Warren Magazine Appreciation - Cover & Story Favorites 4 4

[Forbush-Man]

Lucked into these today.....

 

Went to the bank for a little refinancing information and after we were done my wife got me to stop at the antique mall across the street. In one of the class cases was a stack of magazines and on top was a "Creepy" for $8. I asked to see the stack and every comic mag in the stack was $8 each. Some more Creepy, Eerie, Devilina #1 and these six that I purchased......

 

Vampirella #12

 

 

Vampirella #9

 

 

Vampirella #6

 

 

Vampirella #5

 

 

Vampirella #2

 

 

AND.........

 

Vampirella #1

 

 

Happy Days!!

 

 

 

 

[Boba]

What, no Action #1? You was robbed!

 

 

 

 

Seriously great find!

[Triston Pence]

I had these issues of Vampirella (numbers 1 and 2) signed by co-creators Jim Warren and the Great Forrest J Ackerman at the 2008 Comic Con.

[Fantastic Thor]

Lucked into these today.....

 

Went to the bank for a little refinancing information and after we were done my wife got me to stop at the antique mall across the street. In one of the class cases was a stack of magazines and on top was a "Creepy" for $8. I asked to see the stack and every comic mag in the stack was $8 each. Some more Creepy, Eerie, Devilina #1 and these six that I purchased......

 

Vampirella #12

 

 

Vampirella #9

 

 

Vampirella #6

 

 

Vampirella #5

 

 

Vampirella #2

 

 

AND.........

 

Vampirella #1

 

 

Happy Days!!

 

 

 

 

Nice !!!!

[ivegotneatstuff]

As resurrection seems Warren related...I thought I would do it to this thread!

 

Here's some Warren stuff!

 

Note the address label - and notes to (or from..don't know his handwriting well enough) Jim himself with "referred to pages" following

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 4, 2010 by ivegotneatstuff

[That Ron Dude]

Fascinating thread. For me there is only one choice for best story. (The envelope) On the Wings of a Bird by T.Casey Brennan and Jerry Grandenetti. It was the first comic story that was philosophical in tone rather than being plot or violence driven. It won "Best Story" probably in 1973 and deserved it.

 

Here is a question. Jim Warren published Phil Seuling's comic convention program booklet in 1973 and it had a distinctly Warren flare about it. Is it considered a Warren book? Do Warren completists treasure it?

 

Ron

[Jayman]

Was that the story with the young man who has a dream of flying away on a giant bird, but while he was sleeping the bird had flown away without him?

 

Never saw the Seuling convention booklet before, do you have a scan?

I have both of these which I believe Warren completists would consider collect worthy.

[Makmorn]

Nice stuff, and speaking of Warren Appreciation has anyone noticed the last 2 sales for Vampirella #1 in 9.2

 

Feb-25-2010 $1,673 Cert# 0912962001

Feb-16-2010 $1,700 Cert# 0500844003

 

I'm not sure where the one on the 16th was, but the 25th was Heritage.

Both are record sales, with the previous high being in 2007 at Jan-27-2007 $1,560.

 

 

[That Ron Dude]

I know it took a while but here is the 1973 program booklet from the Seuling Convention. Jim Warren was the guiding force on it. Is it considered a Warren Publication?

 

[Jayman]

Broom Hilda in a Vampi costume! Now I've seen everything!

 

Thanks for posting!

 

As far as it being a Warren pub., is there any info in the indecia?

[That Ron Dude]

Publications are credited to Paul Levitz, Paul Kupperberg and Steve Gilary. There are the 1973 Warren Awards for Dubious Achievements in the Industry. There is a special space for a Heidi Saha autograph. There is a short Bill Dubay comic strip. There is an ad asking for contributions from an unamed publisher which (I'm pretty sure) has Warren's phone number attached to it and a back cover with a painting of Creepy, Eerie and Vampirella on it. It has a lot of others stuff too promoting all publishers and many cartoonists from as far back as the golden age. At the time, it seemed to have a lot of Warren stuff, though going through it now, there is not as much as I thought. His does get the front and back covers though. At the time Warren seemed like a smaller publisher and there was certainly a lot in there about Warren considering his status. The word was also that he had a hand in the publishing though surprisingly Levitz and the others are listed as being in charge of the publications.

[Hepcat]

The first seven issues of Creepy can't be beat for cover art. Here are scans of my own:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Hepcat]

Some Xmas cheer courtesy of Uncle Creepy:

 

 

 

Then one foggy Xmas Eve, Santa came to slay, hey , hey!

 

 

 

[Dr. Balls]

I was hooked on Creepy when I was about 9 or 10 years old - I found them at this old antique store I used to buy comics and baseball cards at. I don't even recall how I ended up buying several of them, but I did.

 

Murders in the Rue Morgue and Cask of Amontillado were my two standouts from back then. I'm starting to casually put together a reader set for myself. I love Creepy!

[oakman29]

Some back story.I did a commission for Jason/Diggler,and during the process just fell in love with this cover.Here is the artwork I did for him.

Then I bought this at Terry's Yorba Linda show today.One of only two in the census.

So thank you Jason for introducing me to this really great book.

[batmiesta]

I don't collect warren magazines, but I want a copy of this one, the cover is awesome, so is your artwork oakman. (thumbs u

[oakman29]

I don't collect warren magazines, but I want a copy of this one, the cover is awesome, so is your artwork oakman. (thumbs u

Thank you! I got a deal on this one,don't know what these are worth with only two 9.2s in the census 13 total graded.I only paid 60.00 dollars for the slab,so I feel good about this one.

[steveinthecity]

I don't collect warren magazines, but I want a copy of this one, the cover is awesome, so is your artwork oakman. (thumbs u

Thank you! I got a deal on this one,don't know what these are worth with only two 9.2s in the census 13 total graded.I only paid 60.00 dollars for the slab,so I feel good about this one.

Oakman, very nice artwork! You grabbed yourself a very nice issue by the way.

[oakman29]

I don't collect warren magazines, but I want a copy of this one, the cover is awesome, so is your artwork oakman. (thumbs u

Thank you! I got a deal on this one,don't know what these are worth with only two 9.2s in the census 13 total graded.I only paid 60.00 dollars for the slab,so I feel good about this one.

Oakman, very nice artwork! You grabbed yourself a very nice issue by the way.

Thanks! The book is a beauty.

[the blob]

one problem i had is that cgc magazine salbs are so huge. unless you have a box of them, they're a huge PITA to store. probably turns some folks off to them.