comicginger1789 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 On 9/8/2020 at 4:35 PM, Black_Adam said: Recent pickup. One of those covers I just can't resist when raw, mid-grade copies appear. No offense to those with Gaines File Copies, but I like my 70 year-old ECs to look 70 years old! I just got one too from a boardie Also, for all you EC diehards....anyone know the first time "Ghastly" appears as Ingels' calling card? Curious is all Skunkboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black_Adam Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 1 hour ago, comicginger1789 said: I just got one too from a boardie Also, for all you EC diehards....anyone know the first time "Ghastly" appears as Ingels' calling card? Curious is all Not sure when EC started promoting him as Ghastly, but my guess as for the first time the moniker appeared on one of his covers would be Haunt of Fear #11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze johnny Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 (edited) On 9/8/2020 at 4:35 PM, Black_Adam said: Recent pickup. One of those covers I just can't resist when raw, mid-grade copies appear. No offense to those with Gaines File Copies, but I like my 70 year-old ECs to look 70 years old! This Ghastly cover is one of the top 5 precode horror covers inmho. Look at how the flesh just rots. And this cover is awesome despite the masthead and hosts taking up prime real estate. Edited September 19, 2020 by bronze johnny KirbyJack, Snaves and Larryw7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robot Man Posted September 26, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 26, 2020 Haven’t gotton a new EC in a while. Glad to get this one today. Classic “Food for Thought” by Williamson... Larryw7, porcupine48, Stevemmg and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Hap Hazard Posted September 28, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Robot Man said: That's a nice one, Al was sold out of that print when I visited his table at Comic Con. Picked this one up instead. Skunkboy, Snaves, Raze and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robot Man Posted September 28, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2020 Excellent consolation prize Hap! I must have gotton to him just before you. I sure miss those SDCC days... I believe Grant Geissman has a recreation of that Crypt cover in his office/studio. I was rather smitten with this one last time I was over. Raze, Silver, Stevemmg and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 And then there was this in his rest room. I remember this Wally Wood classic from MAD so vividly from my childhood. I almost peed on my shoe laughing! Larryw7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevemmg Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 On 9/4/2020 at 10:08 AM, Robot Man said: Nice grabs Hap. I’m doing the same thing on my ECs as well as other books. My sweet spot is 5.0-8.0. Sold, clean, tight copies that present well but can still be handled and read with out worry. And, won’t break the bank. Now, I’m not opposed to real high grade either nor am I opposed to low grade GA that I don’t have. Books in many cases can be upgraded but in the case of many GA books you often have to take what you can find. By the way, seems like about every copy of #19 I see seems to have that fade in the red on the top left in the vertical word “Science”... In the spring 1953 issues all of the titles changed publishing format from their larger thicker paper golden age style to the atomic age format. It’s never been confirmed that this was a new printer, but is likely. During the first few months, the unstable reds plagued the books in the line until they could get it worked out. No quite the same well documented printing issue situation from later on with Impact 1. Finding copies with less of the effect as others is about as good as it gets. Copies completely unaffected don’t seem to exist. One of the many reasons that the latter issues are so much harder than the earlier to acquire in high grade. KirbyJack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 6 hours ago, Stevemmg said: the unstable reds plagued the books Russian tampering! Dirty commies! JK- Excellent information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dave Henson Posted October 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 4, 2020 I wasn’t surfing eBay looking for this, but it jumped out and called my name so I had to buy. I’m pretty happy with the price. It’ll make a great addition to my Tales From The Crypt and Vault of Horror boxed sets. If only I could find a decent deal on the Haunt boxed set too. 🤪 Raze, KirbyJack, Larryw7 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 That’s a smoking deal! Raze 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robot Man Posted October 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 4, 2020 Kind of surprised no one has mentioned the 17 double cover ECs on the bay right now. Wow, 17 of them! How someone assembled that collection is beyond me. I was thinking of going after the 3D #2 but poof! There went that. I'm afraid I will be outside looking in on these... But I do have this consolation prize from the "Paul" collection. Have always loved this cover. When I got the chance, I jumped all over it. Larryw7, creaturefan95, KirbyJack and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hap Hazard Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 11 minutes ago, Robot Man said: Kind of surprised no one has mentioned the 17 double cover ECs on the bay right now. Wow, 17 of them! How someone assembled that collection is beyond me. I was thinking of going after the 3D #2 but poof! There went that. I'm afraid I will be outside looking in on these... But I do have this consolation prize from the "Paul" collection. Have always loved this cover. When I got the chance, I jumped all over it. I didn't discover the auctions till last night almost fell out of my chair when I saw all the double covers on auction! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raze Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 I saw them when they got listed. Its amazing! I follow all EC titles so when A new one is listed I can see when I open eBay. I bid on two of them and was outbid really quickly. it was fun while it lasted. Can’t wait to see what they goes for. IngelsFan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryw7 Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 On 10/2/2020 at 2:54 PM, KirbyJack said: Russian tampering! Dirty commies! JK- Excellent information. Are you a Red Dupe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryw7 Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 No eye appeal, but I've always wanted this one and the price was good. Raze, KirbyJack and OtherEric 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raze Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Anybody trust this listing? https://www.ebay.com/itm/233733063326 The pics are pics off of a computer! I asked the seller if he had “in hand pics” and this was his response... It ends today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 I’d pass on that one, but not for any concrete reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robot Man Posted October 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 6, 2020 3 hours ago, Larryw7 said: No eye appeal, but I've always wanted this one and the price was good. Nonsense. Plenty of eye appeal. Complete with nice colors and no pieces missing. I don't know why people here feel they have to make an excuse for a low grade book. It's a winner to you or you wouldn't have bought it... Here is my copy. Bought it from Ricksneatstuff about a year ago. It is trimmed and some spine work from a bound volume but was fully disclosed. Not trimmed much and was priced at around fair-good. I snapped it up. What was weird was there no mention of what was inside. More than made up for the trim and it will do just fine until I can upgrade it. fifties, Raze, Larryw7 and 6 others 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
