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Publisher: Gemstone
Years in Operation: 1994 - ?
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Country: Flag United States Web Site: https://www.gemstonepub.com/ Brands: 3 Indicia Publishers: 2 Series: 90 Printings: 701 (693 Issues) Disclose Notes: Gemstone Publishing is a Division of Geppi's Entertainment Publishing & Auctions (Stephen A. Geppi); they are the current publisher of the 'Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide' (Robert M. Overstreet; in print annually since 1970) and various other guides/publications; including later issues of the reference magazine, 'Comic Book Marketplace'

Gemstone inherited publisher Russ Cochran's EC/Entertaining Comics' color reprint series in 1994 (which were also compiled into squarebound anthologies) and is also associated with various Walt Disney and Carl Barks comics series
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Series Name Years in Print Issues (Printings)
Aces High {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: This series is part of Gemstone's reprint line of EC Comics.
1999 - 5
Aces High Annual {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints EC's Aces High (Gemstone, 1999 series), facsimile with some new elements (like new letter columns and ads).
1999 - 1
Comic Book Marketplace {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Hiatus of ten months between issues v2#83 and v3#84 after editor Gary Carter left.
1995 - 2005 100
Crime Patrol {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints the complete series Crime Patrol (EC, 1948 series).
2000 - 2001 10
Crime Patrol Annual {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Square-bound anthology series, which collects Crime Patrol (Gemstone, 2000 series); which were reprints of EC's Crime Patrol, but with new letters columns and adverts.
2000 - 2001 2
Crime Suspenstories {Comic Books} 1994 - 1999 19
Crime SuspenStories Annual {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Collects issues of Gemstone reprints of Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series). Facsimile, with some variations (new letter pages for instance).
1994 - 1999 6
Disney Presents Carl Barks' Greatest DuckTales Stories {Comic Books} 2006 - 2
Disney's DuckTales by Marv Wolfman: Scrooge's Quest {Comic Books} 2007 - 2007 1
EC Archives: Crime SuspenStories {Hardcovers} 2007 - 1
EC Archives: Frontline Combat {Hardcovers} Disclose
Note: Reprints complete issues of EC's Frontline Combat comics.
2008 - ? 1
EC Archives: Shock SuspenStories {Hardcovers} Disclose
Note: Reprints the EC Shock SuspenStories comic books from the 1950's.
2006 - 2 (4)
EC Archives: Tales from the Crypt {Hardcovers} Disclose
Note: Collects Tales from the Crypt (EC, 1950 series).
2007 - 2008 3
EC Archives: The Vault of Horror {Hardcovers} 2007 - 1
EC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales {Hardcovers} Disclose
Note: Reprints the EC Two-Fisted Tales comic books from the 1950's.
2007 - 2
EC Archives: Weird Science {Hardcovers} Disclose
Note: Reprints the EC Weird Science comic books from the 1950's.
2006 - 2008 3 (4)
EC Sampler - Free Comic Book Day {Comic Books} 2008 - 1
Extra! {Comic Books} 2000 - 5
Extra! Annual {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Collects Extra! (Gemstone, 2000), facsimile reprints of EC's series with new elements (like new letter columns and ads).
2000 - 1
Free Comic Book Day: The Overstreet Guide to Collecting Comics {Comic Books} 2010 - 1
Frontline Combat {Comic Books} 1995 - 1999 15
Frontline Combat Annual {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Collects Frontline Combat (Gemstone, 1995), which reprints EC's Frontline Combat with new letter columns and ads.
1996 - 1998 3
Haunt of Fear {Comic Books} 1994 - 1998 20
Haunt of Fear Annual {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Collects issues of EC comic book Haunt of Fear. Facsimile, with some variations (new letter pages for instance).
1994 - 1999 6
Impact {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: This series is part of Gemstone's reprint line of EC Comics.
1999 - 5
Impact Annual {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Square-bound anthology, which collects Impact (Gemstone, 1999 series) #1 to #5; which were reprints of EC's Impact, but with new letters columns and adverts.
1999 - 1
Incredible Science Fiction {Comic Books} 1994 - 1995 3
Kabuki Fan Edition {Comic Books} 1997 - 1
M.D. {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: This series is part of Gemstone's reprint line of EC Comics.
1999 - 2000 5
M.D. Annual {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Collects complete issues (including covers) of Gemstone reprints (Gemstone, 1999) of the EC comic book M.D. Facsimile, with some variations (new letter pages for instance).
2000 - 1
Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas {Comic Books} 2004 - 1
The Overstreet Guide to Collecting [Free Comic Book Day] {Comic Books} 2011 - ? 4
The Overstreet Guide to Collecting Comics - Free Comic Book Day 2011 {Comic Books} 2011 - 1
Overstreet's Fan {Comic Books} 1995 - 1997 3
Panic {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints issues #1-#12 of Panic (EC, 1954 series).
1997 - 1999 12
Panic Annual {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints Panic (Gemstone, 1997 series)
1997 - 2000 3
Piracy {Comic Books} 1998 - 7
Piracy Annual {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints EC's Piracy (Gemstone, 1998), facsimile with some new elements (like new letter columns).
1998 - 1999 2
Psychoanalysis {Comic Books} 1999 - 2000 4
Psychoanalysis Annual {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Square-bound anthology, which collects Psychoanalysis (Gemstone, 1999 Series) #1 to #4; which were reprints of EC's Psychoanalysis, but with new letters columns, adverts.
