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It was great to finally meet up with Jayman after being friends on the boards for so many years.

With all the artwork to look at, and all the books that were brought, we could have spent two days going through everything. 

I could post a pic, but it would quickly be deleted and get me a suspension, so I'll skip it. 

On 4/9/2024 at 9:05 PM, adamstrange said:

There was a discussion of Cole Romance cover popularity as a result of the recent Heritage sale of True to Life Romance 11.

I will set up a poll for that, with the following approach:

Pick your 10 favorites out of all 83 Cole Romance covers.

Deadline Midnight Sunday

I have scans ready for all the covers to make it easy to participate.

Thoughts?

Great idea. I'm in.

On 3/26/2024 at 12:48 AM, fifties said:

Score!  Came in today, and I'm finally able to complete my HOF run.  This was the most elusive issue.

Hopefully we'll see a group-shot soon.  

On 2/7/2024 at 4:11 AM, Cat-Man_America said:

My Gernsback Amazing "bedsheets" from the '20s are eyeing this; some are high grade... 

(In Homer Simpsons voice) This has always been one of my favorite covers ever since I seen it just now.

It seems to me that this would be one of the best forums for aliens and robots to post. 

My cats seem bigger than most. 

On 1/26/2024 at 9:42 AM, pmpknface said:

Ok, I've been look at these books for a few days and they are very cool!  When are they from?  The 50's I'm guessing?  What is the publisher on these? 

I don't think that any are Cole books, but I think they are Cole-ish if that makes sense.  That last one has things like the purple car, other bright colors, the cover layout with story titles, but I don't think it's his stuff.  It reminds me of some of his Thrilling Crime Cases (a phrase also used on that above cover) like this one:

To me the brush / line work doesn't seem like his.  And I know that is a bit contradictory to some thoughts that I have because Cole used so many techniques and had different art styles over the course of his career, but looking at the overcoat on the right and the floorboards doesn't remind me of any other work of his I've seen.  

All that said, these comics are darn cool!  Any other thoughts?  This is just my .  

I've learned these are Australian books published by Horwitz in 1952/1953. There seems to be 20 books in the run. 

I've learned that these are from Australia and published by Horwitz, but I'm not sure of the cover artists.

Cross-posting from the "Crime"  thread.

I bought these foreign crime books years ago and I'm not sure what they are. The interiors are black and white, and the covers are the same paper as the interiors.

The #7 is my favorite with the knife to the throat, and the woman in the foreground. The last book (#11) looks very much like an L. B. Cole cover to me. Does anyone have any background info on these books?