BOOT Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 This thread should never fall off PAGE 1... Here's a bit of history. M.C. Gaines helped innovate in the craft of printing and how to package it. We take for granted that we have full color printing now. Back then it was a real technical challenge to make a visual treat for readers. This is PM V.1 #5 from January, 1935. It titled itself "An Intimate Journal for Advertising Production Managers, Art Directors, and their Associates". In a special insert, Gaines discusses "Color and Comics in Advertising". He presents samples of color comic advertisements, with commentary - "Helped Cannon Mills Sell Lots of Towels!" The design of the magazine is so cool. The cover is thick card with thickly embossed text. There are several white magazine pages and then a newsprint insert with the Gaines article and color comics. A collection of M.C. Gaines comics, on the cusp of him helping to create American comic books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOOT Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 The article... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Could not resist this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC ed Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Could not resist this one. Lovely! Beats my copy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Could not resist this one. Unbelievable copy... first EC horror story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Thanks for the kind words, gents. It's from the crime/horror collection Ted V recently got in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 About a hundred years ago, I could've had a copy almost as pretty for $100. Cleverly, I turned it down. I have an uncanny ability to avoid once in a lifetime books, like that VF Detective 168 in 1989. These items ruin your collection by distracting you from your "core focus". Yeah, I've got this thing down. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creaturefan95 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 I only have this low-grade copy of Vault of Horror #34: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Favorite of mine in any form Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Me too. That is one creepy cover. You can pick up most ECs like that in "reader" condition real cheap. Nothing like reading an original! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifties Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 I only have this low-grade copy of Vault of Horror #34: Ahh yes, but the point is, you have a copy of an EC, and that's all it takes to recognize what sets the brand apart from all others. Don't worry, you'll be getting more, eh eh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creaturefan95 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 (edited) I only have this low-grade copy of Vault of Horror #34: Ahh yes, but the point is, you have a copy of an EC, and that's all it takes to recognize what sets the brand apart from all others. Don't worry, you'll be getting more, eh eh. Hopefully next month Edited January 24, 2016 by creaturefan95 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmitchgro Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 I only have this low-grade copy of Vault of Horror #34: Ahh yes, but the point is, you have a copy of an EC, and that's all it takes to recognize what sets the brand apart from all others. Don't worry, you'll be getting more, eh eh. Hopefully next month Welcome to the club - it's a long creepy journey from here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Mann Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 (edited) Posted this on "...can you spare a grade"...just curious to see how it would do. https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8108/8613173669_d7e34432d1_z.jpg' alt='8613173669_d7e34432d1_z.jpg'>IMG WEIRD FANTASY #13 (#1) mm Edited January 24, 2016 by Marty Mann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Marty, I think the book still presents well all things considered but the technical grade would suffer (I presume the back cover has some issues as well)....2.5? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Mann Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Marty, I think the book still presents well all things considered but the technical grade would suffer (I presume the back cover has some issues as well)....2.5? The back cover's not too bad. https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1626/23958565263_d933d86ca9_z.jpg' alt='23958565263_d933d86ca9_z.jpg'>IMG WEIRD FANTASY #13 (#1) BACK COVER mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Mann Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 I wonder how many responses they received...and which story received the most votes? https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1512/24238319179_d2018d05e3_z.jpg' alt='24238319179_d2018d05e3_z.jpg'>IMG SPLASH PAGE from THE HAUNT OF FEAR #15 (#1) Request mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
originalisbest Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Typically, in the very next issue they'd reveal how the stories stacked up with their readers. Invariably, the poor text story came in dead last! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Mann Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Typically, in the very next issue they'd reveal how the stories stacked up with their readers. Invariably, the poor text story came in dead last! I checked out #16 the next issue and there was no mention of the previous issues stories, may have been too soon...the last panel did have a request by "THE OLD WITCH" to write and tell "her" what readers thought of the magazine. Jump ahead to my next copy #6 from March/April 1951 and "THE OLD WITCH" is making a pitch for "her wonderful photograph" for only a dime...and still a request for '...insulting letters voting for your favorite story.". mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
