Horror comics were the start and the center of my monster collecting. They are my life's obsession. My horror comics and Warren magazines would be the first things grabbed in case of emergency.
Yep, Cyber - THAT's the stuff! Charton horror comics.
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Yes, rushed, printed badly, and spottily distributed; but with some real gems there by folks like Tom Sutton, Pat Boyette, Steve Ditko, Wayne Howard, Mike Zeck, Joe Staton, and Nick Cuti.
With a Grit not found in DC and Marvel's stuff of the time.
Leaving poor Karen to fend for herself then, are we?? ;D
How the heck did I miss this one?? Love Corben's work...
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Later, when it was dark, my friends and I would gather behind my one friend's garage (he lived on a back street near the woods) and we would tell scary stories based on the comics we'd read.
I just 'gagged' at the price .. $3.99 for a comic!!!Someone hasn't bought comics in a while...
I'm very selective these days, mostly vintage trades and the occasional comic with a favorite artist. Usually a dark horse comicThe few new comics I buy these days are mostly Dark Horse. The Conan titles, Buffyverse stuff, and of course Creepy and Eerie. I also get pre-code reprint stuff like Haunted Horror and the occasional odd horror offering like the recent Corben comics. That's about it. My passion lies with the Silver/Bronze Horror (which I have most of), and the pre-code horror (which I can't afford :laugh:).
Huge horror comic fan here. I have to say, to me, ECs are the ultimate, nothing else can quite compare. The artwork and writing is just on a slightly higher level than any of their competitors. Still, some of the less well known 50s publishers like Avon, St John, Harvey, Comic Media (these ones had amazing Don Heck portrait covers) etc. are better than anything you're likely to find at a comic shop today.
Like Wicked Lester, these days I mostly restrict myself to reprint collections (times are tough, and prices have exploded on GA horror over the last few years), but I will occasionally grab a low-mid grade comic or two at the right price.
After the code, my interest in mainstream comics dwindles rapidly, but I loved some of DC's bronze age Gothic horror/romance titles as well, Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love, Secrets of Sinister House were the titles, great artwork from some of the greats. Later on, Alan Moore's Swamp Thing with Stephen Bisette/John Totleben artwork really opened up my eyes about what a horror comic could be. I was an 80s kid and this was one of the first comics I fell in love with, and later on one of the first comics i rediscovered after getting back into comics as an adult. Also have to mention Kirby's Etrigan the Demon! Not straight horror, but what an awesome character! Had the full run of that book years ago. Think I may have sold it.
I'd like to familiarize myself more with the 70s horror comic magazines, Warren, Eerie Pubs etc, that stuff seems cool, but I'm pretty ignorant about most of it. It's pretty cheap to collect, which is a big plus. Also interested in some of the underground horror comics of the 70s. I have a well-worn copy of Two-Fisted Zombies by Rick and Tom Veitch, and it's great, would like to find more of that stuff.
Here's a quick snapshot of some of my horror comics with cool covers. Myself and others have posted more photos over in the Hepcat's comic thread.
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Yep, Cyber - THAT's the stuff! Charton horror comics.
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Yes, rushed, printed badly, and spottily distributed; but with some real gems there by folks like Tom Sutton, Pat Boyette, Steve Ditko, Wayne Howard, Mike Zeck, Joe Staton, and Nick Cuti.
With a Grit not found in DC and Marvel's stuff of the time.
Instead of starting a new thread I thought I would just toss this in here. Pre-Order for a long time coming of Eerie Pubs reprints from IDW. If this is anything like their other horror volumes this should be pretty cool.
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I LOVE Charlton's horror comics! Those are the comics I grew up with. As a kid I was MUCH more interested in these comics than Marvel and DCs superheroes!There is a lot to love in Charlton Comics- Steve Ditko, Nick Cuti, Joe Staton, Wayne Howard, and many more...plus the freedom to do what they wanted. Those books remind me of cool fanzines. I wouldn't take anything for my Gorgo and Konga runs.
Here's a scan of another one of my oldest horror comics:
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I have this House Of Mystery comic which they had Elvira hosting. It is issue #1 and I have never seen anymore with her in it. It was a Halloween special but looked as though it was going to continue.
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It did. There were 11 issues and a x-mas special.
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I always check out comic shops for them and never can find any.
Good to know. I always check out comic shops for them and never can find any. I will keep looking around.
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I have this House Of Mystery comic which they had Elvira hosting. It is issue #1 and I have never seen anymore with her in it. It was a Halloween special but looked as though it was going to continue.
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look no farther
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I always loved the covers of Gold key's Grimm's ghost stories, lovely colours and detail on each issue.Agreed. And the stories weren't bad either.
I have this comic book. Fun read.
It is interesting to note how the style of the artist changed in just a few issues, the first scan seems simple by design compared to issue 44 were the artist seemed to have more time to do more detail.
You should try the DC showcase set of books although they are in black and white some of the artwork is breathtaking. Some of the titles are House of secrets, House of mystery, Ghosts and the Witching hour I can highly recommend these books.
Thanks Hep for the info, I bet that the last scan is your own personal favorite.
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I always enjoyed the Weird War Tales :
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My dad used to collect these and I'm sure he's got them stuffed in a box buried somewhere in one of his sheds. One of these days when can brave the all the wasps and brown recluse spiders, I'm going to find them.
Thanks for posting these Memphremagog. These covers are sick! I have Tomb of Dracula and the Monster of Frankenstein #1s. Have the Satana and the Living Mummy #5 issue too. I'd love to get my hands on the Marvel Spotlight Werewolf by Night issue. Tales of the Zombie covers can't be beat IMO.
Check out this thread, geez. Lotsa Marvel monster mags as well as Eerie Pubs, Skywald, and others.
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My Greatest Adventure was another DC mystery/adventure title from the late fifties/early sixties that frequently featured monster or horror themes:
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WOW .. fabulous cover .. it would make a great t-shirt.
Monster DC Superhero Crossovers
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^It's a Neal Adams cat.Also, when Joe Orlando came on board DC got monstered up big time in the late Silver Age through the Age Of Bronze. They called it the "Mystery Line", but it was horror through and through, and the best horror in comics at the time. I liked the Marvel horror comics of the time as well as Charlton, Gold Key, etc. But, for me nothing topped DCs excellent '70s monster comics. Even though Marvel had Ploog, and Charlton had some top talent, the stable of DC artists was unmatched in comics with Adams, Wrightson, Orlando, Kaluta, Jones, and others. Warren was the only publishing house with better art than DC on average, but that was Monster Magazine format. Counting mags nothing topped Warren with many of the DC guys plus Frazetta!, Corben, Kelly, Sanjulian, Gonzalez, and more. The only short run monster mag to rival Warren was Web Of Horror, with the Skywald mags getting close.
