There's something about firsts.
In the world of horror mags and comics two publications claw their way up well... first!
With Creepy in the bag and making waves, Warren publishing launched Eerie onto a monster-hungry youth in the 1965/6 and trademarked the name with a mock-up 200 print first issue, containing just three stories.
This revolutionary starter was an "ashcan" created solely to get the name in the system and thus the obscure and mythical Eerie issue 1 is called the Ashcan issue by collectors.
I certainly don't have one and I've never seen one in the flesh but if you google it there are various blogs - like Zombo's closet - with scans of what are purported to be ashcan pages. Occasionally copies turn up on auction sites commanding large sums. I wonder if its easy to establish if these are all genuine?
Anyways, here's the black and white cover I saw on Ebay sometime:
You ever seen one readers?
Another monstrous first to follow for All Hallows Eve!
I love those vintage Warren publications, Woodsy. Good question though - how to tell if a copy is a genuine example?
ReplyDeleteThere can't be that many around now Tone. Lots will be in private hands. i think there are certain features on certain pages which show its original.
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