I was surprised to get all of these EC annuals for an average of five bucks a piece via four or five purchases. It helped me fill some holes but inadvertently unloosed a new collection goal. These reprints are great even if this set is more niche than usual. Anyone else have these as reader copies? Is Bob Gorby here?

Reviews on this one have already been overwhelmingly positive and I’m really looking forward to reading it. Here are all the variant covers.

I read through the entire book in a single sitting. I don't know if this is allowed (if not, my apologies), here is my review-
https://youtu.be/CRl2k7K0H_Q

Before Gladstone, before the EC Library, Russ Cochran first published these 11x16 “Portfolio” editions, on incredible paper. Thick and textured like good paper should be. Lines so very crisp. Inky solid blacks. Covers recolored by Marie Severin in watercolor. You can really see her hand in it, and the whole thing just feels so crafted. I have a few of these now. He produced 6 of them. I’m missing portfolios 1 and 6.

Reddit tells me to post this here, but I don't think it was an EC thing. Anyway, here goes (repost from r/HorrorComics):

After getting help with "Yellow Heat" the other night, I'll ask if anyone remembers this thing that I've been looking for perfunctorily over the years. I think it was one of the little extra stories in an issue of Elflord, where the main story often didn't fill all the pages, or possibly another Aircel title.

Plot: There's a sort of alien invasion that the US military tries to repel. I forget how the alien tech looked, but I don't think they were shown outside their craft... Billions of people killed, probably, And finally, the Secret Service has to try to get the President out of harm's way. However, he is having a tryst with a young lady, so his bodyguards have to break down the door to his hotel(?) room and hustle him away. The young lady is dealt with summarily as surplus to requirements, i.e., she's killed on the spot. That's the element that sticks with me, and maybe the only actual death in the story.

Charlie Chan parody by Bill Elder

Wasn't sure what flair to use...

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!