Boy, Adams like child-endangerment on these covers, didn't he?
What's really odd, is that nearly all of DC's line had a spooky vibe to it for a few years in the early 70s. Nearly every super hero cover could have been a horror cover, save for the bright costumes. The change to the comics code really took hold at DC and Marvel.
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I can't figure out if the 'creature' in the last scan is a rat or a cat. :o
Boy, Adams like child-endangerment on these covers, didn't he?
And one of my fave covers. Very pulp horror like.
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I especially liked the covers with horses.
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This wonderful illustration has graced the covers of different publications at least 4 times! This one is from 1981. I have one, with the same picture, same title: "Weird" , but mine is from 1973 and has completely different stories.
Swamp Thing #1 seems to be missing ... ::)
The House of Secrets 92 issue is crazy popular with collectors both because it's either a prequel to or the first appearance of Swamp Thing plus Bernie Wrightson's first comic work. As a result it really commands the bucks which has always deterred me from getting a copy.
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Yeah, HOS 92 has always been that way, very high demand with relatively low supply. I occasionally check eBay for Bernie Wrightson items and I noticed that HOS 92s were consistently selling for surprisingly high prices....
But that's just it. It's a fairly plentiful comic. You can always find several listings, as opposed to comics for which you can seldom find any listings. What makes it command the prices it does is simply very high demand for the reasons you've given.I suspect the reason for so many listings of HOS 92 is that sellers are more energetic about listing it than other comics from that time period because they know it will sell and bring big bucks.
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I suspect the reason for so many listings of HOS 92 is that sellers are more energetic about listing it than other comics from that time period because they know it will sell and bring big bucks.
I found this cool cover while looking for something way different.
Found this link: some Silver Age DC horror/fantasy covers (among other genres) done in elaborately rendered wash technique, which I've never seen before in comics of this vintage. Beautiful stuff, have a look. [url]http://thegoldenagesite.blogspot.ca/2014/01/some-dc-wash-covers-1954-1965.html[/url] ([url]http://thegoldenagesite.blogspot.ca/2014/01/some-dc-wash-covers-1954-1965.html[/url])
Thx Hepcat for uploading that beautiful, evocative Kubert cover from Brave & Bold #34. You have no idea what a sight for my parched monster-boomer eyes it was to find this in a Supe comic back in 1961. In my little head, it felt almost like a tantalizing poster for a never-to-be movie.
Found this link: some Silver Age DC horror/fantasy covers (among other genres) done in elaborately rendered wash technique, which I've never seen before in comics of this vintage. Beautiful stuff....
I fondly remember those DC wash covers. Beautiful.
Now that we're discussing '60s comics I lament that I never started building a proper collection of Turok, Son Of Stone. I really loved all the dino action in that book but my favorite part was Turok and Andar always encountering some weird tribe of humanoids like the Spider Tribe or the Monkey Men. And, dude, they had some powerful poison on those arrows to bring down the big dinos.
On the subject of Turok, the 1950s painted covers I've seen are like small dino movie posters in the style of Reynold Brown out of James Avati (would that Avati had ever done SF covers) -- dynamic, stark, beautifully rendered.
Turok covers are great,but are the comics actually worth reading?
Turok covers are great,but are the comics actually worth reading? Dark Horse has reprinted multiple volumes.
Sadly, I haven't been able to go back and recapture any of those wonderful issues. No matter how much we have there are always loads of things we want. Jeez, there is a HUGE amount of way cool monster stuff out there. It's brain boggling.
Love the monsters on the Star Spangled War Stories covers .. very bright and colorful .. I often hope that they win the battle.
I've always been crazy about those dinosaur issues of Star Spangled War Stories.
I bought a couple of those Sea Devils off the spinner rack when I was a kid.
Good times.
I'm a big fan of the Sea Devils .. love the giant seahorse.
Love the giant seahorses! Wow! As a kid, I wished that I could ride one.
Comics fandom was really cool back then with undergrounds, fanzines, The Buyer's Guide (later Comics Buyer's Guide), and lots of conventions even in small towns. The market has mostly recovered from the '90s crash, but fandom is really still just a shadow of it's former self. It will never be like it was back then.
Beauties all Hep...just wish you had pre-hero Marvels too.
Love the giant seahorses! Wow! As a kid, I wished that I could ride one.
Aquaman was portrayed as doing precisely that in his cartoon show:
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His steed's name was Storm.
Does anyone think this Headless Horseman cover is worth upgrading to a nicer copy?
I really love the over the top take on dinosaurs back in the Monsterkid days. For all their size and natural weaponry they were just animals, but in the Monsterkid '60s those dinos became Dai Kaiju Weapons Of Mass Destruction.
Does anyone think this Headless Horseman cover is worth upgrading to a nicer copy?
Here then are scans of five more:Cool dino covers, Hep. It was a pleasure to be a Dino/Monsterkid... and it still is! :)
Here then are scans of five more:
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Very nice artwork! ;D
Where do you get them bigarse jars? :O
Just got this one for my Birthday:
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Got any more Sea Devils to show us, Hep?
Cool!
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That contains a Jack Davis illustrated story, does it not?
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Who was the cover artist on the Golem comics?
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Who was the cover artist on the Golem comics?
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Who was the cover artist on the Golem comics?
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Hepcat, do you have any of the House of Mystery issues featuring Dial H for Hero?
Over a half dozen. The only one for which I have a ready scan is this one:
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Just got this for three dollars:
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Great Covers .. I like numbers 33. 34 and 35 the best of the above five posted.
Hepcat do have any of the later Spectre series that sported the Charles Vess covers with Tom Mandrake doing the inside art.
