sagii

You are a gentleman and a scholar! Hope to return that favor one day! (I'm really liking my Board Family

Crazy cover! Nice! Congrats! (I want some EC's now!!)

Whole lotta pennies there, Sagii. And don't look at me...I bailed around $600. If I want to spend more than that on a photocover, I need permission from the Big Boss! Now are you saying that the #3 7.0 is yours? If true, I'll pick up dinner split the bill cover the tip! (thumbs u they say a picture is worth a thousand words. I'll answer that question tonight when I get home from work. You're on the west coast so you'll be up

Oh, why did I let you know there was still bidding on Saturday! Yes you did, kind sir. And i won't forget your generosity!

So that was YOU... I begin to see you in a whole new light If we ever meet up for dinner, you're picking up the tab buddy I had a feeling it was maybe you and Sqeggs I was bidding against. As far as lunch, it depends on who's in whose city first. But sure I can do that. Just PM me. Told you I was saving my pennies for that auction

Thank you sir!

Just got this from the HA auction. HARD to find. Completed run, when my #2 comes back from grading, i take a group shot!

Beware the Batmen! You're knocking it out of the park!

Nice!! (thumbs u

Top shelf material. Really nice. One of the best issue 'one' covers of the golden age IMHO.congrats again!

Well you're just going to keep everyone up tonight aren't you? :applause:Great stuff. Making another cup of coffee......

Amazing!

Thanks for the compliment on my book. Great pick ups in your end as well! Bummer on your collecting status, but congrats on the bundle of joy coming your way. I had to pull back on buying during 2012 and 2013, but have been back this year, full steam ahead. Nothing extravagant, but ive got some great uncommon acquisitions. You'll be back in no time too. And I'm sure what you've already acquired, brings you hours of pleasure when you have the downtime to go through it.

One of my all time favorite MLJ Steel Sterling covers:Electrocution, tourture, hypodermic needles,hooded villian,damsel in distress, bondage,hero to rescue, and oh yes, fire breathing reptile man. All by the man, Charles Biro!

That is a beauty. Colletta could draw beautiful faces on his female subjects. Nice acquisition.

Thank you Straw-man.

Thanks Sir!

NICE! The under appreciated Starman. One of DCs best debut covers, congrats!

And you as well, Sagii! Sagii and I are old acquaintances, bound over a comic book, newly found. All comic roads lead to the boards. "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers." And sisters of course. The fraternity of romance collectors is small, those who actively collect the photo covers, smaller still. Yet photo covers are a big part of the romance legacy, representing about 1/4 or more of the total romance output of approx 6000 issues. For some publishers it was the sole/chief artistic expression for covers (Fawcett, Famous Funnies, Standard). For others, it played a substantial role in their sales strategy (Ace, DC, Prize, ME, Marvel, Orbit, Quality, Ziff Davis). Comic lovers are illustration oriented. But romantic images of the Greatest Generation were to a large degree captured photographically. A slice of American life, preserved in four color amber. And to me, always, a reminder of what our parents, my Mom and Dad, might have looked like as twenty-somethings in love. Although I'm pretty sure my Mom didn't look like this.That's a beauty good Dr. Thanks for posting it. It compliments the no.2 I posted last night. Now all of love fandom can see the two issue run together,

Posted this in the MLJ thread and posted it on My Slabbed Comics, but love it so much, posting it here too. Rockford copy

I do. :grin:Glad i'm not alone. Good catching up with you good Dr.

That's a great shot of a striking lady on that one! It looks like like one of the 'Quality' photo romance cover runs. (thumbs u

NIICE!!! See, it's books like these that make collecting goldlen age so special! Take a bow!

This one is pretty scarce. It's from Marvel(Atlas/ Timely era?). It's 'Loveland #2' (Feb. 1950). And it's the last of what was a two issue run only. No, i don't have no.1(yet). The few Romance titles i do collect are photo covers. I love (no pun intended)the romance photo covers. Enjoy!

I've always loved both those covers(that's a killer recreation btw). Montana is a master! The no.34 is becoming THE classic cover MLJ book to have, no matter what genre, pub;isher, character(s) you collect.