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Tales of Terror Annual #1 has been thought-about one of many hardest to get EC Comics New Pattern points for so long as there’s been an EC fandom.
Tales of Terror Annual #1 has been thought-about probably the most tough to get EC Comics New Pattern points for so long as there was an EC Comics fandom. Jerry Weist commented on this within the first problem of the legendary fanzine Squa Tront in 1967, noting, “The 1951, 1952, and 1953 Tales of Terror Annuals are definitely the toughest EC objects to come back by, in need of the Picto Fiction, Shock Illustrated #3. And no marvel! It has been found that the Annuals had been solely distributed in a small a part of america after they had been launched.”
Weist went on to notice that the Annuals had a smaller print run than the remainder of the EC Comics titles and likewise weren’t marketed within the EC Comics line itself. His opinion on the relative rarity of the Tales of Terror Annuals, significantly problem #1, continues to be broadly held by EC Comics collectors to at the present time. Census knowledge tends to again this up, as among the many highly-collected science fiction and horror New Pattern title points, Tales of Terror Annual #1 nonetheless has the bottom census numbers, and by lots. Notably, not one of the EC Comics annuals had been current among the many Gaines file copies that hit the market in 1990, and this additionally implies that high-grade copies are practically not possible to search out on {the marketplace} now.
Al Feldstein’s infinity cowl on this problem is taken into account a singular traditional. As Weist famous in 1967, the EC Comics Annuals weren’t seen or talked about exterior of the letter columns, which implies that followers needed to really discover a copy to know what it appeared like within the early fandom period. Because it comprises rebound copies of not too long ago launched comedian books, the contents of Tales of Terror Annual #1 can range significantly, a matter that continues to be mentioned by collectors at this time. The copy up for public sale at Comedian Join comprises Bizarre Science #14, Crypt of Terror #18, Bizarre Fantasy #13, and Hang-out of Worry #17, an assortment of early New Pattern EC Comics points that might make any fan pleased, each then and now. A troublesome-to-get EC Comics launch that also holds the mystique that it did in 1951, there is a CGC 3.0 copy of Tales of Terror Annual #1 up for public sale this week at Comedian Join.
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