Tales of Terror Annual # 1 has been considered one of the tough to get EC Comics New Trend subject for as long as there ’s been an EC fandom .
fib of Terror Annual # 1has been consider one of the most unmanageable to get EC Comics New Trend issues for as long as there has been an EC Comics fandom . Jerry Weistcommented on this in the first issue of the legendary fanzineSqua Trontin 1967 , note , " The 1951 , 1952 , and 1953Tales of Terror Annualsare without a question the hardest EC token to issue forth by , short of the Picto Fiction , Shock Illustrated # 3 . And no wonder ! It has been come across that the Annuals were only distribute in a small-scale part of the United States when they were released . "
Weist went on to note that the Annuals had a little mark run than the rest of the EC Comics titles and also were not advertised in the EC Comics line itself . His opinion on the relative rarity of theTales of Terror Annuals , particularly issue # 1 , isstill widely hold by EC Comics collectorsto this day . Census data point tend to back this up , as among the highly - collected science fiction and horror New Trend deed offspring , Tales of Terror Annual # 1still has the lowest nose count number , and by a mint . Notably , none of the EC Comics annual were present among the Gaines file copy that hit the market in 1990 , and this also stand for that mellow - grade copies are virtually out of the question to find on the mart now .
Al Feldstein ’s eternity cover on this issue is weigh a unique classic . As Weist noted in 1967 , the EC Comics Annuals were not see or mentioned alfresco of the letter column , which imply that fans had to in reality find a copy to sleep together what it looked like in the early fandom era . As it curb rebound transcript of recently released comic book , the subject matter ofTales of Terror Annual # 1can vary considerably , a matter thatcontinues to be discussedby collector today . The copy up for auction at Comic Connect containsWeird Science # 14,Crypt of Terror # 18,Weird Fantasy # 13 , andHaunt of Fear # 17 , an miscellany of early New Trend EC Comics issues that would make any fan glad , both then and now . A elusive - to - get EC Comics discharge that still holds the mystique that it did in 1951 , there’sa CGC 3.0 copyofTales of Terror Annual # 1up for vendue this calendar week at Comic Connect .
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