The Mike Ploog Man-Thing was frikkin' awesome, and those Brunner Howard The Duck stories in GS Man-Thing #s 4 & 5 were extremely cool. Makes me want to hitch a ride on the Wayback Machine to the mid '70s and bask in the comic book ambience of spinner racks and comic conventions. :)
I agree completely! I started my comics collecting 40 years ago this year by collecting the horror/monster comics; DC's GHOSTS, TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED, Marvel's horror characters, WEREWOLF BY NIGHT, MAN-THING, GHOST RIDER, MORBIUS, DRACULA, TALES OF THE ZOMBIE, THE FRANKENSTEIN MONSTER, THE LIVING MUMMY. SON OF SATAN, BROTHER VOODOO and the like. Mike Ploog was a mainstay artist in those days drawing Man-Thing, Ghost Rider, Werewolf and even another of my favorite titles from those days, the PLANET OF THE APES magazine. Great stuff and I love to revisit the stories from back then.That's quite the cowinkidink! I started collecting in 1975 and my first, and greatest, comic book love has always been the Monster titles. I remember picking up the 1975 Overstreet Comic Book Price guide and marveling at some of those "values". The best thing though was hitting the yard sales, flea markets, and used book stores and stocking up on older monster comics on the cheap and getting to read and savor them. I remember hunting down the Wrightson issues of Swamp Thing with steadfast determination and being so proud when I found them all. Of course in later years I upgraded all that stuff and finished most of those runs like Tomb Of Dracula and Werewolf By Night, but the level of fun I had initially when I was poor and on the hunt was never surpassed.
That's quite the cowinkidink! I started collecting in 1975 and my first, and greatest, comic book love has always been the Monster titles. I remember picking up the 1975 Overstreet Comic Book Price guide and marveling at some of those "values". The best thing though was hitting the yard sales, flea markets, and used book stores and stocking up on older monster comics on the cheap and getting to read and savor them. I remember hunting down the Wrightson issues of Swamp Thing with steadfast determination and being so proud when I found them all. Of course in later years I upgraded all that stuff and finished most of those runs like Tomb Of Dracula and Werewolf By Night, but the level of fun I had initially when I was poor and on the hunt was never surpassed.
I now have the first and last issues of Fear/Adventure into Fear!
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I always loved Jack Kirby's art and this was one of my most favorite of his monsters.
Those comics all consist of reprints from pre-hero Marvel, do they not?
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Marvel was reprinting a LOT of their pre-hero monster stories back in the early-mid '70s. I remember buying all of those I could get my hands on dirt cheap in used book stores, flea markets, and quarter boxes at conventions back when I first started collecting in the '70s. In later years I upgraded most of them and I'm glad I did it when they were affordable. They were treated like trash back then, but now they're like Bronze Age gold.
In addition to pre-hero reprints in the backs of several books like the Giant-Size titles, there were many titles which contained all (or almost all) reprints. Some of them I remember are:
Where Monsters Dwell
Where Creatures Roam
Beware
Dead Of Night
Fear (1st 10 issues)
Weird Wonder Tales
Chamber Of Chills
Crypt Of Shadows
Fantasy Masterpieces ('60s)
Giant-Size Chillers ('74-'75)
Tomb Of Darkness
Uncanny Tales
Vault Of Evil
Worlds Unknown
Just doin' what Marvel did - trying to glut the market, and so eat some of someone else's pie! (In this case, Charlton's.)They were all trying to do that. It was competitive marketing. Marvel was just better at it because they were bigger.
Here's Aqualad versus the Bugala, a great story arc from Aquaman 44-47 rendered by Jim Aparo:Aparo's style was heavily influenced by Neal Adams... which is a good thing. :)
Just picked up Supernatural Thrillers #5 ([url]http://marvel.wikia.com/Supernatural_Thrillers_Vol_1_5[/url]) at my local flea market. The man selling comics there originally had $24 on this comic, but he always gives me great deals so I got the first appearance of The Living Mummy (N'Kantu) ([url]http://marvel.wikia.com/N%27Kantu_(Earth-616))[/url] for 10 bucks!
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I also have the next issue in the series (not N'Kantu's next appearance):
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Does anyone think this Headless Horseman cover is worth upgrading to a nicer copy?
LOVE the artwork!!
>I always loved Jack Kirby's art and this was one of my most favorite of his monsters.<
This would be mine (though like many of the best monsters, he was really anything but!):
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>Marvel was reprinting a LOT of their pre-hero monster stories back in the early-mid '70s.<
Just doin' what Marvel did - trying to glut the market, and so eat some of someone else's pie! (In this case, Charlton's.)
Just had this arrive a couple days ago. Another quality Precode reprint. So far so good. Recommended. >:D
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The Yoe books usually aren't comprehensive, right? They just pick the best examples? I know their Dick Briefer Frankenstein comics was just a selection.
Usually the Yoe books are examples of the best of and quite often pertain to certain artists.. In this case though with COMPLETE VooDoo they will be in a full run over,I believe,3 volumes. Probably why the PS artbooks and Harvey horrors are usually more than 2X the price. Full runs.
I wonder why he chose this one to do the full run? I would have thought some of the other stuff would do well, also. We had alot of interest in the Eerie Publications one.
I bought this from an eBay seller for $16.95 shipped:
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One day I'll own a good copy of this. ONE DAY!!!!
Mine is only in Good/Very Good condition, but it was the only first print listed at the time so I snagged it last Saturday and it just arrived yesterday afternoon.
That's not the "giant-est" one - this is:
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"Treasury" Size. Best format ever in comics, killed by whiny collectors,"Wah! They don't fit our bags & boxes!"
That's just an oversized reprint :P
Yes - and?
It's a beauty, and it's the biggest!
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Marvel was reprinting a LOT of their pre-hero monster stories back in the early-mid '70s. I remember buying all of those I could get my hands on dirt cheap in used book stores, flea markets, and quarter boxes at conventions back when I first started collecting in the '70s. In later years I upgraded most of them and I'm glad I did it when they were affordable. They were treated like trash back then, but now they're like Bronze Age gold.
Nice copy HHThanks, jimm.
This is my second-ever pre-code horror purchase and also my second comic of this age that has now become detached from its cover. Oh well, at least it only cost me a buck to own and it is 63 years old after all.
Awesome Tomb of Dracula collection! After Godzilla and Universal Monsters, Marvel Horror prob my third fav category to collect.Thanks. I completed those Marvel monster titles several years ago when they were inexpensive. I love them, and I'm really glad I bought them when they were more affordable. ;)
Here are scans of the first 5 issues of my Charlton Gorgo run beginning in 1961:
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I really dig these mini-comic books from back in the day. Picked this up at Comic-con over the weekend.
