The Undead Thread: Pre-Code Horror 21 21

[rjpb]

Almost double what I was thinking..... I wonder what Gabe's Venus 19 would do at public auction ? GOD BLESS....

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

 

Suspect it would be comparable....am I crazy??

 

No. If a 6.5 JIM #6 can top 3K, then anything is possible. Grade for grade even the major PCH grails are less expensive than gold and many silver hero keys, and GA classic covers can outstrip them in many cases - a 9.0 Suspense #3, Fantastic #3, MM#46 or Dynamic #8 would leave them in the dust.

[Jayman]

Almost double what I was thinking..... I wonder what Gabe's Venus 19 would do at public auction ? GOD BLESS....

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

 

Suspect it would be comparable....am I crazy??

 

No. If a 6.5 JIM #6 can top 3K, then anything is possible. Grade for grade even the major PCH grails are less expensive than gold and many silver hero keys, and GA classic covers can outstrip them in many cases - a 9.0 Suspense #3, Fantastic #3, MM#46 or Dynamic #8 would leave them in the dust.

 

So true.

Though 9500+ is way outta my league anyways...

[zzutak]

I hope I don't offend the horror purists by sharing this here. None of the pre-code HOM, Phantom Stranger, Sensation / Sensation Mystery, and SSC covers were truly horrific. Just lots and lots of stories about ghosts and the occult. This SSC #129 is a personal fave and as close to "horror" as DC ever got.

 

[Jayman]

Very nice! Your book fits in well here, with a very macabre feel.

Would go well with and reminds me of this book also.

 

[jimjum12]

I hope I don't offend the horror purists by sharing this here. None of the pre-code HOM, Phantom Stranger, Sensation / Sensation Mystery, and SSC covers were truly horrific. Just lots and lots of stories about ghosts and the occult. This SSC #129 is a personal fave and as close to "horror" as DC ever got.

 

 

..... maybe my favorite cover of the run..... I remember about 10 years ago I basically "stole" a CGC copy of 122 at a Clink auction...... and it was even undergraded..... GOD BLESS....

 

-jimbo(friend of jesus) (thumbs u

[Jayman]

Not really textbook PCH either but...

 

 

Let's see:

(glowing) Skeleton coming out of coffin. CHECK

Mad Doctor with sinister looking potion. CHECK

Severed heads hanging in dungeon. CHECK

Damsel in distress. CHECK

Cobwebs and candle. CHECK

 

Fits my bill!

[gojira]

Great cover! I like the hanging severed heads.

[Jayman]

Like severed heads, huh?

Here's another (not textbook PCH) book that fits the bill too!

 

[gojira]

I like that cover a lot, so much that I had to fetch me a copy of the book last year.

[gojira]

Here's my copy:

 

[Jayman]

very nice!

I was going to ask if yours had that 50 stamp on it like mine does in the URC.

A lot of copies do but not on yours it seems.

[gojira]

I never really noticed that stamp. I must say that I remember seeing the cover somewhere years ago (maybe in the Gerber's) and then forgot all about it. Until I saw a copy of the book posted here on the boards. That's when I went and got me a copy of it. I was surprised to see that the book is relatively inexpensive.

[MrBedrock]

I never really noticed that stamp. I must say that I remember seeing the cover somewhere years ago (maybe in the Gerber's) and then forgot all about it. Until I saw a copy of the book posted here on the boards. That's when I went and got me a copy of it. I was surprised to see that the book is relatively inexpensive.

It's a great book, but the reason it is relatively inexpensive (aside from the fact that Bobby Benson isn't a highly regarded title) is that for some reason it is very common. I've had a ton of them over the years. Kept one for me though. I love it (thumbs u

[Jayman]

I never really noticed that stamp. I must say that I remember seeing the cover somewhere years ago (maybe in the Gerber's) and then forgot all about it. Until I saw a copy of the book posted here on the boards. That's when I went and got me a copy of it. I was surprised to see that the book is relatively inexpensive.

It's a great book, but the reason it is relatively inexpensive (aside from the fact that Bobby Benson isn't a highly regarded title) is that for some reason it is very common. I've had a ton of them over the years. Kept one for me though. I love it (thumbs u

 

That issue does seem to come up more often, especially more than any of the Frazetta covers.

This is another fav and a tough black cover to boot!

 

 

Who doesn't love the Lemonade Kid!

[dannyboy]

This thread needs a little bumpity bump. How about a lovely Russ Heath cover that makes me squirm every time I look at it?

 

[goldust40]

This thread needs a little bumpity bump. How about a lovely Russ Heath cover that makes me squirm every time I look at it?

 

 

Heath at his horrific best. One of my favourite covers from the run.

[Diamonddave]

 

[fifties]

Scary cover?

 

 

 

 

 

[Hap Hazard]

thats a real nice looking Cap 74 and that amazing mysteries isnt bad either

[Jayman]

Scary cover?

 

 

I've come to call this book the Evil Elmo cover!

Nice copy!