Sqeggs Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 3 hours ago, 29dukedog said: Me too, especially the Wood alien designs. (Feldstein and Williamson/Frazetta came up with some great ones too, of course, but nothing beats Wood in my book.) Another all time fave: Whoa! Very sweet book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 53 minutes ago, Sqeggs said: Whoa! Very sweet book. (To myself: "Uh oh... Sqeggs must not develop an interest in EC sci-fi Gaines File copies! I'd never win another one at auction again, with him bidding against me...") (Ahem...) Nawww, that's just drek, man. In fact- how'd THAT get in there? Can't believe I still even have that stale, unimaginative JUNK! Ignore it. (Please?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 1 minute ago, 29dukedog said: 1 hour ago, Sqeggs said: Whoa! Very sweet book. (To myself: "Uh oh... Sqeggs must not develop an interest in EC sci-fi Gaines File copies! I'd never win another one at auction again, with him bidding against me...") (Ahem...) Nawww, that's just drek, man. In fact- how'd THAT get in there? Can't believe I still even have that stale, unimaginative JUNK! Ignore it. (Please?) Gaines File Copies, you say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Sqeggs said: Gaines File Copies, you say? ("Dang.") Edited February 24, 2017 by 29dukedog Avoiding confusion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 See how horrible they are?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricksneatstuff Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 4 hours ago, 29dukedog said: Me too, especially the Wood alien designs. (Feldstein and Williamson/Frazetta came up with some great ones too, of course, but nothing beats Wood in my book.) Another all time fave: HOMINA HOMINA !!!! Whoa Nelly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 1 minute ago, Ricksneatstuff said: HOMINA HOMINA !!!! Whoa Nelly! ("No! Not him, too!") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricksneatstuff Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 25 years ago I had every horror and crime EC and I sort of love them the most of any comics I've ever had. Just picked up my first one in some time, except my 9.0 Shock Suspenstories 6. Pretty crappy compared to what I am seeing but still a lot of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricksneatstuff Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 3 minutes ago, 29dukedog said: ("No! Not him, too!") I swear I remember when the Gaines files came to market. I wish I could have afforded them then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Just look at how dated and corny they seem now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricksneatstuff Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Yeah, right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 1 minute ago, Ricksneatstuff said: I swear I remember when the Gaines files came to market. I wish I could have afforded them then. I swear I do, too. I could barely afford the $400. at the time, but I made myself afford this lone representative book... which I've since had graded. Ricksneatstuff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 They were pricey for the time....and were snapped up quickly as I remember. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 1 minute ago, jimjum12 said: They were pricey for the time....and were snapped up quickly as I remember. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) As an example, there were three copies of Weird Science-Fantasy #29 available back then, at $800. each. They all disappeared the first week of the sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 I seem to remember each copy was numbered 1-12 and you had to select the one you wanted..... people were buying entire runs. I remember seeing Chris Foss at a Heroes Con maybe 10 years ago and he had all(?) of the Sci-Fi Titles....and they were steep. He said they were only "kind of" for sale I think he wanted 3K for the slabbed WS 20...A 9.6. That was always one of my faves. I've got decent copies of 16 and 20 in my NFS pile.... if I ever get tired of those, I'll probably be tired of comics all together. GOD BLESS.... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 (edited) 17 minutes ago, jimjum12 said: I seem to remember each copy was numbered 1-12 and you had to select the one you wanted..... people were buying entire runs. I remember seeing Chris Foss at a Heroes Con maybe 10 years ago and he had all(?) of the Sci-Fi Titles....and they were steep. He said they were only "kind of" for sale I think he wanted 3K for the slabbed WS 20...A 9.6. That was always one of my faves. I've got decent copies of 16 and 20 in my NFS pile.... if I ever get tired of those, I'll probably be tired of comics all together. GOD BLESS.... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Originally, the top five ranked copies were put into sets by title, and sold at auction. Bill Gaines saved the "bottom four" sets to leave to his kids. Where there were a total of 12 copies (as was the case with most of them), that would leave three copies which were sold as individual books for specific prices. Edited February 24, 2017 by 29dukedog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 ...and these books had just the coolest COA's of any pedigree collection. gojira 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickamabob Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 On 2/8/2017 at 3:02 PM, Hap Hazard said: recently completed my Mad comic run 1-23 Congrats! What was the final issue you needed to finish the run? (I'm guessing it wasn't #1 because you have it in that old-fashioned vault.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hap Hazard Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 I actually needed a number of issues, I had 1-14 for quite a while Jamie at Southern Cal Comics had got in a Mad collection including all the Mad comics so I bought the ones I needed to get up to issue 23. These issues are easy to get so I hadn't been in a rush to pick them up. Was fun to see them all together though. Doohickamabob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 On 2/23/2017 at 8:02 PM, jimjum12 said: I seem to remember each copy was numbered 1-12 and you had to select the one you wanted..... people were buying entire runs. I remember seeing Chris Foss at a Heroes Con maybe 10 years ago and he had all(?) of the Sci-Fi Titles....and they were steep. He said they were only "kind of" for sale I think he wanted 3K for the slabbed WS 20...A 9.6. That was always one of my faves. I've got decent copies of 16 and 20 in my NFS pile.... if I ever get tired of those, I'll probably be tired of comics all together. GOD BLESS.... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Here's one for ya... (to look at): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