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Two of my favourite Gorgo covers!Mine as well. :)
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Those high res scans exaggerate every flaw, so the books look much better in hand.
I thought about going for high grade on the Gorgo and Konga runs because I like them so much, but the time and expense involved in completing runs in VF or better for those two titles would be daunting ... and it could take a VERY long time to put together high grade runs even if one were willing to spend the thousands of dollars to do so.
Chances are when a person would find Gorgo and Konga issues in high grade they would be slabbed....
From my own collection:
First Man-Thing
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First Simon Garth, the Zombie
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HH, do you happen to have a Marvel Spotlight #2 ([url]http://www.comics.org/issue/24881/[/url]), by any chance?
Yep. Here are scans of some of my Marvel Spotlights:
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They aren't high grade, more in the FN range, but I'm glad to have them in that condition. These things are so expensive anymore I'd hate to have to pay up for them these days. ;)
Really classic. Most of my Werewolf by Night and Tomb of Dracula are in average condition. Which doesn't matter, just as long as I have the series.That's pretty much how I feel about it. Most of my early issues of the Marvel monster titles are around FN with some being VG, and most of the later issues are around VF. My TOD #1 is in the VF range as are my TOD #s 40-70 because I bought those new off the stands. I finished those runs in the '90s for the most part and upgraded some of the beaters that I picked up at flea markets and used book stores back in the '70s and '80s. Man, I'm glad I bought them all those years ago. It would be financially daunting to finish all those runs now in FN-VF. I wouldn't even attempt to buy them in NM nowadays. You would probably have to buy slabbed ones to get true NM copies, and it would be ridiculously expensive. I prefer FN-VF books because they can be handled carefully without risking a reduction in condition which means you can actually read them instead of feeling compelled to leave them entombed in a slab of plastic to protect your investment. Even though most of those books are easily accessible through reprint volumes and online reprints I still prefer to read the original books and go over all the ads, letters, and editorials. Even the smell of the original books brings back fond memories.
HH, did you manage to get a Tomb of Dracula #10 ([url]http://www.comics.org/issue/26456/[/url])?
Yeah, I have the full run, 1-70. My #10 is in FN+ (6.5). I don't have a scan handy.
Then you probably don't have your scanned either, right?
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Then you probably don't have your Werewolf by Night #32 ([url]http://www.comics.org/issue/28920/[/url]) scanned either, right?
Now you see what happens when one leave out something as significant as the website address when inserting a hyperlink because I meant to ask this:Gotcha.
I just upgraded my copy of Tomb of Dracula #3 ([url]http://www.comics.org/issue/25291/[/url]) from a Fair/Good (1.5) to a Fine+ (6.5)!
Wow! A plethora of cool Swamp Thing comicbooks.Thanks. I like the Nestor Redondo issues too, but the Wrightson run is classic. I have the full run of volume 1 and the only stinker in the bunch was the last issue, #24. Too bad it had to end on such a sour note. Of course, Alan Moore did great things with the character later on. But, the Wrightson issues will always be the best Swamp Thing issues to me.
HH, do you have any graded comics?No. I'm not a fan of comic slabbing. I don't mind slabbed trading cards, just not comics. I like to look through my comics too much to want them in a slab. The cost of slabbing usually increases the cost of the comic, especially less expensive books. I don't need CGC to tell me the grade of a book since I can read the Overstreet Grading Guide myself, and I've been grading books for over 40 years so I've seen the changes that comic book grading has gone through. Besides, CGC and the other grading companies are often wrong anyway. That's why some collectors keep resubmitting the same expensive books for re-grading hoping to get that tiny increase in grade which will translate to big bucks when they sell it. It's all a little absurd when you think about it.
Nothing quite like late '60s-mid '70s monster mags and comics.
IDW just put out this really cool over-sized comic book:Dude, that's really cool. 8)
More Marvel super hero horror crossovers:I decided to stop collecting most superhero comics about a decade ago and focus mainly on monster oriented comics. I'm keeping a few superhero comics like Silver Surfer 1-18, the Surfer FF appearances (48-50 and up), Avengers Kree-Skrull War issues (Neal Adams), and some others. I pulled all of the Marvel monster character appearances in superhero books to keep. I have full runs of Marvel Team-Up, Two-In-One, and similar titles, and I pulled any monster character appearances to keep, along with monster appearances in mainstream superhero books from the '70s back. I've been selling a few more expensive superhero books on eBay, but I'm hanging on to anything worth less than around $60 to sell down the road in my retirement. At some point I'll probably run a little collectibles store out of an indoor flea market to generate some income.
I decided to stop collecting most superhero comics about a decade ago and focus mainly on monster oriented comics. I'm keeping a few superhero comics like Silver Surfer 1-18, the Surfer FF appearances (48-50 and up), Avengers Kree-Skrull War issues (Neal Adams), and some others. I pulled all of the Marvel monster character appearances in superhero books to keep. I have full runs of Marvel Team-Up, Two-In-One, and similar titles, and I pulled any monster character appearances to keep, along with monster appearances in mainstream superhero books from the '70s back. I've been selling a few more expensive superhero books on eBay, but I'm hanging on to anything worth less than around $60 to sell down the road in my retirement. At some point I'll probably run a little collectibles store out of an indoor flea market to generate some income.
But, I'm keeping all of my monster comics. When I moved a few years ago I discovered I just had too many comics and I was burned out on superheroes in general. I'll have around 10K comics to sell over the years, including some nice Silver and Bronze. That makes my collection a lot more manageable, and allows me to focus on my favorite stuff- monsters. I'm mainly a monster magazine guy anyway. I ended up with about 3K monster mags and 4K comics, but it's all stuff I really enjoy, and it's all in Mylar/acid-free boards and acid-free boxes.
Would anyone else like to share any info about their comic book collections including future plans? We would like to read about them.
I think this maybe time to rethink this and shut down buying new titles and concentrate on finishing sets of older horror books like Swamp Thing, Tomb of Dracula, Ghost Rider et al.That's exactly what I started doing several years ago for the most part. The only new comics I was buying were monster oriented books and anything Conan related. I don't buy new comics now at all. I have full runs of most of the monster titles from the '70s like TOD and WBN, and 90% of some titles like House Of Mystery and House Of Secrets. I also have full runs of Gorgo and Konga from the '60s as well as several other different Charlton Horror comics from the '60s and '70s. Most of the superhero comics I ended up keeping are certain short titles, story arcs, and artist issues (love anything Wrightson or Adams), as well as monster character crossovers. I still plan to pick up a few things as time goes on but I much prefer putting my comic book money into back issues I need as opposed to buying new books. Cool back issues can often be had for less than new comics, if you buy in lots sometimes MUCH less.
