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Post by adriang913 on Nov 28, 2016 15:21:54 GMT
In an attempt to work out how many issues I am missing, I have done as much research I can of all the titles I own and don't own (even to the point of making a spreadsheet!) and come up with a reckoning that at least 51 issues are reprints. That means there are no more than 86 unique issues out there. The good news for me is that I feel like I am only missing a handful of actual "stories"!
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Post by adriang913 on Nov 1, 2016 16:34:29 GMT
I should have asked this sooner - but I have been selling off the duplicates on eBay (after buying two job lots there was some overlap)
So is anyone interested in buying selling or swapping?
Or do we not do that here?
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Post by adriang913 on Nov 1, 2016 16:26:46 GMT
Ooh... floodgates opening now 62 - "Face in the Fog" - Well illustrated and spooky, with a poetic ending, which really works. A classic tale. 70 - "Hands of Death" - Gory tale of revenge by dismembered hands. Not to be confused with "Hands of Evil" - which is also about hands but they are two different stories. 81 - "Execution of Sinners" - This one is just plain sick 83 - "Terror in Wax" - Best cover painting of the whole series. The one that made me want to hunt them all down (Cover pic attached!) 106 - "The Cupboard" - Revenge from beyond the grave again. Nicely done. 104 - "Fear" - Very good artwork - I love all the stories done by this illustrator ("Face in the Mirror" and "Born to be Evil" are two others). I didn't realise until now that all of the early editions, up to about issue 26, have got two stories per issue. The book title and illustration is only one of the stories.
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Post by adriang913 on Nov 1, 2016 8:42:59 GMT
The annoying thing about trying to collect the full set of the Pocket Chiller Library titles is that you've got to put up with owning approximately 40 duplicate issues because thats how many of the stories were repeated. Makes it rather unsatisfying to buy the missing issue when you really already "have" them.
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Post by adriang913 on Nov 1, 2016 8:30:48 GMT
And my haul just grew again very suddenly with another bulk buy. It's now a pretty substantial collection! Here's a photo of the whole lot I now own. I had to stand very far away to get them all in, so the detail is not great, so if people want to see any issue in more detail I am happy to take individual pictures
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Post by adriang913 on Sept 30, 2016 12:56:09 GMT
I joined this space because I just had to share with someone who might care - I just bought a lot of 24 (yes TWENTY-FOUR) Pocket Chiller Library comics from eBay and I can't contain myself with excitement!!
I had a lot of these as a youngster but got rid of them all - this purchase goes towards the beginnings of rebuilding.
I can upload a picture of them all if anyone is interested
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