BOOT Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 (edited) On 12/8/2019 at 3:42 PM, Mmehdy said: I see profiles in history is selling the original art and table of contents page to the classic 1950's Harvey horror story "Colorama" and its just $400 at this point. They have. TON of EC original stories, I like "I Rocket", "Bellyful" etc which are gonna be sold this coming week. " Even though they had the wrong artist attributed - it was Bob Powell not Howard Nostrand, and even though they listed the wrong issue in which it first appeared - it was first published in Black Cat Mystery #45 and reprinted in Black Cat Mystic #61 (with alterations for the Comics Code), it ended up selling for $11,000 (plus 3,080 buyers premium). Edited December 24, 2019 by BOOT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 (edited) Anybody see the recent Bonham’s auction of Jerry Garcia’s ECs? Full run of Frontline Combat, Two Fisted Tales and Aces High brought $4,450 for 44 books. Word has it he bought a full run of ECs from Gary Arlington with his first royalty check. My friend told me after the fact. He was at the auction and said there was a lot more of his stuff and the ECs were pretty much ignored. Wish I was there. Edited December 24, 2019 by Robot Man Hutch88, KirbyJack and Larryw7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine48 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 3 minutes ago, Robot Man said: Anybody see the recent Bonham’s auction of Jerry Garcia’s ECs? Full run of Frontline Combat, Two Fisted Tales and Aces High brought $4,450 for 44 books. Word has it he bought a full run of ECs from Gary Arlington with his first royalty check. My friend told me after the fact. He was at the auction and said there was a lot more of his stuff and the ECs were pretty much ignored. Wish I was there. I've heard the stories of the 'Grateful EC's' before,maybe it was you? So many memories mixed up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine48 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 49 minutes ago, BOOT said: Even though they had the wrong artist attributed - it was Bob Powell not Howard Nostrand, and even though they listed the wrong issue in which it first appeared - it was first published in Black Cat Mystery #45 and reprinted in Black Cat Mystic #61 (with alterations for the Comics Code), it ended up selling for $11,000 (plus 3,080 buyers premium). I just stalked your profile the other day! Merry Christmas!Merry Christmas everyone! Larryw7, KirbyJack, OtherEric and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 31 minutes ago, Robot Man said: Anybody see the recent Bonham’s auction of Jerry Garcia’s ECs? Full run of Frontline Combat, Two Fisted Tales and Aces High brought $4,450 for 44 books. Word has it he bought a full run of ECs from Gary Arlington with his first royalty check. That's fabulous - I hadn't heard of that connection before. If anyone wants me for the next 18 minutes I'll be reading my newly-delivered hardcover Frontline Vol 2 and listening to this... Robot Man 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 4 hours ago, porcupine48 said: I just stalked your profile the other day! Merry Christmas!Merry Christmas everyone! Raze, KirbyJack, porcupine48 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmehdy Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 5 hours ago, BOOT said: Even though they had the wrong artist attributed - it was Bob Powell not Howard Nostrand, and even though they listed the wrong issue in which it first appeared - it was first published in Black Cat Mystery #45 and reprinted in Black Cat Mystic #61 (with alterations for the Comics Code), it ended up selling for $11,000 (plus 3,080 buyers premium). I was surprised that it hit that level...classic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 20 hours ago, BOOT said: Even though they had the wrong artist attributed - it was Bob Powell not Howard Nostrand, and even though they listed the wrong issue in which it first appeared - it was first published in Black Cat Mystery #45 and reprinted in Black Cat Mystic #61 (with alterations for the Comics Code), it ended up selling for $11,000 (plus 3,080 buyers premium). Damn! I hate that I totally missed this. I remember it selling through Sotheby's in the very early '90s for $900. I missed it then and had been looking for it. AAAARRRRGGGHHH! Oh well, here is the cover... porcupine48 and Raze 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raze Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 Not sure if anyone is following or did the Holiday Exchange but I did (for the 2nd time) and got something I think is Awesome and want to share with my fellow EC fans! I have seen the 4 packs at my LCS but couldn't see what they were so I didn't buy them buy them. Well my SS was @Tim Weaver and got me the Taint the meat...its the humanity ( Jack Davis) and Voodoo Vengeance ( Johnny Craig) Just wanted to share! Merry Christmas Point