Robot Man Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 15 minutes ago, 29dukedog said: Yes! EC's look great in any grade! I spent years looking for this perfectly beautiful mid-grade copy of Weird Fantasy #21. Who needs a nicer copy? I can live with a grade like that all day long. I'm working on my 3rd set of EC's shooting for that very area. I am also looking for a real low grade reading set that sit un-bagged on a shelf in the closet in no particular order. When I need an EC fix, I just grab a handfull and jump on the couch Larryw7, The Lions Den and KirbyJack 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illustrious Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 Picked this up recently: 29dukedog, Sqeggs, Black_Adam and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MustEatBrains Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 On June 5, 2018 at 11:48 AM, ThothAmon said: Just that the condition, paper quality and cost of almost all non Gaines Pedigree copies pales in comparison. Imagine the impact on the SA market if Stan had put 10 of every known Marvel away and kept them pristine? Great book! There are non Gaines copies floating around that are on par quality and condition wise with GFC. I almost think those should be worth more since condition withstood the test of time in circulation. I'm always a glass half full kinda guy! Larryw7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 19 hours ago, originalisbest said: Love EC Romance -- need to add more when I can find something suitable. Few and far between! +1; about the most difficult books I've ever hunted. originalisbest 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post creaturefan95 Posted June 10, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 10, 2018 Sqeggs, KirbyJack, originalisbest and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryw7 Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 On 6/8/2018 at 9:26 PM, Illustrious said: Picked this up recently: That cover story is a shocker. Count Dracula himself would have nightmares(daymares?) after reading it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ricksneatstuff Posted June 12, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 12, 2018 Can’t get too much of this book ThothAmon, 29dukedog, Black_Adam and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OtherEric Posted June 12, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 12, 2018 I posted this over in the magazine section of the forums, but since it's the last issue of the title with the EC logo on the cover (as far as I can tell), I figure throwing it up here as well is not inappropriate: ThothAmon, Robot Man, Raze and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illustrious Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 19 hours ago, Larryw7 said: That cover story is a shocker. Count Dracula himself would have nightmares(daymares?) after reading it. Wow, that good huh? I was already chomping at the bit to crack it and read it, now I'm even closer to doing it. I could just get the Gemstone reprint of the issue for a reading copy to satisfy the urge, but it's just not the same without that vintage comic smell. Larryw7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post IngelsFan Posted June 14, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 14, 2018 (edited) I'm very happy to have gotten this copy of Haunt of Fear 10 recently from a boardie. This is my first Northford pedigree! Edited June 14, 2018 by IngelsFan Black_Adam, Larryw7, Jayman and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Didn't realize there was a 2nd issue of this until a few days ago. Never quite sure how to consider these; on one level I don't think of anything created post 1956 other than MAD to be an EC. But on another level, Two-Fisted Tales edited and written by Harvey Kurtzman surely deserves consideration over pretty much anything else when it comes to being a EC revival. Glad to have them, in any case. Larryw7, KirbyJack and Raze 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Very cool. Never seen those before. What are they like inside? Stories and artists? Kind of weird that they have both the EC and Dark Horse logos. Didn’t Gaines or Warner Communications own the EC copyright then?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robot Man Posted June 20, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 20, 2018 Got a great book in the mail yesterday. When I was a kid, my uncle gave me a half a dozen of his ECs. My mom saw me reading this one and tore it up. Figured it would give me nightmares and was probably right but I loved them. Glad to have this super creepy issue back in my collection again. sacentaur, creaturefan95, originalisbest and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
originalisbest Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 3 hours ago, Robot Man said: Very cool. Never seen those before. What are they like inside? Stories and artists? Kind of weird that they have both the EC and Dark Horse logos. Didn’t Gaines or Warner Communications own the EC copyright then?. I imagine Harvey did it with their permission/blessing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
originalisbest Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 3 hours ago, Robot Man said: Got a great book in the mail yesterday. When I was a kid, my uncle gave me a half a dozen of his ECs. My mom saw me reading this one and tore it up. Figured it would give me nightmares and was probably right but I loved them. Glad to have this super creepy issue back in my collection again. Great ish, one I still need! Mom also disapproved of my budding interest in ECs, but not enough to tear any of them up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuscemasAvengers Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Had this briefly up for sale a while ago, but luckily came to my senses and decided to keep!! Larryw7, Sqeggs, KirbyJack and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 14 hours ago, Robot Man said: Very cool. Never seen those before. What are they like inside? Stories and artists? Kind of weird that they have both the EC and Dark Horse logos. Didn’t Gaines or Warner Communications own the EC copyright then?. They had permission/ licensing/ whatever to do the books. Harvey was officially Editor in Chief of the books; both issues featured one classic EC reprint written (and in one case, drawn) by him. The 2nd issue had a story written and rough penciled by Kurtzman; supposedly his last comic story before his death. And of course he did the covers; with Eisner on the 1st issue and Stout on the 2nd. Don Lomax, a fairly obvious choice, did stories in both issues; 2 in the first. Spain Rodriguez had a story in the 1st issue, as well. Otherwise, mostly not creators I recognize. I don't think the books were entirely successful as "new EC's"; but they both definitely have worthwhile stuff in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black_Adam Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Chased one more down - thanks @jimjum12! originalisbest, sacentaur and Larryw7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IngelsFan Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 I finally found a nice copy of this one! Larryw7, Black_Adam and originalisbest 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Inaflash Posted June 23, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 23, 2018 I bought this Gaines copy back in 1995. I had just signed up for eBay and had zero feedback when I saw a Gaines book for sale from a seller who specialized in meteroites. I bought the book and sent the seller a message asking if he had any others and it turned out that he had a complete set of Gaines WF and WSF. He wanted 2.6x guide at the time and I could only afford three books. This WS 9 was one of the three I chose. This was before PayPal so I needed to send a check. It was only two days later and before I had even put a check in the mail that a package showed up with all three Gaines books including certificates. Talk about a level of trust that is unheard of today! Still to this day one of the favorite books in my collection. Ken Black_Adam, Qua-Brot, MrBedrock and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