I got this for 15 bucks:
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Found this image of some old 1964 Dell Universal Monsters comics.
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Extremely cool. Why is the Wolfman invisible?
Found this image of some old 1964 Dell Universal Monsters comics.
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DCs answer to Tomb of Dracula?
Way cool GG. Anyone know how much these go for? I'd like pick up a set.I have the Frankenstein and Creature Dell comics. I bought them a few years ago off evilBay in around FN for $10 each, give or take a $1. I've only ever seen them offered singly so I suspect a person would have to be very lucky to find all of them for sale in a group.
Who here likes Weird War Tales?
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Here are the other big scores:
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The Godzilla vs Barkley is like $20-30 book.
I just picked up a Tomb of Dracula #1 signed by Neal Adams for $45.
I just picked up a Tomb of Dracula #1 signed by Neal Adams for $45.
I was super into Indians and Dinosaurs at different points of my childhood, but I didn't know about this unbeatable combination of Indians and Dinosaurs together! :laugh:Turok ran from 1954-1982 and ran 130 issues in addition to the Giant #1 one shot. I was crazy about dinosaurs as a kid and began buying Turok in 1963 when I was 4 years old. My parents bought me several issues through the '60s and even though I don't still have those original copies (they were read to death) I still have the love for the comic similar to my affection for toy dinosaurs by Marx and MPC. I've collected comics for 40 years but only recently began the daunting task of putting together a complete Turok collection. I'm glad I finally got around to it. :)
Finally got some more pre-code horror!
Suspense #12 ([url]http://www.comics.org/issue/76037/[/url]):
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The Thing #2 ([url]http://www.comics.org/issue/247255/[/url]):
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Witches Tales #11 ([url]http://www.comics.org/issue/9709/[/url]):
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Adventures Into Weird Worlds #9 ([url]http://www.comics.org/issue/75626/[/url]):
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Strange Stories from Another World #4 ([url]http://www.comics.org/issue/248980/[/url]):
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I was super into Indians and Dinosaurs at different points of my childhood, but I didn't know about this unbeatable combination of Indians and Dinosaurs together!
HH, How much PCH do you have in your collection?Not many. I love that stuff and wish I'd jumped on it back when I first started collecting in 1975. You could get mid-grade Pre-Code Horror for cheap in those days, and even high grade (IF you could find it!) was not much more. Of course, every comic was dirt cheap back then compared to what they are now from Action #1 to the latest Richie Rich. I used to hit yard sales, flea markets, and used book stores in those days and find all kinds of comics for 10-15 cents, some for nickel, and there was quite a bit of Silver Age stuff still turning up at yard sales and flea markets too.
Still working on the Turok run (Dell/Gold Key- 130 issues, 1 Giant, Digest). Four Color #656 (Turok #2, 1955) arrived today.
I bought mine for only $10 from an eBay seller who didn't know comics and didn't list it properly. I was relieved when I confirmed the issue is complete with no cutouts. I also received #98 (FN) today, and #15 (FN range) is on the way. Just 3 more issues and the run will be complete except for the digest which I should be able to pick up for cheap.
Since I remember them from childhood as being well read it's appropriate to accept lesser condition copies where necessary. The most important thing for me is just to HAVE them, not reprint volumes but the actual books. As long as they are complete and acceptable in appearance I'm satisfied with them. Never thought I would have a whole run of Turok but it's a great thing for a Dinokid! :)
Yay! Glad to hear that the end of your noble quest is finally within sight!Thanks, Hep!
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Several Skywald stories posted there, like--
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Check 'em out. ;)
That looks like an interesting story!Those Skywald monster mags are great! For years a lot of collectors treated them like they were trash and then a few years ago the prices started to rise and all of a sudden they got some respect among those same collectors. ::) I used to buy Psycho when I was a kid and loved it. I would have bought the others but I could never find them. Print runs were low and distribution was poor for the Skywalds. When I started seriously completing runs of monster mags about 15 years ago I made the Warrens a priority but right after them I made sure to get the Marvels and Skywalds. The ones I don't have most of are the Eerie Pubs and Stanleys. I do have over a hundred different Eerie Pubs but that's less than half the total output. The Stanleys are the scarcest of all and I have less than twenty of those. Anyway, I rate the Skywalds right up there with Warren. I think the reason Skywalds got no respect for the most part back in the '80s and '90s was because most collectors didn't read them and were ignorant of the quality Al Hewetson invested them with. And most of the Skywald covers are gorgeous to boot.
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What's really weird to me is the high prices for Eerie Pubs in low and mid grades. In the '80s and '90s most comic collectors wouldn't wipe their caboose with a Eerie Pub rag, and in the last few years they've become highly sought after because of the garish gory covers.
It's like the way most younger fans collect these days, it's all about key issues. So many obsess on key issues but don't really try to finish runs.
And all this slabbing hoopla. People spend a fortune to either get books slabbed or buy slabbed books. I'm not going to pay good money to "professional graders" that could be put toward more books or other collectibles.
I also don't obsess over ultra high grade books. To me a VF (8.0) is more than acceptable if graded accurately, and I don't mind mid-grade books either.
If you check out the videos on You Tube from the Comic Book Collecting Community you will be deluged with vids that focus on "hauls", "keys", and "slabs". Most of those guys worship at the altar of plastic slabs and numerical grades. They don't focus on the comics themselves, but on the status of owning "key" books with that grade number to crow about. Now understand that there are some substantive comic book videos on You Tube that focus on classic story arcs, artists, writers, characters, memories of buying books as kid, memories of conventions, etc. But, most of the You Tube vids are all about that slab with that number and what's going to be the next "hot" book because of some TV show or movie. I can only assume the YT community is indicative of collecting in general these days. I enjoy watching the videos from the guys who bought comics as kids in the '60s and '70s and actually value the books instead the status of owning high grade keys encased in plastic.
This Frazetta painting was used for the cover of the Tales From The Crypt paperback.