1999 - 1
Shock Suspenstories {Comic Books} 1994 - 1996 10
Shock SuspenStories Annual {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Each volume collects 4 or 5 issues of the Gemstone EC comic book reprint series Shock SuspenStories bound into new covers; technically not reprints as they are the original Gemstone issues.
1994 - 1997 4
Tales from the Crypt {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Quarterly.
1994 - 1999 22
Tales from the Crypt Annual {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Collects complete issues (including covers) of Gemstone reprints of the EC comic book Tales from the Crypt. Facsimile, with some variations (new letter pages for instance).
1994 - 1999 6
The Barks/Rosa Collection {Trade Paperbacks} 2007 - 2008 3
The Three Musketeers {Comic Books} 2004 - 1
Two-Fisted Tales {Comic Books} 1994 - 1998 16
Two-Fisted Tales Annual {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Collects issues of Two-Fisted Tales (Gemstone, 1994). Facsimile of EC series, with some variations (new letter pages for instance).
1994 - 1998 5
Valor {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: This series is part of Gemstone's reprint line of EC Comics.
1998 - 1999 5
Valor Annual {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Square-bound anthology, which collects Valor (Gemstone, 1999 Series) #1 to #5; which were reprints of EC's Valor, but with new letters columns, adverts.
1999 - 1
Vault of Horror {Comic Books} 1994 - 1999 21
Vault of Horror Annual {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Collects issues of EC comic book Vault of Horror. Facsimile, with some variations (new letter pages for instance).
1995 - ? 6
Walt Disney Treasures - Disney Comics: 75 Years of Innovation {Comic Books} 2006 - 1
Walt Disney Treasures - Uncle Scrooge: A Little Something Special {Comic Books} 2008 - 1
Walt Disney's Christmas Parade {Comic Books} 2003 - 2008 5 (6)
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories {Comic Books} 2003 - 2008 65
Walt Disney's Donald Duck {Comic Books} 2008 - 1
Walt Disney's Donald Duck "Creepy Claws" {Comic Books} 2006 - 1
Walt Disney's Donald Duck - Free Comic Book Day {Comic Books} 2006 - 1
Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures {Trade Paperbacks} 2003 - 2006 21
Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures - Free Comic Book Day {Comic Books} 2003 - 1 (4)
Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures - Free Promotional Comic Book {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: This was a giveaway at the Geppi Entertainment Museum. See also "Walt Disney's Comic Book Adventures - Free Comic Book Day", (Gemstone, 2003 Series), for another edition of this book.
2006 - 1
Walt Disney's Donald Duck and Friends {Comic Books} 2003 - 2006 39
Walt Disney's Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge {Comic Books} 2005 - 1
Walt Disney's Donald Duck Family, The Daan Jippes Collection {Comic Books} 2008 - 1
Walt Disney's Donald Duck Featuring "Hobblin' Goblins" {Comic Books} 2005 - 1
Walt Disney's Donald Duck in The Case of the Missing Mummy {Comic Books} 2007 - 1
Walt Disney's Gyro Gearloose - Free Comic Book Day {Comic Books} 2008 - 1
Walt Disney's Mickey and the Gang: Classic Stories in Verse {Comic Books} 2005 - 1
Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse - Free Comic Book Day {Comic Books} 2007 - 1
Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Adventures {Comic Books} 2004 - 2006 12
Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse and Blotman in Blotman Returns {Comic Books} 2006 - 1
Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse and Friends {Comic Books} 2003 - 2006 39
Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse and Uncle Scrooge - Free Comic Book Day {Comic Books} 2004 - 1
Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Meets Blotman {Comic Books} 2005 - 1
Walt Disney's Spring Fever {Comic Books} 2007 - 2008 2
Walt Disney's The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck {Trade Paperbacks} 2005 - 1 (2)
Walt Disney's The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Companion {Comic Books} 2006 - 1
Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge {Comic Books} 2003 - 2008 65
Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge - Free Comic Book Day {Comic Books} 2005 - 1
Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge [Giveaway] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Halloween giveaway. No title in the indicia; series title from cover.
2007 - 1
Walt Disney's Vacation Parade {Comic Books} 2004 - 2008 5
Walt Disney's World of the Dragonlords {Comic Books} 2005 - 1
War Against Crime {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints the complete series War Against Crime (EC, 1948 series).
2000 - 2001 11
War Against Crime Annual {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Square-bound anthology series, which collects War Against Crime (Gemstone, 2000 series); which were reprints of EC's War Against Crime, but with new letters columns and adverts.
2000 - 2001 2
Weird Fantasy {Comic Books} 1994 - 1998 14
Weird Fantasy Annual {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Collects issues of EC comic book Weird Fantasy. Facsimile, with some variations (new letter pages for instance).
1994 - ? 5
Weird Science {Comic Books} 1994 - 1997 14
Weird Science Annual {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Collects issues of EC comic book Weird Science. Facsimile, with some variations (new letter pages for instance).
1994 - 1997 5
Weird Science-Fantasy Annual {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Square-bound anthology series, which collects Weird Science-Fantasy (Russ Cochran, 1992 series) and Incredible Science Fiction (Russ Cochran, 1994 Series) then (Gemstone, 1994 Series); which were reprints of EC titles of same name, but renumbered and with new letters columns, adverts. Russ Cochran was the original publisher of the EC (Entertaining Comics) reprint series, which were continued by Gemstone 1994 on.
1994 - 1995 2

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