Super nice pickups. I also focused on the horror titles but one that I always wanted was the infamous Crime Suspense Stories 22. Now way out of my price range.
I wish I would have kept going back in the mid '70's when I first discovered E.C. comics.. I've accumulated about 40 issues.. but I would have kept buying them... too many other interests took their place... 4 years ago or so .. I WAS able to get every issue of MAD and PANIC.... I also own the complete Russ Cochran Library set... something like 16 sets...back when I was buying them in the '70's... i was able to get mine for an average of 25.00 each... I DO have some gems... like the very 1st Weird Science and Weird Fantasy issues... alot of early Fantasy issues..... I loved Orlando and Wally Wood.. I have the last Haunt of Fear issue 28 that you showed in your 1st video... I was especially attracted to it due to Bill Gaines.. Memorandum.. article on the inside fromt cover.. of that issue... I thought that was SO cool...
Those were the days! I started buying ECs in 1981, those were nice prices (though they seemed expensive to me then)...I did eventually complete the New Trend and New Direction titles. The kast issue I needed was MAD #1 and I just git a nice copy last month from none other than Grant Geissman...and I've been upgrading the rougher copies, it never ends!
@@ecfan-addict9477 upgrading comics... I have never been able to afford to do that... I wish I could... most of my issues are in between good-fine... my MAD 1 is right at good... no tears...no fading..... and the spine is attached.. but it has been read. .and it shows.. most of my E.C.'s are in good to very good condition.. I have a couple of Fine.. copies... and most of my MADS and PANICS are in Fine those are the only two E.C.'s mags where I have the complete collection of. .minus some of the MAD specials, of course.. there were too many of those to keep track of.. I have about 4 of the Squatronts.. you mentioned Robert Bell.. Ha!.. I started ordering from him in 1971 when he was still in Hauppage, New York.. I still have a couple of his price lists dating back to 1970...back then I was more interested in competing my Journey into Mystery collection... so I bought about 12 comics from him at $2.00 each.. I would have been smarter to buy a couple Amazing Fantasy 15's from him.. .at that time he was selling them for $8.00 each... Action comics 1 he was selling for $300.00
@@ecfan-addict9477 "AND I ended up with a prettier girl who LIKES EC! Heh heh heh..." does she like them enough to pay for the rest of the ones you need..?.... that's the kinda gal I'M looking for....heh heh heh
heck ......Silver Age comics.. are even larger than the comics being published today... we went from the Golden Aged to Silver Age to Bronze Age... now it's perhaps the Tin Age?.... if they get much smaller you will be able to tuck them into your shirt pocket..!.
@@ecfan-addict9477 I cannot believe people watching this... do not even realize the size of Golden Age comics... how young are these guys...? they realize that there was a whole lot of livin' going on before they came into the world, correct?.. heck.... I could remember taking a quarter down to the local store and buying my mom a pack of smokes.. until the laws changed...and cigs weren't behind the counter in those days. .either..... . neither was booze.
I only realize now that EC horror comics are larger than standard comics of today. Is that right? I don't remember the single-issue reprints I bought in the 70's and 80's being any larger than standard comic size. Or am I imagining things?
They are significantly wider than modern sized comics. The reprints you bought decades later were not larger than standard comic size because it would have been cost prohibitive for them to print at the larger size. Bruce Hershenson looked into it for East Coast Comix and it would have been too expensive to do. What they did instead to accommodate the modern width was to shrink down the artwork.
Haunt of Fear 15 was my first Precode horror book. Haunt of Fear 17 is my favorite cover too. I picked up a CGC 6.0 at C2E2 back in February. Ingels art on that cover is beautiful!
I have this... a lot of pictures... heavy paper... big book.. Not a lot of writing in it... mostly photos of the era... after looking through it... I felt that it did Not contain anything that hasn't been said or shown before... I was fortunate enough to buy mine off E-bay for around 100.00... ' I am glad I did not spend more for it than that... it is a big Let down... I think they could have written more but I cab see why not... most of the people associated with the early E.C. days are dead..now.... who are they going to interview for inside stories nowadays....?... a person would be better off buying Russ Cochran's E.C. library sets.... there you will find in depth articles regarding the artists and the issues.. and the times..
@@ecfan-addict9477 I think Grant should have included more In depth articles... to give the buyers of this book....more to look at then some short notes... and a few pictures... which many have already been published in other books about E.C. what a let down... a great big heavy book... with little or nothing to say....or show.. IMO... I looked at it once.. now it will sit on my shelf NEVER opened again... every thing I read in that book I had already read before... does your friend Grant.. know much about E.C.'s?... I can't tell .. . you can let him know if he was involved in that book at all.. I found it to be a BIG let down...
