Taylor G Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 (edited) I will be selling a number of Warren magazines, including Creepy, Eerie, Vampirella and even some 1984/1994. The books are generally in mid-grade, with a few higher grade. The usual boilerplate rules for this thread apply: No HoS or Probation list buyers. Payment via Paypal. Shipping via USPS Priority for $12 for the continental United States. Shipping for Canada will be quoted. First in the thread wins and prevails over PM offers. Returns accepted for 14 days after delivery. Feel free to PM with offer or questions. See here for concluding remarks and a question: Edited July 11, 2020 by Taylor G Closing. piper and Funnybooks 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Taylor G Posted June 26, 2020 Author Share Posted June 26, 2020 A quick note for anyone wandering in who is not familiar with Warren magazines: We all know how Congress in the 1950s forced comic publishers to follow the comics code, which forbade comics having vampires and werewolves in their stories! Jim Warren in the 1960s got around the code by making his books magazine-size. They're not comics, see? FWIW in my opinion the Warren horror magazines were better than the pre-code EC comics that they were obviously emulating. Maybe because Warren himself was an artist, you did not have writers Feldstein-style burying the art in big text boxes explaining what the art is already showing you. He also understood the importance of cover art to get noticed on the newsstands, and hired some of the best people in the business to do his covers (most notably, Frank Frazetta). Some of the most expensive comic art sold at public auction originated as cover art for these magazines. The magazines used B&W for the interior art, for obvious cost-saving reasons. But the benefit of that is that some of their artists accomplished amazing things with shading and ink wash, capturing mood and deep contrasts available in monochrome that would have been lost to coloring. Okay, with that out of the way, on with the show.... toto, comicnoir and allthingskryptonite 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oceans11 Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 20 minutes ago, Taylor G said: Creepy #1, Nov 1964. F/VF 7.0 $55. The magazine that started it all. A classic Jack Davis cover, interior art by former EC stalwarts Frank Frazetta (Werewolf, his last comic story), Roy Krenkel, Angelo Torres, Reed Crandall, Gray Morrow and Al Williamson's Success Story. This is a flat unread warehouse copy, interior pages are OW. That apparent stack press on the FC is exaggerated due to shading in the scanner. The color rubbing on the BC is not. take it Taylor G and Casablanca 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevalmeow Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 Just now, Taylor G said: Creepy #5, Oct 1965. 8.0 VF $30. Flat, unread, etc. Another Frazetta cover. The usual suspects, including Al WIlliamson's Sand Doom, and also Alex Toth's Grave Undertaking. Taylor G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 Nice books. Taylor G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batarag Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 15 minutes ago, Taylor G said: Creepy #98, June 1978. 8.0 VF $8. Cover by Attilla Hejje. An all-media horror special. I'll take it Taylor G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oceans11 Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, Taylor G said: Eerie #2, Mar 1966. 6.0 FN $24. Very good Frazetta cover for what was supposed to be Eerie #1, except Warren had to create an ashcan Eerie #1 overnight in order to secure copyright before it was claimed by Eerie Publications. Warren explained: Jack Davis designed the Cousin Eerie character as a counterpart to Uncle Creepy. About half a dozen of the internal pages have a 1" diagonal tear on the outside edge. Take it Taylor G and Casablanca 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor G Posted June 28, 2020 Author Share Posted June 28, 2020 (edited) By the late 1960s, Warren's revival of EC-style horror anthology comics was running out of steam. Archie Goodwin and many other creators had left the company and it was limping along printing file material. Then someone got inspired by this: Jim Warren and his colleague Forrest J. Ackerman came up with this (costume design by Trina Robbins, cover by you know who): And Warren Publishing entered the 1970s with its trademark horror now leavened with camp and sexiness, perfectly suited to the time. Edited June 29, 2020 by Taylor G allthingskryptonite 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piper Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Taylor G said: Vampirella Annual #1, 1970. 