Raze Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 7 minutes ago, KirbyJack said: You’re in a whole new EC echelon, Raze! Kind of a big deal. Aww shucks! Thanks! I was surprised that I was able to grab it a few weeks ago! Im super happy!! And it low grade with water damage, I dont know if its apparent or not in the scans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OtherEric Posted April 9, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 9, 2020 So, some of you may recall asking about Shock Suspenstories #6 a few weeks ago; I was wondering if the book had reached the point where grabbing a decent presenting 1.8 for around $600 might be my only option at getting the book given how crazy it was getting. I also had some money from the cancelled ECCC to use. @EC ed messaged me with an even better idea: buy a significantly better copy from him for not a lot more money. He sold it to me as a 4.0; with some unnecessary tape on the inside front cover I think that's a fair (if extremely conservative) grade; but it looks great for that grade. Super happy to finally get this one; given that I'm not particularly trying for more than examples from the horror books and Crime Suspenstories; this was far and away the biggest obstacle to me putting together runs of the EC books I want. Some of the early SF books will be tricky, but nowhere near to the obstacle this one could have wound up as. Thank you again, Ed! fifties, EC ed, Larryw7 and 6 others 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sacentaur Posted April 9, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 9, 2020 4 minutes ago, OtherEric said: So, some of you may recall asking about Shock Suspenstories #6 a few weeks ago; I was wondering if the book had reached the point where grabbing a decent presenting 1.8 for around $600 might be my only option at getting the book given how crazy it was getting. I also had some money from the cancelled ECCC to use. @EC ed messaged me with an even better idea: buy a significantly better copy from him for not a lot more money. He sold it to me as a 4.0; with some unnecessary tape on the inside front cover I think that's a fair (if extremely conservative) grade; but it looks great for that grade. Super happy to finally get this one; given that I'm not particularly trying for more than examples from the horror books and Crime Suspenstories; this was far and away the biggest obstacle to me putting together runs of the EC books I want. Some of the early SF books will be tricky, but nowhere near to the obstacle this one could have wound up as. Thank you again, Ed! That copy presents great - I figured you’d be able to get a better deal than $600 for some rag (and major kudos to Ed). Raze, KirbyJack, OtherEric and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Beautiful! Very well done, both of you! OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 2 hours ago, OtherEric said: So, some of you may recall asking about Shock Suspenstories #6 a few weeks ago; I was wondering if the book had reached the point where grabbing a decent presenting 1.8 for around $600 might be my only option at getting the book given how crazy it was getting. I also had some money from the cancelled ECCC to use. @EC ed messaged me with an even better idea: buy a significantly better copy from him for not a lot more money. He sold it to me as a 4.0; with some unnecessary tape on the inside front cover I think that's a fair (if extremely conservative) grade; but it looks great for that grade. Super happy to finally get this one; given that I'm not particularly trying for more than examples from the horror books and Crime Suspenstories; this was far and away the biggest obstacle to me putting together runs of the EC books I want. Some of the early SF books will be tricky, but nowhere near to the obstacle this one could have wound up as. Thank you again, Ed! Nice score Eric and a very pretty copy to boot. One of those just iconic EC issues. Smart purchase! KirbyJack and OtherEric 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raze Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 Boils and Ghouls, Have I a treat for you! HeeHee Its so Mad bad that I could not resits the urge to pay 2K for heehee! So here's my copy of Mad 7!!! TA-DA this is a "gem mint" for me and a great find! Here was the item description from eBay PRETTY CRAPPY, BUT A NEXT TO THE CHIMNEY ATTIC SURVIVOR!! has been wet, cover was dirty, lots of wear/stains/NOT FLAT, tanned pages, misc small tears/creases/wrinkle, FILLER COPY. Now I take offense to these "slasher-ish" "Slander-ish" words..."Pretty crappy"??? Says who!!..... Its "gore-ish" gorgeous !!! ........."Has been wet"...Who hasn't been wet? ............."Cover dirty" well who hasn't been dirty?......."lots of wear/stains/not flat ( you should see my tummy!!) tanned pages (like my skin...) misc small tears/creases/wrinkle (we all have those) filler copy...Its off to CGC!!! And Its probably a "Pedigree" with that date stamp/marker!!! This Is the standout in my Mad collection!!! OtherEric, vheflin and KirbyJack 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 Breathtaking! Congratulations, Raze. That's an absolute museum piece. I hope those ham handed bonobos at CGC handle this with the care it obviously deserves! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Happy Easter, everybody. I can't think of any other seasonally correct EC's, other than probably some MAD covers after it went to a magazine. Suggestions welcome! jimjum12, KirbyJack, Larryw7 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 And, a bit of an oddity even by EC standards... most of the issue was produced by EC back in the 40's, but for this 60's reprint the start and end of the story have obviously been reworked and redrawn, and it has a glossy cover the earlier versions didn't have. Still, a neat item to throw in the "EC oddities" section of the box behind the more conventional issues. Raze 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robot Man Posted April 16, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 16, 2020 Got a fun package of River City pedigree books courtesy of board member zzutak and A-1 comics yesterday. Nice to finish off my keeper run of Panic with a ped. One left on WSF... sacentaur, fifties, KirbyJack and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ricksneatstuff Posted April 16, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 16, 2020 (edited) Feldstein women Just extra cute most of the time Edited April 16, 2020 by Ricksneatstuff Raze, Hutch88, Jonathan78 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Larryw7, Raze, sacentaur and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sacentaur Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 19 hours ago, Ricksneatstuff said: Feldstein women Just extra cute most of the time EC Romance is so very cool - while I love EC sci-fi and horror beyond words, their romance books are really something special (and difficult to locate, too). Here is my undercopy on the same issue, the moody atmosphere cover plus a “Harry Wood” splash. Larryw7, OtherEric, Raze and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 (edited) 49 minutes ago, sacentaur said: EC Romance is so very cool - while I love EC sci-fi and horror beyond words, their romance books are really something special (and difficult to locate, too). Here is my undercopy on the same issue, the moody atmosphere cover plus a “Harry Wood” splash. A romance story by "Harry Wood"... even I might give Wertham a little slack on that one if I didn't know where it came from. Edited April 17, 2020 by OtherEric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 1 hour ago, sacentaur said: EC Romance is so very cool - while I love EC sci-fi and horror beyond words, their romance books are really something special (and difficult to locate, too). Here is my undercopy on the same issue, the moody atmosphere cover plus a “Harry Wood” splash. Love that one. One of my favorite “love” books. About the only one I kept of that genre from my original complete EC collection. Started buying them back and have about half of them. I rarely see any for sale anymore... Raze, sacentaur and jimjum12 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robot Man Posted April 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 20, 2020 A scarce 1948 EC that is now, very timely... fifties, KirbyJack, Raze and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OtherEric Posted April 23, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 23, 2020 Two in today. The Weird Science has a detached and nearly completely split spine. But it presents beautifully and is very, very readable. I think this issue is getting tricker, the cover may be the best horror cover EC ever put on a science fiction issue. The Mad has much better interiors and is a decent reading copy for cheap. Now all I need is a copy of #3 with a cover for the complete Mad 1-31 run. Robot Man, KirbyJack, fifties and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifties Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 5 hours ago, OtherEric said: Two in today. The Weird Science has a detached and nearly completely split spine. But it presents beautifully and is very, very readable. I think this issue is getting tricker, the cover may be the best horror cover EC ever put on a science fiction issue. The Mad has much better interiors and is a decent reading copy for cheap. Now all I need is a copy of #3 with a cover for the complete Mad 1-31 run. There was a movie out in 1954 entitled, "Riders to the Stars", and I've always wondered if they copied the cover illustration from WS 19, when Richard Carlson looks out the spacecraft window and sees another crew member blown out into space; Raze, OtherEric and Larryw7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Today's book. @Raze covered why this one is so great back when he got his copy: Larryw7, KirbyJack and Raze 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