I purchased the "History of E.C. Comic".. by Taschen because I expected it to be very informative and comprehensive and exhaustive.. leaving NO stone left unturned in regards to the E.C. comic industry....what I ended up with was a massive oversized coffee table book.. with not many redeeming qualities... just a bunch of already printed photos...brief backgrounds...that had already been printed before... I would advise anyone thinking of getting this book.... unless you wish to collect every thing regarding E.C. and read and look at things already published before..... don't buy it.. it is a waste of money....
@@reprintranch well... It DOES have some things regarding E.C.'s history in it... and for someone who does Not own ANY books regarding E.C. already.. I suppose it would be good for... but I have a ton of E.C. related material..... artist's bios.. .the Complete box set Volumes.. of Russ Cochran's E.C. library.. which have tons of articles and interviews in them ... Squatront magazines. . and that history of E.C. comics.. book that was published back in the early 70's.. AND MUCH MORE stuff like E.C. readers... etc.. if you have a lot of that kind of stuff already......Yes.. it is just a re-hash of previously printed material.. pictures of Lake Placid.. Bill as a young boy with his dad.. from like 1924... Max Gaines.. shaking hands.. with his associates.. before he was bought out in the late 30's.. naturally a lot of photos of covers.. but.. as I said definitely Not worth shelling out 200.00 for...for material already printed....but that is just My opinion..
@@jeffcarlson3269 Thanks for the detailed run-down. Like yourself, I own a mess o' material on EC history already, so it'd make better financial sense for me to spend $ on things like Squa Tront issues I don't already own. I s'pose someone thought the way to maximize sales was to put together a lavish introductory book, as opposed to a maniacally detailed one. Oh well. Thanks again, you really did me a solid. :)
Such a treat to see all of those beautiful books, Thommy. You certainly found the right woman for you. Does Josh collecting EC comics / items any more?
Super nice pickups. I also focused on the horror titles but one that I always wanted was the infamous Crime Suspense Stories 22. Now way out of my price range.
I'm really glad I got one when I did! I completed my Crime run about 20 years ago
I wish I would have kept going back in the mid '70's when I first discovered E.C. comics.. I've accumulated about 40 issues.. but I would have kept buying them... too many other interests took their place... 4 years ago or so .. I WAS able to get every issue of MAD and PANIC.... I also own the complete Russ Cochran Library set... something like 16 sets...back when I was buying them in the '70's... i was able to get mine for an average of 25.00 each... I DO have some gems... like the very 1st Weird Science and Weird Fantasy issues... alot of early Fantasy issues..... I loved Orlando and Wally Wood.. I have the last Haunt of Fear issue 28 that you showed in your 1st video... I was especially attracted to it due to Bill Gaines.. Memorandum.. article on the inside fromt cover.. of that issue... I thought that was SO cool...
Those were the days! I started buying ECs in 1981, those were nice prices (though they seemed expensive to me then)...I did eventually complete the New Trend and New Direction titles. The kast issue I needed was MAD #1 and I just git a nice copy last month from none other than Grant Geissman...and I've been upgrading the rougher copies, it never ends!
@@ecfan-addict9477
upgrading comics... I have never been able to afford to do that... I wish I could... most of my issues are in between good-fine... my MAD 1 is right at good... no tears...no fading..... and the spine is attached.. but it has been read. .and it shows..
most of my E.C.'s are in good to very good condition.. I have a couple of Fine.. copies... and most of my MADS and PANICS are in Fine
those are the only two E.C.'s mags where I have the complete collection of. .minus some of the MAD specials, of course.. there were too many of those to keep track of..
I have about 4 of the Squatronts..
you mentioned Robert Bell.. Ha!.. I started ordering from him in 1971 when he was still in Hauppage, New York..
I still have a couple of his price lists dating back to 1970...back then I was more interested in competing my Journey into Mystery collection... so I bought about 12 comics from him at $2.00 each..
I would have been smarter to buy a couple Amazing Fantasy 15's from him..
.at that time he was selling them for $8.00 each...
Action comics 1 he was selling for $300.00
You lost the girl but got a EC comic. I'd say you came out WAY ahead. Bravo sir! Wisely chosen.
AND I ended up with a prettier girl who LIKES EC! Heh heh heh...
Flawless Victory!
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"AND I ended up with a prettier girl who LIKES EC! Heh heh heh..."
does she like them enough to pay for the rest of the ones you need..?.... that's the kinda gal I'M looking for....heh heh heh
Damn, I was definitely working around the area of Burke Books in the mid-80s. Wish I had known then what I know now.
Many scores there for sure! Great memories.
I never realised till this year that the original EC comics were larger format than modern comics. I'd love to get some of the orignals one day.
Indeed! All golden age comics were quite a bit wider than modern comics
@@ecfan-addict9477 Are they the same size as the EC Classics from the 80s?
