Golden Age Horror

[habib]

Here is a thread for posting GA horror comic covers and discussing these classics!

Let's start off with:

Beware Terror Tales #6

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b125/kammion/Bewterr6.jpg

[fulltimer56]

Hi habib,

What year was that book put out?

Linda

[disneyteddies]

I'm gonna guess...1956?

[fulltimer56]

1956? Lord, that book is as old as I am!! :roll:

[SatansProdigy]

Here is a thread for posting GA horror comic covers and discussing these classics!

Let's start off with:

Beware Terror Tales #6

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b125/kammion/Bewterr6.jpg

Is that for sale habib? :D

[jaeldubyoo]

Here's a cool L. B. Cole cover from 1952, the year I was born. This comic has a couple of stories by Jay Disbrow.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/jaeldubyoo/lbcole/scan.jpg

[malaprop]

Our friends at Overstreet put the BTT #6 in 1953. Still precode.

[marvelguy]

Here's a cool L. B. Cole cover from 1952, the year I was born. This comic has a couple of stories by Jay Disbrow.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/jaeldubyoo/scan.jpg

That's a nice looking book, it's full of color and it really gets your attention. It looks like a fine book. #114? Wow! It really has a good run up to 1952, that means the book run started around WW2, right?

[habib]

SP.....if I haven't already sold it....yes, it is for sale :wink: ('course I would have to look through my sell boxes to see if I still have it)

jaeldubyoo....Love the Blue Bolt Weird Stories!

Here is another favorite of mine.....

Ghostly Weird Stories #122

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b125/kammion/Ghostlyweird.jpg

One of my favorite L. B. Cole covers!

[SatansProdigy]

One of mine. Can't remember if I posted this before or not.

http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/1008/spook230iq.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[habib]

SP...That's another nice L. B. Cole cover!

OK.....here is another favorite of mine I have posted before.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b125/kammion/Cityld.jpg

After the first time I saw this cover I knew I had to own one!

[SatansProdigy]

That's an AWESOME book habib! I'm still looking fro a nice copy. No luck on ebay and nothing at the LCS's around here.

[jaeldubyoo]

I know I posted these before in the old Corral but I feel Ditko doesn't get the respect that other artists get. His style was innovative and unique and much more suitable for horror than superheroes. Here are two covers he did for Charlton's The Thing from 1954. The styles are different, but still uniquely Ditko.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/jaeldubyoo/ditko%20charlton/thing13.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/jaeldubyoo/ditko%20charlton/thing17.jpg

[SatansProdigy]

Great books jae! I use to have most of that run, but had a sell off a few years back. :cry:

Here's one of my favorite runs. I really like most of the covers, especially #50 ( I think. The one with the face melting cover?). I still don't have one. I saw one awhile back on ebay, but it wasn't in very good shape and the seller wanted NM prices for it.

http://img475.imageshack.us/img475/6005/blackcatmystery318hc.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[jaeldubyoo]

Here's another L. B Cole cover, Shocking Mystery from 1953.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/jaeldubyoo/lbcole/9a585477.jpg

[SatansProdigy]

Another sweet book jae! Do you have a big pre-code collection?

I just liberated this one from its slab.

http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/7388/horrific94fh.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[jaeldubyoo]

Another sweet book jae! Do you have a big pre-code collection?



Actually, no. I have some, but I mainly collected by artists. Ditko and L. B. Cole, in particular. I did pick up some others, but only because they were cheap. I really wasn't into horror comics, but now I'm beginning to appreciate them more. The unfortunate thing is I sold a lot of the nicer ones (it seems everybody only wanted the better comics) years ago and I don't think I can replace them all now that I want them.

This Startling Terror Tales is from 1954. It's a bit ragged and faded, but you can still see L. B. Cole's genius at work. The lead story is by Jay Disbrow, another of my favorite artists from the period.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/jaeldubyoo/lbcole/startlingterror.jpg

[jaeldubyoo]

SP, that's a nice Horrific cover. Don Heck did a great job. I always thought of him as a hack at Marvel, but he really shines with that cover.

Here's a Adventures into the Unknown from 1952. Werewolves, ghouls, demons, ghosts; what more could you ask for?

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/jaeldubyoo/acg/scan0008.jpg

[jaeldubyoo]

Here's one from 1953.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/jaeldubyoo/acg/scan0010.jpg

There seems to be a revival of interest in zombies. Many Pre-code Adventures into the Unknown issues had zombie stories as seen in this one.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/jaeldubyoo/acg/aiu50.jpg

[SatansProdigy]

More sweet books jae! I've always liked the ACG line of horror books.

http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/6766/adventuresintotheunknown150oo.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[SatansProdigy]

Another ACG

http://img470.imageshack.us/img470/3575/outofthenight130jv.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[habib]

Just picked this one up yesterday!

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b125/kammion/Blackcat47.jpg

Low grade but very cool!

[habib]

Got this one, too!

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b125/kammion/Ghostr3.jpg

I love the mix of horror and western in this title (and a Frank Frazetta cover never hurts!)

