Finally got the last Graphic Designs EC statue, I needed the Crypt Keeper. Here's some pics of the Crypt Keeper and all three together. Raze, KirbyJack, conan09279 and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 On 9/3/2024 at 1:52 PM, Hap Hazard said: Finally got the last Graphic Designs EC statue, I needed the Crypt Keeper. Here's some pics of the Crypt Keeper and all three together. Cool! I’m sure your wife must be thrilled! KirbyJack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hap Hazard Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 On 9/3/2024 at 4:10 PM, Robot Man said: Cool! I’m sure your wife must be thrilled! Can only be displayed in the comic Room! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OtherEric Posted September 4 Popular Post Share Posted September 4 In today. I'm now at the half-way mark on Weird Science, 11 of 22: Mmehdy, Turnando, KirbyJack and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 Did Marie Severin color that cover, or did Wally do it himself? I think it's the best color work I've seen on a comic. OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 On 9/4/2024 at 5:13 AM, KirbyJack said: Did Marie Severin color that cover, or did Wally do it himself? I think it's the best color work I've seen on a comic. Not sure, but it is beautiful work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 On 9/4/2024 at 8:13 AM, KirbyJack said: Did Marie Severin color that cover, or did Wally do it himself? I think it's the best color work I've seen on a comic. It looks like her work. I don't recall anyone besides Marie coloring once she took on the responsibility. Robot Man and KirbyJack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
