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A few more Treasure Chest's.

The earliest I own is V1#2. The 2nd appearance of Chuck White, who I believe had stories in every issue. He's got to be high on the list of least known, long running characters.

Not sure where else to post these books so I'll revive this old thread.

This series ran for 27 years and almost 500 issues. Starting in the 4th year they moved from newsprint to glossy covers.

On 4/4/2023 at 7:28 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Something about this book was nagging at me and I figured out it was that Henry Lewis Nixon wrote more than one book about psychiatrists He also wrote one called "Ship's Doctor" so I guess it was a thing... (note the shoulders )

Nice one. I wonder if a psychiatrist ran off with Nixon's wife or something. 

Another great bunch of books. The Battlefront #26 is on my short list of favorite war covers and your copy is by far the best I've ever seen. 

On 2/14/2023 at 11:32 AM, Robot Man said:

Classic issue. The original is so much better than Marie’s re-color for the hardback reprint. 

I agree. I also didn't know that she's the one that did the colors on the reprint (assuming you mean the one with a white ceiling and light blue or grey walls).

On 12/29/2022 at 6:38 AM, C. Spaulding said:

The two copies with the pink writing were my old copies. It’s a ‘Ch’ short for Cherrainne which was my grandma’s first name. 

That's great to know, thanks.

And thanks again for the book. I just checked my old pm's and see I bought the 5.0 from you a year and a half ago on the boards. 

On 12/28/2022 at 4:00 PM, Dr. Love said:

Fantastic, Chris!  Orbits are really really really hard to find in grade, especially the line drawn.  42 with that black cover, and 43 has no census.  Pound for pound, maybe the best romance publisher.  Atlas vs St. John, I stack Colletta up against Baker, not on covers, on interiors and story telling capability.  But Orbits had a nice bullpen, at least four expressive artists, each of whom had their own unique style, each of whom could make a relatively actionless drama come to life - Leav, Lawrence, Buscema, and Anderson.

Big John started on western and crime for Marvel in '48, and after a few years made his way over to Orbit.  His produced a fairly large body of work there, at least in romance terms.  Superb artist.  Honed his skills for you know what later down the road.

and buddy, no pink, and well, at least you know where the 6.0 lives now   

 

 

 

 

 

Another great post Andy, and I'm not remotely surprised you own that beaut. I know I've seen a 3rd copy with those pink letters somewhere and it's going to bug me until I find out where.

Like you mentioned, the combination of high quality and low quantity make the Orbit romance books fun to collect. I'm sure the only way I'll ever get really nice copies though, is to luck into an ebay BIN.

Love Journal #15 with John Buscema cover. I usually get rid of my undercopies, but for some reason I'm compelled to hoard this issue. I cracked out a CGC 4.5 and 5.0 but there's a 6.0 out there somewhere that I'd like to free. If my memory isn't playing tricks on me, it has the same "Cb" (or is it "Ch"?) written in pink that my copies have.

A recent Avon pick-up. 

I didn't see any graffiti on Ringo's grave when I visited it about 20 years ago but I did see that someone carved "I'm your Huckleberry" on the iron fence around Doc Holliday's grave.

On 10/27/2022 at 1:21 PM, GACollectibles said:

Our Lady of Fatima #935 G/VG $25 c-ow, small something stuck to top of back cover, only two graded copies of this comic (6.0 & 4.5, both File Copy)

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I'll take it.