CREEPY #8 (1965) Warren Mag; Toth, Williamson, Crandall, Severin & more! G-VG

Description: From 1965, this is issue #8 of Warren Publishing's 'Creepy' magazine, which presented an anthology of scary stories, hosted by 'Uncle Creepy', that typically had a twist ending. They evaded the comics code authority restrictions on depicting monsters by publishing in magazine format, and in black & white. The roster for this issue reads like a who's who of great artists of the period, many of who previous produced such tales for EC. Underneath a Gray Morrow cover, stories in this issue are illustrated by Alex Toth, Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, Gray Morrow, Angelo Torres, Reed Crandall, John Severin, and Gene Colan. The pick of the crop is the cover story, 'The Coffin of Dracula', from Archie Goodwin and Reed Crandall. Perhaps it is the popularity of this story which makes this one of the hardest of the early 'Creepy's to find. This 58 year old book, which I have owned since buying it as a child at the time of publication, is a book with obvious handling and storage wear, but is still complete, with nothing much marring the cover painting, and all pages secure. The cover retains some reflectivity. Defects include:- multiple indentations on the front cover, as if it has been rested upon while drawing on a paper on top of it- heavy wear, stresses, tears and colour erosion down the spine- cover is detached at lower staple- front cover shows moderate handling wear- back cover has colour-breaks, colour-lift, and 'soiling' (ink transfer) from comic bebeath when stacked- title lettering shows some discoloration as a result of stacking and ink transfer from comic on top- pages off-white and starting to tan around the edgesAlthough clearly a copy which has had a lot of wear, this remains a presentable, book. On balance, I would judge this to be G-VG (3.0), but you are invited to arrive at your own assessment based on the pictures and the above notes. This comic will be dispatched backed and bagged, securely packed in a sturdy bookmailer (not bubble-wrap or A4 envelope!) to see it reaches you in the same condition it leaves me! I use Royal Mail rather than Hermes, Yodel, or DHL. I've been collecting comics for over 50 years. In that time I've upgraded much of my collection, resulting in extra copies of many issues. In addition, there are series' I have collected which I don't feel the need to take to the grave! I am therefore seeking to reduce the size of my collection by selling off my duplicates and items no longer of interest. As a continuing collector myself, I really want buyers to be happy with their purchase, whatever condition it is in, and I always try to grade carefully, using Overstreet criteria. I try to provide sufficient descriptive detail and images for you to know what you are buying, but, if you are unhappy, you may return your purchase for a full refund.

Price: 8.5 GBP

Location: Sheffield

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