No - those were magazine sized. Golden Age comics are like 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch wider than modern ones.
heck ......Silver Age comics.. are even larger than the comics being published today... we went from the Golden Aged to Silver Age to Bronze Age... now it's perhaps the Tin Age?.... if they get much smaller you will be able to tuck them into your shirt pocket..!.
@@ecfan-addict9477 I cannot believe people watching this... do not even realize the size of Golden Age comics... how young are these guys...?
they realize that there was a whole lot of livin' going on before they came into the world, correct?.. heck.... I could remember taking a quarter down to the local store and buying my mom a pack of smokes.. until the laws changed...and cigs weren't behind the counter in those days. .either..... . neither was booze.
Wish I could find a reasonable priced haunt of fear 15
I only realize now that EC horror comics are larger than standard comics of today. Is that right? I don't remember the single-issue reprints I bought in the 70's and 80's being any larger than standard comic size. Or am I imagining things?
They are significantly wider than modern sized comics. The reprints you bought decades later were not larger than standard comic size because it would have been cost prohibitive for them to print at the larger size. Bruce Hershenson looked into it for East Coast Comix and it would have been too expensive to do. What they did instead to accommodate the modern width was to shrink down the artwork.
Very nice pickups, really like the Vault of Horror books. 👍✌
Haunt of Fear 15 was my first Precode horror book. Haunt of Fear 17 is my favorite cover too. I picked up a CGC 6.0 at C2E2 back in February. Ingels art on that cover is beautiful!
Incredible collection
Isn’t Taschen books doing a History of EC Comics
Yes, it's already out in Europe. By my good fiend Grant Geissman!
I have this... a lot of pictures... heavy paper... big book.. Not a lot of writing in it... mostly photos of the era... after looking through it... I felt that it did Not contain anything that hasn't been said or shown before... I was fortunate enough to buy mine off E-bay for around 100.00...
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I am glad I did not spend more for it than that... it is a big Let down... I think they could have written more but I cab see why not... most of the people associated with the early E.C. days are dead..now.... who are they going to interview for inside stories nowadays....?...
a person would be better off buying Russ Cochran's E.C. library sets.... there you will find in depth articles regarding the artists and the issues.. and the times..
@@ecfan-addict9477 I think Grant should have included more In depth articles... to give the buyers of this book....more to look at then some short notes... and a few pictures... which many have already been published in other books about E.C. what a let down... a great big heavy book... with little or nothing to say....or show.. IMO... I looked at it once.. now it will sit on my shelf NEVER opened again...
every thing I read in that book I had already read before...
does your friend Grant.. know much about E.C.'s?... I can't tell .. . you can let him know if he was involved in that book at all.. I found it to be a BIG let down...
This guy is unstoppable!
😆😉
I purchased the "History of E.C. Comic".. by Taschen because I expected it to be very informative and comprehensive and exhaustive.. leaving NO stone left unturned in regards to the E.C. comic industry....what I ended up with was a massive oversized coffee table book.. with not many redeeming qualities... just a bunch of already printed photos...brief backgrounds...that had already been printed before... I would advise anyone thinking of getting this book.... unless you wish to collect every thing regarding E.C. and read and look at things already published before..... don't buy it..
it is a waste of money....
Whoa. I had made the same assumption you did re: this book being THE definitive history. Thanks for saving me $250 or so.
@@reprintranch well... It DOES have some things regarding E.C.'s history in it... and for someone who does Not own ANY books regarding E.C. already.. I suppose it would be good for...
but I have a ton of E.C. related material..... artist's bios..
.the Complete box set Volumes.. of Russ Cochran's E.C. library.. which have tons of articles and interviews in them ...
Squatront magazines. .
and that history of E.C. comics.. book that was published back in the early 70's..
AND MUCH MORE stuff like E.C. readers... etc.. if you have a lot of that kind of stuff already......Yes.. it is just a re-hash of previously printed material..
pictures of Lake Placid.. Bill as a young boy with his dad.. from like 1924... Max Gaines.. shaking hands.. with his associates.. before he was bought out in the late 30's.. naturally a lot of photos of covers..
but.. as I said
definitely Not worth shelling out 200.00 for...for material already printed....but that is just My opinion..
@@jeffcarlson3269 Thanks for the detailed run-down.
Like yourself, I own a mess o' material on EC history already, so it'd make better financial sense for me to spend $ on things like Squa Tront issues I don't already own.
I s'pose someone thought the way to maximize sales was to put together a lavish introductory book, as opposed to a maniacally detailed one. Oh well. Thanks again, you really did me a solid. :)
Thanks Thommy!
Where did you get your wall art?
Other fans, eBay, commissions...
Eide's was awesome.
Such a treat to see all of those beautiful books, Thommy. You certainly found the right woman for you. Does Josh collecting EC comics / items any more?
Yes, he does!
Is there such a thing as women loving ECs lol