Electricmastro Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 (edited) 22 minutes ago, Robot Man said: This came in the mail today. Was looking through it and noticed the letter column. The whole column was devoted to a story called "Blood Brothers" in Shock #13. It is a racially charged story. Is about a bigot finding out his life was saved by a blood transfusion from a black man. Written by Al Feldstein and beautifully rendered by Wally Wood. A must read story and one of the best of the "preachies". Amazing that this appeared over 60 years ago. EC was never afraid to shy away from topics like this. The first two letters were written by obviously, bigotted people. EC didn't even edit them and even left in the "offensive" words. The other 12 letters were in support of the story. Nice to know that even back then, people were decent and tollerent. We still got a ways to go but working on it... By the way, anybody other than me, think at first glance these are ape hands? And there were non-minorities like Fredric Wertham who were against racial prejudice even before then too. Even Spark’s Green Lama #5 (May, 1945) was released long before EC regularly tackled real life topics. I think it’s just a matter of unifying humans together as respected equals, but that simple misunderstandings often lead to complicated, but still blunt conclusions that need clearing up. The little piece of good may have a tough time navigating through the sea of bad, but the good always finds a way to make it to the top sooner or later. Edited July 6, 2020 by Electricmastro Jayman and Raze 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 15 minutes ago, Robot Man said: Now, the cool part... Upon getting this solid mid grade copy, my collection of this title is now complete! Other than a couple, I need to upgrade a bit, I'm done. This is my third and last set of this title. Good thing because if were to try to start from scratch again, I probably wouldn't want to pay for them all... Of course, I paid a little more than I wanted to but I have usually found that is what happens on that last issue you need. Gratz on completing the run! Shock is the one title I'm pretty sure I'll be able to complete but am not super close on yet. The 15 definitely has some heat on it these days from the listings I've seen. KirbyJack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 10 minutes ago, OtherEric said: Gratz on completing the run! Shock is the one title I'm pretty sure I'll be able to complete but am not super close on yet. The 15 definitely has some heat on it these days from the listings I've seen. Wasn't aware of that. Must be why I had to pay up a bit. I see #5,6,7 and 12 getting pricey to real pricey. When I sold my collection, I kept these plus #20 (#1). I was lucky to build up the others fairly easily. I see being able to finish off the whole thing as I probably have a little more than 3/4ths of them and most of the tough or expensive ones already. Crypt of Terror and Those last two Crime Patrols will cost me though... KirbyJack and ThothAmon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 18 minutes ago, Robot Man said: Wasn't aware of that. Must be why I had to pay up a bit. I see #5,6,7 and 12 getting pricey to real pricey. When I sold my collection, I kept these plus #20 (#1). I was lucky to build up the others fairly easily. I see being able to finish off the whole thing as I probably have a little more than 3/4ths of them and most of the tough or expensive ones already. Crypt of Terror and Those last two Crime Patrols will cost me though... Yeah, I'll need to get the 5-7-12 before very long. But 1 is surprisingly affordable and I've got the 2, 3, 6, and 13 so I figure I'm ahead of the curve. KirbyJack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hap Hazard Posted July 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 7, 2020 3 hours ago, OtherEric said: Gratz on completing the run! Shock is the one title I'm pretty sure I'll be able to complete but am not super close on yet. The 15 definitely has some heat on it these days from the listings I've seen. Congrats on finishing the Shock run, Robot Man, Your right Al's writing on the Preachies just as powerful now as in the 1950's. Here's a floor shot of my run. A few could use a up grade but pretty happy with the majority. KirbyJack, conan09279, OtherEric and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ghastly542454 Posted July 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 7, 2020 Several reholders and new additions over the last few weeks. Raze, KirbyJack, Marty Mann and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Nice! Especially envious of the Two-Fisted 18! Ghastly542454 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electricmastro Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 (edited) It was pointed out to me by Roy Thomas in All-Star Companion Volume 4 that there were Charlie Chan-esque comedic relief detectives in International Comics #2 (Summer, 1947), which he says verges on being racist. I suppose even an otherwise forward-thinking company like EC could be guilty of goofing up in regards to race, but are also willing to learn from their mistakes as well. Edited July 7, 2020 by Electricmastro Raze 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hap Hazard Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 2 hours ago, Electricmastro said: It was pointed out to me by Roy Thomas in All-Star Companion Volume 4 that there were Charlie Chan-esque comedic relief detectives in International Comics #2 (Summer, 1947), which he says verges on being racist. I suppose even an otherwise forward-thinking company like EC could be guilty of goofing up in regards to race, but are also willing to learn from their mistakes as well. Still early days for EC Al didnt join EC till Spring of 48, Bill started editing Crime Patrol with issue 9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electricmastro Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Hap Hazard said: Still early days for EC Al didnt join EC till Spring of 48, Bill started editing Crime Patrol with issue 9. Still doesn’t mean what EC did with Diggy Do should be overlooked. I’m glad people like Al came in to sort things out though, and attempted to emphasize on more hope for race relations. I’m sure people like Wertham would have appreciated that stuff more had he taken the time to overreact less and analyze more stories beyond their horror ones. Edited July 8, 2020 by Electricmastro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robot Man Posted July 11, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 11, 2020 This one arrived today. One my favorite issues. Using the words “Shock” and “Tension” on the cover, seems appropriate on this one. I already have a better one but I actually got this one cheap. One of those issues that really deserves a bump. For the price, I grabbed it. Just can’t have enough “Tension”... Sorry for the reflections, just can’t get decent slab pics... OtherEric, conan09279, Raze and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Silver Posted July 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 12, 2020 (edited) Most of the EC's I have purchased have been graded, but I picked this one up recently. I really enjoyed (carefully ) looking through it and checking out the stories. It's my first issue of this title. I have the Russ Cochran reprints of all the sci-fi stuff, so it was cool to look this one over. Edited July 12, 2020 by Silver fifties, ThothAmon, Robot Man and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fifties Posted July 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 12, 2020 Picked up a couple issues of CSS on eBay recently. conan09279, Jayman, OtherEric and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Raze Posted July 13, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 13, 2020 OK now here's my newest EC! And its in my low grade wheelhouse!! Crime Suspenstories 7 I really like the "phonies" story! I even chucked a bit at it. fifties, KirbyJack, OtherEric and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 I just missed out on a handful of super cheap ECs on eBay. Got distracted making dinner. Raze and OtherEric 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 11 hours ago, KirbyJack said: I just missed out on a handful of super cheap ECs on eBay. Got distracted making dinner. Yeah, me too. There were only a couple I needed so I watched them. I had my eye on a TFTC that could have been in my wheel house. These have been bringing a fair amount over guide in any condition so I figured this would be the case. Well, I got distracted and forgot. I checked later and I think it went a little under guide! Damn, I snooze, I lose... KirbyJack and OtherEric 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 I think I saw a few of those, but the EC I've really had my eye on a few weeks was a BIN, so I wasn't planning on bidding. The BIN book should be here later this week, though... KirbyJack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creaturefan95 Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 9 hours ago, Robot Man said: Yeah, me too. There were only a couple I needed so I watched them. I had my eye on a TFTC that could have been in my wheel house. These have been bringing a fair amount over guide in any condition so I figured this would be the case. Well, I got distracted and forgot. I checked later and I think it went a little under guide! Damn, I snooze, I lose... What issue of Tales from the Crypt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
