The Undead Thread: Pre-Code Horror 21 21

[precodekeith]

Hey Andrew, can you explain your "Horror Crimes" nomination? I've never heard of it, and it isn't in my OPG.

 

I have a collector buddy here in town that had been telling me about it and wanted to know if I had any info on it. He finally sent me a scan of it so I could post it on the boards. It was published in JAN 1955 by Ajax/Farrell and it is the only copy he (me for that matter as well) has seen. I'm thinking it was the last gasp of the Horrific series before the CCA. It appears to be a one shot that has no number on the cover, but in the indicia inside it says HORROR CRIMES #15.

 

Has anyone else seen one?

 

 

Thanks, Andrew. Would it be possible for you to put me in contact with your friend here in town? Is he specifically a horror comic collector, or a comic collector in general? I'd love to chat with another local horror comics fan!

 

Anyway, this is mind blowing if it pans out. Going by the scan I would call BS, because it looks like a photoshop job. However, you say you have seen it up close, and you are ( IMO ) a trusted member of these boards. Do you recall any story titles from the interior?

 

Who showed you (owned) the book?

 

Also, when you nominated the book, you said you have never seen one, but now you say you have, and even managed to produce a scan. I'm NOT calling you a liar, I've spoken with you personally & consider you a decent guy, but I'm wondering if you are playing a practical joke on us, or maybe the possibility someone has pulled the wool over your eyes?

[Flee-Marquette]

[TheWatcher]

[shiverbones]

 

too damn good! Better than the action #1 OA.

 

I knew it was too good to be true!

[G.A.tor]

(worship)

[Jayman]

 

FLEE!

[Bonds25]

Very good!!

[mike h]

I'm holding out hope... April Fools day is still over a month away!

 

Not only am I a great romantic, I'm gullible as hell!

[jimm]

FM thats some good work!

[Buck Biggins]

I wish the guy had more

Finally grabbed all of the books from his cold, dead hands huh?

 

I heard the hands were chopped off in true Pre-Code style...

 

I had heard it was the last punch that was too much

 

Nope....nephew inherited them after his death and quickly unloaded them.Wish I inherited stuff like those precodes.

[Buck Biggins]

I asked FM to do this and what he came up with was just awesome. The guy has skills.

 

Why did I do this?

I was just having a little fun after I made a typo in posting the hardest precode to get. I was going to do the inside next. However, the very kind posts from Shiverbones and Precode Keith about my trustworthiness made me feel guilty. So I had to quickly come clean.

 

Sure does sound like a precode title

 

[BangZoom]

was going to do the inside next.

 

 

What was planned for the inside?

[Buck Biggins]

Was going to scan some title pages from comic media books and say the book appears to be reprints.

[selegue]

 

HAW!

 

How many copies of this scarce treasure have shown up on ebay this weekend?

 

Where did the Crimes font come from? I did a quick survey of Crime logos and didn't see it. From a pulp?

 

Jack

 

I asked FM to do this and what he came up with was just awesome. The guy has skills.

 

Why did I do this?

I was just having a little fun after I made a typo in posting the hardest precode to get. I was going to do the inside next. However, the very kind posts from Shiverbones and Precode Keith about my trustworthiness made me feel guilty. So I had to quickly come clean.

 

Sure does sound like a precode title

 

[adamstrange]

I asked FM to do this and what he came up with was just awesome. The guy has skills.

 

Why did I do this?

I was just having a little fun after I made a typo in posting the hardest precode to get. I was going to do the inside next. However, the very kind posts from Shiverbones and Precode Keith about my trustworthiness made me feel guilty. So I had to quickly come clean.

 

Sure does sound like a precode title

 

 

I'm going to say something good about you just so I can take it back over this little stunt.

[mike h]

Can I still hold out hope? After all, that BB guy is supposed to be so cool...

 

 

Edited February 24, 2008 by mike h

[Scrooge]

Here's a Sunday for Sunday. I like how comic book culture creeps in the strip -

[Scrooge]

Oh and do you guys read Eek! ? It also has a horror bent -

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Scrooge]

[adamstrange]

 

These are great, Scrooge!