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Supernatural Thrillers #9 Page 1 opening splash. One of my favorite images in comics. I love the Marvel monster titles.
Just curious, where do you folks usually buy these older comics? Online comics vendors (which ones), eBay, your LCS, local yard sales, elsewhere?
I'm nearly out of room so I've been doing more selling of books I no longer collect than buying. When I do buy it's almost always on eBay but you have to be very careful and know what things are selling for and how to grade. You can do an eBay search for SOLD listings to get an idea of fair market value for a given book, as well as check other sources online such as price guides and major dealers' lists. Most of the prices in print guides like Overstreet are too high on common books and not high enough on keys. Unless I can get a book really cheap I won't buy from a vendor unless good scans are posted of the front and back covers, or I've dealt with the seller enough before to trust them. Most eBay sellers over-grade by at least a full grade and then price the book a bit below that which means you're still over-paying. Learn to see through the BS. Everybody sells on eBay- big dealers, small dealers, collectors, and people who don't know anything about comics. There are good deals to be had but it takes knowledge and work to find them in all that chaos, ineptitude, and sometimes downright dishonesty.
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Many thanks for the details and tips, hh. Very, very helpful!You're welcome, Fantomah.
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This one of my all time fave Sci-Fi covers. Very Mars Attacks like. Love to have a poster minus the title
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Wrightson original art for House Of Mystery #211:
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Cool new book I'll probably be seeking:
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Just ordered one from Barnes & Noble via eBay. Here's the link: [url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/Masters-of-Spanish-Comic-Book-Art-by-David-Roach-2017-Hardcover-/302287107685?hash=item4661b73665:g:rWYAAOSw4A5YsuF~[/url] ([url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/Masters-of-Spanish-Comic-Book-Art-by-David-Roach-2017-Hardcover-/302287107685?hash=item4661b73665:g:rWYAAOSw4A5YsuF~[/url])
This looks interesting, h.h.I'll let you know when I get it. :)
I'll let you know when I get it. :)
In about five days, THIS will be arriving in the mailBig fun! I still have my copy from 1982. I was a Wrightson nut by then and I was overjoyed when I found that copy at Bookland in our local mall. You'll definitely enjoy it.
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Big fun! I still have my copy from 1982. I was a Wrightson nut by then and I was overjoyed when I found that copy at Bookland in our local mall. You'll definitely enjoy it.
This looks interesting, h.h.
I finally received the book, mars, and as promised here's the scoop. I ordered it from Barnes & Noble through an eBay listing. This is the best deal I could find on it, and considering the size and quality of the printing I think it's an excellent value. It's only $26 and change with free shipping. The book is a large hardback and is 272 pages with many quality illustrations. I recommend it for anyone interested in 1970s monster magazines, or just the history of comic art in general. I was afraid it might be shipped in one of those sorry vacuum corrugated mailers that offer no protection since it was free shipping but Barnes & Noble did the right thing and shipped it in a box with adequate packing. It arrived undamaged. It's a nice book that looks great on your library shelf with your other genre books.
Here's a link to the eBay listing for anyone interested: [url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/302287107685?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT[/url] ([url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/302287107685?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT[/url])
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This one never really happened, at least not in our corner of the multiverse, but it would be cool if it did.
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This one never really happened, at least not in our corner of the multiverse, but it would be cool if it did.
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Picked up a copy of SWAMPMEN: Muck-Monsters And Their Makers! (Twomorrows Publishing, 2014) from an eBay seller.
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Twomorrows always does good work and this is no exception. It covers Swamp Thing, Man-Thing, The Heap, and all the rest of the Muck-Monsters from comics and monster mags. The only one I believe they overlooked is Sludge from Malibu Comics, but man they sure included every other obscure swamp dude from the world of comic book monsters! Recommended, especially if you grew up loving these slimey characters.
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Got these Atlas issues from an eBay seller- Tales Of Evil #s 1-3 (VF-NM range):
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Atlas/Seaboard was a short lived company who published 61 total comic books in 1975 and 11 total magazines in late 1974 through 1975. They turned out some pretty good stuff along with their share of mediocre books as well. Some of the top comic guys then working for Marvel, DC, and Charlton, did work for Atlas/Seaboard including Neal Adams, Steve Ditko, Wally Wood, Boris Vallejo, Tom Sutton, Ralph Reese, Dick Giordano, Pablo Marcos, and many others. Here's a link to a cool website which gives the scoop on all things Atlas/Seaboard: [url]http://www.atlasarchives.com/[/url] ([url]http://www.atlasarchives.com/[/url])
I have most of the Atlas comics and all of the mags except for Gothic Romances which is scarce. The Atlas books have a fond place in my heart due to my buying them in flea markets, yard sales, used book stores, and quarter boxes at comic cons back in the '70s. I started collecting at the end of 1975 so these things were all over the place for those of us who sought out comics through second hand market sources. I recommend them for anyone who enjoys that 1970s comic/monster mag vibe. They're still relatively cheap for reading copies but high grade examples have been creeping up in price the last few years. As with any older comics buy them sooner rather than later and save some bucks. Now I have all of the Bog Beast appearances...yay me! :laugh:
I have that book too! I got my copy two years ago ([url]http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=21580.msg449599#msg449599[/url]) on Amazon.
I bought the first appearance of the Bog Beast last year ([url]http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=5212.msg479749#msg479749[/url]) on a visit to a local shop I had not been to in awhile!
One or two shows a year that I get to, there is a vendor there that is selling the Bronze Age stuff for a buck or less. I usually clean them out every time I see it. Last year it was twenty or so issues of Tomb of Dracula for a buck a pop and about forty other issues of Superman, Spiderman, and Batman.
Yesterday here in Wichita I got this beauty at Wichicon at Riverfest.
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One or two shows a year that I get to, there is a vendor there that is selling the Bronze Age stuff for a buck or less. I usually clean them out every time I see it. Last year it was twenty or so issues of Tomb of Dracula for a buck a pop and about forty other issues of Superman, Spiderman, and Batman.
Yesterday here in Wichita I got this beauty at Wichicon at Riverfest.
First Print.
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Love these covers
Old School.
When the T-Rex's were as tall as the ESB!
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Picked these up today at my friendly local comic shop.
Ghost Rider #11 which features Ghost Rider fighting The Hulk
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The Howling: Revenge of the Werewolf Queen #1. The Howling is one of my favorite monster flicks, and I was pleasantly suprised to see this new title on the stand. I love how the cover mimics the original poster.
