Hardest to find classic pre-code crime or horror cover?

[fifties]

The early CDNP's aren't at all easy to come by, and are the best AFA brutality and violence, eh eh;

 

[fifties]

[fifties]

Three Gerber 7's;

 

[Jayman]

You don't see this Kirby classic come up too often. My favorite Black Magic cover!

 

[IngelsFan]

Strange Tales 25 is in my Top 5-awesome cover!

[Johnny545]

 

A personal favorite and an underrated Bill Everett cover, too bad he didn't sign it.

[bronze johnny]

I would say all three of these are tough for it took quite a few years to put them together.The Punches are from 1944 and 45 with the Dynamic coming in at 1944 so

i would say they are pretty early precode if not the first to appear on stands.

 

 

Beautiful Jack!

[The-Collector]

Did anyone win the Tales of Horror 8 on ebay last night? Had some brilliant colour in those reds, not faded in the slightest.

[*paull*]

Voodoo Annual is scarce, but not as tough as some of the books mentioned here, such as Dynamic 8, Crime Must Stop, Monster Crime, This Mag Is Haunted 3,

 

[rjpb]

The early CDNP's aren't at all easy to come by, and are the best AFA brutality and violence, eh eh;

 

 

Underrated cover for sure. The first half a dozen issues do seem to be harder to find than later ones. Probably a combination of cool covers/ graphic stories in demand, and maybe lower print runs.

[BB-Gun]

The early CDNP's aren't at all easy to come by, and are the best AFA brutality and violence, eh eh;

 

 

Underrated cover for sure. The first half a dozen issues do seem to be harder to find than later ones. Probably a combination of cool covers/ graphic stories in demand, and maybe lower print runs.

 

I like the surrealistic cover of the first CDNP and all of the other crime covers in this lot.

 

I don't have the best True Crime cover but I am happy with the rest.

[Straw-Man]

this one was pretty common yesterday on the bay a little after noon!!! yay!

 

[rjpb]

I like the surrealistic cover of the first CDNP and all of the other crime covers in this lot.

 

I don't have the best True Crime cover but I am happy with the rest.

 

Nice group shot!

[fifties]

I like the surrealistic cover of the first CDNP and all of the other crime covers in this lot.

 

I don't have the best True Crime cover but I am happy with the rest.

 

Nice group shot!

Yes it is! Here are two of my True Crime copies. None of this title is easy to find, BTW.

 

 

[sartre]

The most difficult of any pre code...... hands down is..

This Magazine is Haunted #3

[The-Collector]

The most difficult of any pre code...... hands down is..

This Magazine is Haunted #3

 

And of course you have an absolutely insane copy.

[Moondog]

When I hear how tough TMIH 3 is, I have to scratch my head. I've owned 4 copies over the years and one was a double cover too (not the River City).

[rjpb]

When I hear how tough TMIH 3 is, I have to scratch my head. I've owned 4 copies over the years and one was a double cover too (not the River City).

 

You must have had them all then.

 

My impression is it's not so much that the book is hard to find ( though it's not easy), but that due to the tendency for the spine to split, is that it's very difficult to find outside of low grade.

[fifties]

When I hear how tough TMIH 3 is, I have to scratch my head. I've owned 4 copies over the years and one was a double cover too (not the River City).

 

You must have had them all then.

 

My impression is it's not so much that the book is hard to find ( though it's not easy), but that due to the tendency for the spine to split, is that it's very difficult to find outside of low grade.

I'd have to somewhat disagree, using eBay as the barometer; this issue very seldom comes up in any grade.

[rjpb]

When I hear how tough TMIH 3 is, I have to scratch my head. I've owned 4 copies over the years and one was a double cover too (not the River City).

 

You must have had them all then.

 

My impression is it's not so much that the book is hard to find ( though it's not easy), but that due to the tendency for the spine to split, is that it's very difficult to find outside of low grade.

I'd have to somewhat disagree, using eBay as the barometer; this issue very seldom comes up in any grade.

 

Well, there's one being auctioned on there right now. No doubt it's scarcer than other issues in the run though.