Five, KirbyJack and porcupine48 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine48 Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 Nice Raze!Let's see how the art looks!Please! Raze 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 I gotta get back into that one of these years. It’s a good time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raze Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 2 hours ago, porcupine48 said: Nice Raze!Let's see how the art looks!Please! Here you go KirbyJack, fifties, porcupine48 and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine48 Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 Thank you @Raze ! Looks great in B/W! Some sweet,sweet books! Raze 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raze Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 1 minute ago, porcupine48 said: Thank you @Raze ! Looks great in B/W! Some sweet,sweet books! Yeah B/W looks good! They are very nice looking. Also they have a few pages of bios and some history about EC itself. porcupine48 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 So, I think this one has fallen a bit from it's highest point on the "super major EC's list". Mad in general seems to be lower on the priority list for EC's these days, and the internet has made the book somewhat easier to find. But even if it's lower on the list... I think this is still one of the A-list EC's, a genuinely scarce book with a classic cover. Super happy to finally have a copy. 3 comic book issues of MAD to go, my plan is to finish the 1-23 run by the end of the year. I've already got 1, 2, 5, and 11, which to my mind are the tricky ones, so I think my chances are good. KirbyJack and Raze 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 1 hour ago, OtherEric said: So, I think this one has fallen a bit from it's highest point on the "super major EC's list". Mad in general seems to be lower on the priority list for EC's these days, and the internet has made the book somewhat easier to find. But even if it's lower on the list... I think this is still one of the A-list EC's, a genuinely scarce book with a classic cover. Super happy to finally have a copy. 3 comic book issues of MAD to go, my plan is to finish the 1-23 run by the end of the year. I've already got 1, 2, 5, and 11, which to my mind are the tricky ones, so I think my chances are good. I LOVE this issue. I do believe it to be a bit harder than the other issues and is quite popular. Over the years, I've found several runs of the EC MADs out in the wild. Almost always #5 was missing. Elder was a master and this cover fits in so well with ECs horror output. A few months ago, even though I have a nice copy, I bought this Canadian variant just because... KirbyJack, Raze and OtherEric 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LearnedHand Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Since this is an EC Fan Addict Thread: Does anyone remember and/or did anyone on this thread attend the NYC convention greatly dedicated to E.C. - back in I think 1982? Despite the focus, I met L.B. Cole, Frank Miller, Wrightson, and other non-EC stable talent. Let me see if I can find the show program and post it - it was dedicated to the publisher and from memory had articles on most of the key creative folks .... Raze 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mmehdy Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 (edited) On 12/24/2019 at 2:37 PM, MrBedrock said: Damn! I hate that I totally missed this. I remember it selling through Sotheby's in the very early '90s for $900. I missed it then and had been looking for it. AAAARRRRGGGHHH! Oh well, here is the cover... WOW what a great cover...I was amazed that it was caught ...it was $600 bucks for along time for the story....sorry you missed it, but I did spot it out early and let the boards know it was a classic Edited January 4, 2020 by Mmehdy MrBedrock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LearnedHand Posted January 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 4, 2020 On 1/2/2020 at 9:13 PM, LearnedHand said: Since this is an EC Fan Addict Thread: Does anyone remember and/or did anyone on this thread attend the NYC convention greatly dedicated to E.C. - back in I think 1982? Despite the focus, I met L.B. Cole, Frank Miller, Wrightson, and other non-EC stable talent. Let me see if I can find the show program and post it - it was dedicated to the publisher and from memory had articles on most of the key creative folks .... Ok, I located the convention program. Here are photos of the cover and a few folios. You'll note Frank Miller's autograph (he also signed DD158 for me) and LB Cole's more personalized autograph to me. Cole actually asked me which of his was my fave cover and shockingly, he did a "quick" ish pencil sketch for me of that cover - Mask 1. Maybe I'll dig that out and post it too? Hutch88, Robot Man, Raze and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