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Here are some that I have had since childhood.
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Wow! Where/how did you get those?
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I watch the market quite a bit even though I don't set up and sell at conventions any longer. I miss the magazine Comic Book Marketplace because they did a great job of describing regional sales. I agree with you that prices have been on the rise for Bronze age material, but I'm not sure that necessarily equates to sales? When you mentioned Savage Tales 1 ( a book I picked up for under 20.00 a few years back) I popped over to EBay to see what the book was going for there. Prices ranged from the ridiculous to the moderate, but I didn't notice a whole lot of folks bidding in any price range. I found I can read 95% of the books I'm interested in online at sites like Comic Book Plus. So maybe internet accessibility is eroding sales? At any rate I became disenfranchised with the market when it became vogue to "slab" books and demand high prices rather than read, trade and reflect on the stories and artwork.I've been in the trenches actually buying this stuff for the past several years and I can attest to the fact that comics from the '70s and earlier are actually selling for much more than they were just a few years ago. Competition is fierce in eBay auctions for nice older books. Sometimes better deals are had through BIN listings that are underpriced to sell quickly just because of the bidding competition. If you don't think people are actually paying some hefty prices for key issues then check out some "sold" listings. Some of the ridiculously priced books go unsold as would be expected, but collectors are paying a grand plus for high grade WBN 32s and FN/VF copies of HOS 92. Six or seven years ago you could get a FN HOS 92 for $150. Man, those days are gone. Wrightson's passing probably has a lot to do with price increases on that particular book. I bought my FN HOS 92 back in the late '70s for 6 bucks. I sure wish I had bought many more desirable books back then than I did. When I got into collecting in the mid '70s you could buy high grade AF 15s and FF 1s for $100! I was a kid and had very little money back then.
I was buying the reprint volumes , but literally ran out of room to store them! The internet turned out to be the best solution for me. Glad to hear the market is healthy. I started collecting in 1965 and stayed with it until just a few years ago. I appreciate your in site as to why people buy slabbed comics, it just wasn't for me. Id be just as happy with a Pop Hollinger's rebuild that I can touch, read and smell (ha ha- only a true comic geek would say that) rather than a hunk of plastic which resembles the amber encased insects from Jurassic World. Thanks too for mentioning YouTube as a source. I hadn't thought to look there for back issue sales reports. Do you get the impression that they reflect national or regional trends in sales? Perhaps both? I'll check it out.You Tube is an avalanche of chaos but if you check a few of the comic book videos you can get a very broad idea of the popularity of the back issue market. It's mostly collectors bragging about their latest "haul" but occasionally you run across some solid content and good info. With the popularity of eBay and dealers websites I doubt if regional has much to do with sales trends these days. Sales and pricing trends seem to be more national or even global now. However, probably on a small scale some regional trends persist.
RF
I was extremely lucky to have bought most of the issues I wanted in the 80s and early 90s. I bought every issue of Tomb of Dracula for a buck or two each, spending about $3 for #1 and only $4 for #10. A year ago I bought a Tomb of Dracula #1 signed by Neal Adams at a show for $50. The dealer said as I was paying "I probably under priced that"The original Tomb Of Dracula is a great series, no doubt about that. And, yeah, $50 is way underpriced for a TOD #1 signed by Neal Adams even if mid grade. If it's a nice copy then you got a real steal. I finished my TOD run back in the '90s along with most of the other Marvel Monster titles. I bought TOD issues 40-70 off the rack and bought the earlier ones, including the GS issues, from dealers for cheap in those days. I have a high grade #1 I paid $5 for and my #10 is FN/VF and was bought for a couple of bucks just like the other issues. Those were great days to collect comics. You could finish runs without spending much. Nowadays it costs a small fortune to get high grade runs of most books from the '70s and earlier. Keys like TOD #10 are usually slabbed and are very expensive in any grade, ridiculously so in high grade.
Tomb is by far my favorite Comic Book series. Seeing what these go for now makes me wish I had held on to my older copies. I would systematically upgrade books and trade off ones that were deemed to be in worse condition.
The two I never needed to upgrade were #1 and #10, lucky for me, but I passed those up years ago when I could have bought them cheap.
Comic prices usually go the way of the economy. One thing I have noticed is that B/W comic mags such as those from Eerie Publications and Skywald,when in higher grade go for some pretty good $$.Not just high grade copies. It's hard to find Eerie Pubs, Skywalds, or even Stanleys, for less than $10 each on eBay even in low grade. Since sellers commonly call a FAIR a GOOD, or a GOOD a VG, that ends up being VERY low grade sometimes. Those things usually get bid up to that in auctions now. High grade examples usually get priced in the $30-$50 range for BINs, and what passes for high grade with some sellers is really around a FN. True high grade examples sell for what we would have considered stupid money 20 years ago- like $60-$75 or more for early or key issues.
For most Eerie pubs it was usually about the crazy violent covers that was the selling point.
The stories were usually weak with sub standard artwork.
Here's a scan of my House Of Secrets #92.
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The high res scan is tough on that black cover. It looks pretty nice in person and is in FN condition by Overstreet standards. I bought it in the late '70s at a Brunswick Ga. comic shop during a family vacation for $6. Bernie Wrightson is my favorite artist so this book is one of my most prized possessions. It isn't Wrightson's 1st pro work (that would be House Of Mystery #179), but it is perhaps Wrightson's most iconic comic book and the one Wrightson fans covet the most. BTW, to non comic collectors it's the first appearance of Swamp Thing.
Man thats awesome HH!! And what a great story to go along with it. I hope one day to own a copy, but wont be as satisfying as how you obtained your book.Thanks, geezer.
Gold Key King Kong Giant.
Always loved that cover! :) Is there a cover artist mentioned, anywhere?George Wilson
George Wilson
Don't know him, but a good artist!George Wilson painted a lot of the Gold Key Turok covers in the '60s, including my favorite one- #38.
eBay purchases:
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The Creatures On The Loose #32 finishes the Man-Wolf issues I needed. Just need 2 issues to finish that title. Still pecking away on House Of Mystery and The Witching Hour. Need about 20 issues of HOM to have issues 174-321 (the Mystery/Horror issues) and fortunately they're the later ones so not quite as expensive. Still need about 20 issues of The Witching Hour as well and most of those are later issues. That Godzilla #17 finishes my Marvel Godzilla run. I had the whole run having bought them off-the-rack back in the late '70s but foolishly sold them in the '80s during a "downsizing" move. It's nice to have them back, and mostly in high grade. Marvel's Godzilla is a bit cheezy but if you're a Marvel fan and a G fan it's something you'll want, especially if you bought them new in the '70s.