I already have a complete run of this title but just had to pick up this low grade beauty!

[habib]

And since you guys are posting some cool ACG comics.....here is a favorite of mine!

The Clutching Hand #1

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b125/kammion/Clutch.jpg

[habib]

This one has it all....Crocks, woman in a pit, & a villian with a hammer....

GA horror at its best!

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b125/kammion/suspense21.jpg

[SatansProdigy]

My wife picked this one up for my birthday.

http://img459.imageshack.us/img459/7509/vaultofhorror27so9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

And this one i got the other day.

http://img459.imageshack.us/img459/9821/eerie14bd7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[jaeldubyoo]

The Thing #15

Here's a comic for you Ditko fans. Great cover and interior art! It doesn't get much better for the Ditko aficionado. This is one comic you will need to pry from my dying hands before I let it go.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/jaeldubyoo/ditko%20charlton/thing15.jpg

[The Charlton Guy]

The Thing #15

Here's a comic for you Ditko fans. Great cover and interior art! It doesn't get much better for the Ditko aficionado. This is one comic you will need to pry from my dying hands before I let it go.


Oh lordy...my Holy Grail... #rockon#

And WHAT a copy! That is a real gem.

Let me know when you're on your way out and I'll grab my crowbar!

[jaeldubyoo]

Here's one of the few EC's that I have. I was drawn to the striking cover by Johnny Craig.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/jaeldubyoo/ec/crimess20.jpg

[jaeldubyoo]

Wally Wood is one of my favorite artists. He did some phenomenal work outside of EC. Here's one of his cover for Avon, Eerie #2. He also did art for the lead story.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/jaeldubyoo/eerie2.jpg

[jaeldubyoo]

I think I posted this one on the old Corral. Anyway, I can't get enough L.B. Cole. I have four copies of this one. With interior art by Jay Disbrow.

Terrors of the Jungle #10

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/jaeldubyoo/lbcole/totj10cole.jpg

[jaeldubyoo]

Here's another Ditko comic from Charlton. Doesn't the guy look like Dr. Strange?

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/jaeldubyoo/ditko%20charlton/spaceadv10.jpg

[jaeldubyoo]

More Ditko from the 50's.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/jaeldubyoo/ditko%20charlton/ootw3.jpg

[jaeldubyoo]

This one's a litlle more unusual. Instead of the usual ten cents, this comic is double-size for 15 cents. A whopping 68 pages, with lotsa of Ditko.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/jaeldubyoo/ditko%20charlton/ootw7.jpg

[jaeldubyoo]

Deleted. Posted twice in error. :oops:

[jaeldubyoo]

One of my personal favorites. Notice it's signed Kodti, instead of Ditko. The signature is located under the ray gun, on the side of the platform. Wonder why he scrambled his name?

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/jaeldubyoo/ditko%20charlton/ootw11.jpg

[jaeldubyoo]

Here's another Ditko comic from the 50's, This Magazine is Haunted #14.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/jaeldubyoo/ditko%20charlton/tmih14.jpg

[jaeldubyoo]

And another Ditko comic from the 50's, Tales of the Mysterious Traveller #3. Notice the street sign name?


http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/jaeldubyoo/ditko%20charlton/totmt3.jpg

[jaeldubyoo]

Yet another Ditko comic from the 50's, Strange Suspense Stories #33. See the name on nameplate of the briefcase.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/jaeldubyoo/ditko%20charlton/sss33.jpg

[jaeldubyoo]

If you haven't guessed by now, I'm a big fan of Steve Ditko, especially his Charlton work in the 50's. Here's the book that turned me onto his earlier work. It's a fanzine type publication published in 1982. It's only in black and white, but I could tell that I wanted to collect Ditko. Luckily, I was able to locate a lot of them at conventions in the 80's, often at much less than guide.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/jaeldubyoo/ditko%20charlton/ditkobook.jpg

By the way, one of my grails is Space Adventures #12, featured on the book's cover. What I wouldn't give for a VG or better copy.

[jaeldubyoo]

A Frankenstein comic by Dick Briefer

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/jaeldubyoo/golden%20age/frank26.jpg

[marvelguy]

Wow! Cool covers, Jae. I've never seen his early works before ASM in the 60's. I got to say, --gulp--, his earlier works is better than Spidey and his later works in the 70's. Like most artist, their work shows at best when they're young and it gets worse when they get old.

[jaeldubyoo]

Here's World of Mystery #1

There are a couple of stories by the EC greats Angelo Torres and Joe Orlando.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c18/jaeldubyoo/worldofm1.jpg

[StlComics]

Tomb of Terror #15

http://gallery.stlcomics.com/data/media/313/tombofterror15.jpg

[StlComics]

Weird Mysteries #5

http://gallery.stlcomics.com/data/media/313/weirdmysteries5.jpg

[StlComics]

Witches Tales #8

http://gallery.stlcomics.com/data/media/313/witchestales8.jpg

[yarmak]

thankyou everyone for sharing.They are beauty books and I probably would never had seen hese had it not been for you all posting them here :)
Dave