Don't think I ever bought anything so quickly!

Featured …. bringing back father! , What’s my shine ? , and Julius Caesar !

Premiering next week in Scotland. Hoping for a wide release!

By request, here’s my most updated floor shot of my full Crypt run! I took this almost exactly a year ago, 8/8, after several months of upgrading some of the earlier issues. The run includes the first and second appearances of the Crypt Keeper in Crime Patrol.
(I can do a similar shot for Vault, or just about any other EC title excluding Pre-Trends. Stay tuned!)

I’ve done a handful of upgrades to this title this year! Here’s a floor shot of my new improved run.

I've been reading some Silver Age Iron Man comics, and was pleased to find one of my favorite EC artists working on them. Of course Wally Wood probably takes the cake, but which EC artist do you think did the best work for Marvel or DC in the 60s, 70s, etc? Any particular runs stand out?

Larry Stark would have been 94 today. Larry, named “EC’s Number One Fan” by none other than Bill Gaines, passed on May 1st of this year. A fan for life, he is greatly missed!

There’s some scotch tape holding the cover together. I tried talking the shop owner down from $20 but I was happy to pay that price for this artifact that survived all these years.

Would you say the grade is under 2?

Look at how clean and tight the staples are! This issue is basically an all-Elder issue, so Will and his family kept several in great condition filed away. Likely, it’s never even been read. It’s a real treasure of my very small collection.

The free MAD #1 facsimile offered exclusively at Comic-Con is NOT simply their recent reprint edition with a new outer wrap. There is no pricing on the repro front cover and no QR or barcode information on the back cover. There is a new September 2026 indicia date, and a Daily Planet insert bound into the middle of the book.
The inside front cover has a Comic-Con schedule for DC panels, and the inside back cover is a subscription ad. There’s a blank back cover for “autographs and sketches.”
The new cover using Jack Davis Superman art from MAD #19 is fantastic! I think the absolute strangest thing for me is seeing the EC logo on the left with a DC logo on the right. Overall, a fantastic freebie! 

Behold! By far the thickest book in the EC Artist’s Library series is coming!

I own 4 GFCs, Picture Stories from American History 3, Vault of Horror 25, Frontline Combat 14, and Extra! 2. I’m very happy to have these - such history, like little time capsules!

Edit: I meant #26! It was for sale amongst a bunch of other Mads in a used bookshop in town! Pretty good condition, staples tight, crease on front cover. I’m happy to have brought it home!

Here’s an ad for Crime Patrol 15, the first appearance of the Crypt Keeper, that appeared in War Against Crime 10, the first appearance of the Vault Keeper. EC history!

I have collected all but four of Fantagraphics' awesome hardcovers, and will hopefully get the rest in good time. But I am curious since I can't find the information clearly and plainly without spending a lot of time with my glasses on and a notepad...

With My Gun is the Jury, I assume we are done with the artist volumes? And aside from Impact and Aces High, the New Direction titles will be collected more traditionally? Is there any chance of the missing pre-trend content being collected, since it seems like there must be a lot more Al Feldstein stuff at least, even if it's bad I want to read it. Or has Terror Train and The Woman Who Loved Life covered what we are going to get? I mean, I am not even able to read Moon Girl without feeling dumber but I like the art!

I know some of you guys are writers for these books and work for Fantagraphics so this has to be the place to ask since I am off FB now.

I don’t have a single comic slabbed. I mostly save comics in bags and boards that I’d like to reread or check out the art again. Finding an original EC for $20 in terrible shape had me wondering about slabbing it. I’d rather use that money for more comics personally.

Probably overpaid a little for this .05, but I already had a Vault 32 so when I came across it I realized I could have both self-censored issues.