Great pick ups HH. Huge fan of the Marvel Godzilla series. Shogun Warriors another underrated series from Marvel around the same time.Thanks, man. I'm still pecking away at many of those '70s series trying to finish runs before they get more expensive. Hard to believe those '70s comics are over 40 years old now. :o
Thanks, man. I'm still pecking away at many of those '70s series trying to finish runs before they get more expensive. Hard to believe those '70s comics are over 40 years old now. :o
Yeah I'm trying to complete my favorite 70s Marvel monster/horror titles too. The Godzilla and Shogun Warriors sets were easy. Shoot, you can find SW issues in the dollar bins. Godzilla pretty affordable too. It's the other series that are more challenging. I try to find issues for less than $10. So that's not easy when it comes to Tomb of Dracula and Werewolf by Night. Comic book stores especially put high sticker prices on those titles. So i try to find issues at used book stores, antique shops etc.Awesome that you're making good progress, geezer. I've noticed that many of the lower/mid grade Bronze Age Monster/Horror comics that used to be plentiful in bargain bins are starting to sell more in the $2-$5 range these days on eBay, then you have shipping $ tacked onto that. Keep pluggin' away, dude...that's what I'm doin'. ;)
I have more than half of the Werewolf by Night series (including a reader copy of #1). But I'm afraid the first appearance of Moon Knight issue is way out of reach. I probably need 2/3 of the Tomb of Dracula series too. Although I have a reader copy of #1 as well. I need quite a few Ghost Rider issues.
I've had more luck with the less expensive titles like Man-Thing, Morbius (Adventures in Fear), Living Mummy, Monster of Frankenstein, Son of Satan, and Dead of Night. Even some of those titles can cost you a few bucks, depending on the condition.
I do have complete sets of Tales of the Zombie and Monsters Unleashed.
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$21 delivered in VF 7.5. Last week. 8)
Pretty stoked to read The Invisible Man. One of my FAVE Uni horror flicks.
And to those that don't consider him a MONSTER. Remember He derailed a train and killed a ton of people.
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Pretty stoked to read The Invisible Man. One of my FAVE Uni horror flicks.
And to those that don't consider him a MONSTER. Remember He derailed a train and killed a ton of people.
The Thing #1 (1952) is posted at Monster Magazine World: https://monstermagazineworld.blogspot.com/
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Funny HH, I literally read that issue a few nights ago. I read along with the Giant Size Spider-Man with Morbius and Man-Wolf, and Giant Size Chillers issues with Drac and Lilith on cover. Great stuff.Man, those books are fun!
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Giant-Size Werewolf #2 (Oct. 1974) is posted at Monster Magazine World: https://monstermagazineworld.blogspot.com/
Gil Kane/Tom Palmer cover:
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Anybody else collect a certain theme in horror comics?I collect anything by Bernie Wrightson. Probably not the narrow theme you were referring to but a certain artist's work is a theme I guess.
Giant-Size Werewolf #4 (Apr. 1975) is posted at Monster Magazine World: https://monstermagazineworld.blogspot.com/
Cover by Gil Kane:
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Outstanding!! I went to a small comic book show today and found some deals on Tomb of Dracula, Living Mummy, Son of Satan, Werewolf by Night, and Man-Thing. Also scored #1 issues Marvel Dead by Night and Devil Dinosaur. I plan on posting pics soon---just too lazy lately ;)Congrats on the new acquisitions.
Those House of Mystery issues very cool HH. I don't collect the entire run, but I do collect the I Vampire issues. I'm only missing one issue. I do have a handful of other HOM issues, but mainly collect IV. DC produced some great stuff in the tail end of the bronze era---I Vampire, Swamp Thing vol. II, and Creature Commandos (WWT).I, Vampire is a fun series.
I momentarily thought about DC's new Halloween special (from Walmart) , but 5 bucks for only 12 new pages seemed a little steep.That's the problem with nearly all new comics, the price outstrips the entertainment value (at least for me).
Elvira's House Of Mystery #1 (Jan. 1986) is posted at Monster Magazine World: https://monstermagazineworld.blogspot.com/
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All the Charlton horror are always fun and featured some really good artists.Yep. I've always liked them. Finished Gorgo and Konga a few years ago and I'm steadily working on the rest.
Beneath The Planet Of The Apes #1 (1 Shot) (Gold Key, Dec. 1970) is posted at Monster Magazine World: https://monstermagazineworld.blogspot.com/
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The Addams Family #3 (Gold Key, 1975)
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Damn! That's a bunch!
Love that John Bolton werewolf on that "Tales of Terror" cover! :)
Oh yeah! Great cover.
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I always liked the Werewolf By Night - Tomb of Dracula crossover from issues 15 and 18 respectively. The Werewolf By Night cover especially has that classic Universal vibe.
RF
Fun ad from 1977 Invaders comic I was reading other night
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Found this today.
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Love this ad, would like to see this as poster. From 1978 Invaders comic book.
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Here's a comic I got recently. It's a Mexican King Kong comic. It has a date of 1966 on it, but the cover price says one dollar, which would be a lot for the 1960's.
Mexico uses $ to represent their peso (which may have been 6 to 10 cents in the 60s).
This is an ad from 1979 Marvel comic. So awesome!
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Hey, Mars
I think it was issue 38 or 39 of Marvel's 1970s Invaders run.
Thank you🤟
IDW has an upcoming comic miniseries, called "Star Trek: The Next Generation: Holo-Ween": After enduring an anxiety-ridden passage through a solar storm, Captain Picard and the crew of the "USS Enterprise" take to celebrating Halloween - in the holodeck - to reset the mood. But while the Earth holiday involves sweet treats and other festivities, they soon learn that fear is in season when crewmembers begin to go missing... one by one. A followup to a "Star Trek: The Original Series" episode, "Wolf in the Fold".
Writer: Christopher Sequeira
Artist: Joe Eisma
Variant covers for each issue by different artists, featuring numerous classic monsters from literature and movies.
Chris is a longtime friend of mine, so really looking forward to these!