Marty Mann Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 About half of my EC collection are remainder copies...but they still make good reading! was returned for credit. mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifties Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 About half of my EC collection are remainder copies...but they still make good reading! was returned for credit. mm OK, was just curious as to when you picked them up. In 1956-57 in my town there was a small market which had a spinner rack. It contained cellophane packs of three coverless copies of PCH for a quarter. I was a very large customer, but unfortunately loaned them to a "friend" a few years later, and that was the end of them. One of the books was Shock 14; prolly the best read of the run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Mann Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 (edited) Fifties... They came from a corner store that sold groceries and cold-cuts, but no comics or magazines...they just had a box of these books at the end of the counter...never asked where they came from, just enjoyed getting them for a nickel apiece. https://c1.staticflickr.com/2/1512/25322940832_ef9a6b7d7e.jpg' alt='25322940832_ef9a6b7d7e.jpg'>IMG HAUNT OF FEAR #12 mm Edited September 4, 2016 by Marty Mann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifties Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Hey Marty, ahhh, so I presume that you did get them, "back then". You got a better deal than I did, @15 cents for three, and with 3/4 covers! Hopefully you bought the entire box's worth. I forgot, one of mine was a Mad #1, which I did hang onto. :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Mann Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Hey Marty, ahhh, so I presume that you did get them, "back then". You got a better deal than I did, @15 cents for three, and with 3/4 covers! Hopefully you bought the entire box's worth. I forgot, one of mine was a Mad #1, which I did hang onto. :wink: All were bought between 1950 and 1952...no, I couldn't afford them all at one time and the contents changed over time...picked up around 12 EC's, the rest are DC's. mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couchy81 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 (edited) It is, and rather risqué - for ec or anyone else - especially considering the time period! EC would push that envelope, esp in Shock SS and Crime SS; promiscuity, carnal knowledge involving a minor, infidelity, prejudice, in the early '50's, way ahead of the times. I just read the cover story, wow! That story is wild! The first panel of the last page is implying that the young lady has an oral fixation . I laughed so hard when I turned to that page. Couldn't believe they put that in there. And the guy had so much opportunity to run away as well but he just stands there. So great. Edited September 6, 2016 by Couchy81 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
originalisbest Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 It is, and rather risqué - for ec or anyone else - especially considering the time period! EC would push that envelope, esp in Shock SS and Crime SS; promiscuity, carnal knowledge involving a minor, infidelity, prejudice, in the early '50's, way ahead of the times. I just read the cover story, wow! That story is wild! The first panel of the last page is implying that the young lady has an oral fixation . I laughed so hard when I turned to that page. Couldn't believe they put that in there. And the guy had so much opportunity to run away as well but he just stands there. So great. Yep, and since he had "proved it to her" well, AHEM. Anyway, I'm sure if he'd realized (too late, while he was trying to figure a way out of this fix) that he was about to get perforated, he might've just fessed up, already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelmonster Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 (edited) Edited September 14, 2016 by Kelmonster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul © ® ⚽️💙™ Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 My quest for building up a readable, low grade and sometimes coverless EC collection continues. This book is number 7 in the process. Crime Suspenstories # 21. No cover but nice and complete VG/FN innards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul © ® ⚽️💙™ Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 This coverless Shock Suspenstories # 11 also arrived. Innards are a nice 4.5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul © ® ⚽️💙™ Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 This also in. Nice insides but the raggedy cover brings it down to about a 1.5. Used as evidence in the SENATE INVESTIGATION HEARINGS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul © ® ⚽️💙™ Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 My 10th book in this collecting process also arrived this week. Really nice interior but the dodginess on the front cover brings the book down to a 2.0 vicinity. I love it though and my quest is coming along nicely. Contains a controversial rape story & the "Red Dupe editorial". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifties Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 I've got the full Shock run, and would have to say that issue #14 is the best read of the title. All four stories are top notch. "A kind of justice" in issue #16 (carnal knowledge of a juvenile and rape) was definitely a hard-hitting story for the time! If you don't already have it, go for Shock #9; the story represented by the cover, "Carrion Death", is EC at their very best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Thought this one might grade a little higher. Love the cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul © ® ⚽️💙™ Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 I've got the full Shock run, and would have to say that issue #14 is the best read of the title. All four stories are top notch. "A kind of justice" in issue #16 (carnal knowledge of a juvenile and rape) was definitely a hard-hitting story for the time! If you don't already have it, go for Shock #9; the story represented by the cover, "Carrion Death", is EC at their very best. Will do. Am trying to build up a collection of EC on a very limited budget, so probably will never complete it at my age, but every readable issue I get is a joy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted October 19, 2016 Author Share Posted October 19, 2016 I'm kind of surprised no one has snagged the Moon Girl 10 from Ritter's site yet..... not an easy book to find a decent copy of..... GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oceanavekid Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Crime and horror my two favorite things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 I'm kind of surprised no one has snagged the Moon Girl 10 from Ritter's site yet..... not an easy book to find a decent copy of..... GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Gone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted October 19, 2016 Author Share Posted October 19, 2016 I'm kind of surprised no one has snagged the Moon Girl 10 from Ritter's site yet..... not an easy book to find a decent copy of..... GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Gone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Crime and horror my two favorite things Very nice! That's not a comic you see every day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