5.5 FN- $75 Actually the only Vampirella annual, later annuals incorporated into the regular magazine. This reproduced some of the best stories from the early Vampirella issues, with a new origin story that retold the original campy story to be more serious. Originally written by J. R. Cochman, Warren editor at the time, and rewritten by Budd Lewis when reproduced in Vampirella #46, but I think Cochman's story is better, more elegiac. The cover by Aslan was originally intended to be the Vampirella #1 cover. Someone repaired a 1" tear on the back cover with a piece of tape on the inside back cover. Take. Taylor G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piper Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Taylor G said: Vampirella #28 Oct 73. 7.0 FN/VF $19 Another good Enrich cover. Debut of Bruce Bezaire, one the best Warren writers, who disappeared after Warren closed their doors. Take Taylor G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piper Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Taylor G said: Vampirella #35 Aug 74. 7.0 F/VF $15 Another strong cover by Enrich. Jose Ortiz subs for Jose Gonzalez for this and the next issue, in his first story for Warren. This issue also contain Fernando Fernandez' Rendezvous, his best story for Warren, and one of their best stories overall. Take Taylor G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piper Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 2 hours ago, Taylor G said: Eerie #77, Sept 1976. 6.5 FN+ $10 The Louise Jones era at Warren. This iconic Corben cover was used for the poster for the Angoulême Festival last year when Corben was awarded the presitigous Grand Prix de la ville d’Angoulême lifetime achievement award. This issue contains the uncensored version of Within You....Without You. Finger bends and thumb dents, in addition to the color breaks visible in the scan. Take Taylor G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batarag Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 3 hours ago, Taylor G said: Vampirella #30 Jan 74. 8.0 VF $26 Considered one of Enrich's best covers. Debut of the Pantha character (art by Auraleon) in a backup storyline, that was pretty good until they tried to make her a regular character in the Vampirella storyline. I'll take it Taylor G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oceans11 Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 2 hours ago, Taylor G said: Vampirella #49 Mar 76. 8.0 VF $22 Cover by Enrich. Esteban Maroto illustrates one of the best Vampirella stories, The Blood-Red Queen of Hearts, her veritable nemesis for the rest of the run. Also includes Isido Mones' adaptation of the Edgar Allan Poe story, The Oblong Box. Take it Taylor G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 4 hours ago, Taylor G said: Vampirella #39 Jan 75. 8.5 VF+ $32 Cover by Ken Kelly, one of this best. Luis Bermejo's debut, and some of his best work. Also Esteban Maroto's Snow White and the Deadly Dwarves. Taylor G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevalmeow Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 On 6/26/2020 at 7:54 PM, Taylor G said: Eerie #49, July 1973. 8.0 VF $18. The cover by Enrich, and the accompanying story Marvin the Dead-Thing, was intended as a spoof of Swamp Thing and Man-Thing from the Big Two. Also includes the Esteban Maroto Dax story The Vampire. Taylor G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRBaxter Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 7 hours ago, Taylor G said: Vampirella #23, Apr 73. 8.0 VF $30 Cover by Sanjulian. The cover story has particularly good art by Esteban Maroto. Take Taylor G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRBaxter Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 On 6/26/2020 at 9:27 PM, Taylor G said: Eerie #98, Jan 1979. 8.5 VF+ $10. Classic Patrick Woodroffe cover. A 31 page Rook story. Very nice copy, but with some glue flexing (easier to see on the back cover). Take Taylor G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRBaxter Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 On 6/26/2020 at 6:36 PM, Taylor G said: Creepy #63, July 1974. 7.5 VF- $15. Cover by Ken Kelly. A lot has happened since we last spoke, and I don't just mean that Nixon is now President and the Vietnam war has ended. Warren has gone through a near-death experience after its horror revival ran out of steam, saved by a combination of sexiness and camp that we will get to. New blood has arrived, including two guys called Richard Corben and Berni Wrightson, both represented here. Wrightson's story is the classic Jenifer (written by Bruce Jones), if only someone had scanned the art for posterity before the story was broken up . This has a bit of cover stress with a recessed staple ULFC, a 1" crease URFC which is invisible on the white cover, and a 1/4" dent on the upper BC. ETA Oops wrong back cover uploaded, fixed. Take Taylor G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
