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The top is cut a bit close to the logo, but the bottom has more white, so it's probably just a manufacturing defect.
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On 6/12/2022 at 5:50 AM, Ryan. said:This quote always bugged me since I couldn't reconcile it with my own knowledge of Baker. Feldstein says that Baker was famous for headlights. But that's not really true. Baker was famous for being the overall best and fastest draftman of GGA in his time, and probably ever (and also for dressing nattily as everyone seemed to point out). He wasn't famous for drawing big juggs and often didn't. This Feldstein comment is reductive and somewhat insulting. I think his memory failed him here.
When I first bought Art of Glamour and began collecting Baker in earnest, I took Feldstein's statement at face value. Eventually, though, it became apparent that almost all true Matt Baker art was tastefully drawn, and that the work that was sexually over-the-top might not be his at all, or at the very least is his art modified by a heavy handed inker.
Even when Baker drew a street corner hooker, she was not gaudy.
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On 6/11/2022 at 9:19 PM, MB1952 said:
2/49 Matt Baker was at St John.
Sky Girl by Iger-Shop.
scams thanks to comicbookplus.com
Art of Glamour correctly left #120 off the list of Baker work in Jumbo.
The CGC note is probably based on the Overstreet Price Guide, which as recently as the 50th edition misattributed Sky Girl to Baker through issue #130. (It may still be wrong in the 51st edition, which I don't have.)
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On 6/4/2022 at 6:30 PM, comicnoir said:
I talked to Feldstein.
Sorry. I should have read your post more carefully. Feldstein doesn't come to mind when I see PL 17 (just my opinion again), but Kamen certainly does.
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On 6/4/2022 at 5:44 PM, comicnoir said:
He talked about his great drawing and how he helped him improve his own art. They worked next to each other at Iger. It's been a number of years.
Too bad Kamen didn't specifically discuss covers with you. Perhaps Kamen and Baker collaborated in some way on the cover of PL17.
To my eyes, the covers of Fight 47 and All Top 13 (both attributed to Kamen), when compared to Phantom Lady 17, bear more Kamen hallmarks than Baker. The hair, the eyebrows, the staring eyes, and the mouths are all similar.
BUT THAT IS JUST MY OPINION. Everyone else is free to think whatever they like. I am not trying to change anyone's mind. I'm just stating what I see.
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On 6/4/2022 at 3:05 PM, comicnoir said:
That's right. We talked about how Baker taught him to draw. Never once did he say, you know that famous cover he was suppose to have drawn?
So, he did not bring up the drawing of PL 17. Which of his covers did he discuss with you?
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On 6/3/2022 at 10:31 PM, Iksar said:
That’s exactly what I say about Phantom Lady 17
You'll get no argument from me. It's not a popular opinion, but I've long doubted that Baker did that cover.
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On 5/29/2022 at 10:03 PM, MB1952 said:
Matt Baker cover
Regardless of what the label says, those figures and faces are too wonky to be Matt Baker.
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On 5/26/2022 at 7:04 PM, Point Five said:
I believe I've seen that copy before. The late Bart Bush had it in his private collection and showed it to me at an OAFCon in Oklahoma a few years ago.
Bart had this one, too. https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?ItemID=55987224
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On 4/11/2022 at 6:31 PM, Dr. Love said:
well, yes, more so the Promise bump and a general sign of the times. Of course Baker books are rare in 8.5 and above, but the truth is there are probably more higher grade Baker romance per slabbed issues than any other publisher save Fawcett (and that's due solely to the Crowleys). Romance in high grade aint happening across the board. But Baker books have always sold at multiples to other romance titles in all grades.
But back to the Promise books. Junie bought everything (except funny animal books) but still remarkably little romance considering the genre's saturation of the market in 1949 and 1950. Only 4 Baker romance in that whole 5000 book lot. Compare that to this list of Bakers which are still out there, either unslabbed or still unsold, waiting to make an appearance...one day.
No Prize if you can guess what "pedigree" these books belong to. And it isn't Church. That's a whole different romance story.
GCE 09 8.0 Cinderella Love 14 Cinderella Love 15 Cinderella Love 26 Diary Secrets 11 Diary Secrets 16 Diary Secrets 17 Diary Secrets 18 Diary Secrets 19 Diary Secrets 20 Diary Secrets 21 Diary Secrets 22 Diary Secrets 24 Pictorial Confessions 01 7.0 Pictorial Romances 17 7.5 Pictorial Romances 18 4.5 Pictorial Romances 19 6.5 Pictorial Romances 20 6.5 Pictorial Romances 23 7.0 Teen-Age Diary Secrets 04 6.5 Teen-Age Diary Secrets 06 8.0 Teen-Age Diary Secrets 08 8.0 Teen-Age Diary Secrets 09 6.0 Teen-Age Love nn 6.5 Teen-Age Romances 02 7.5 Teen-Age Romances 09 4.0 Teen-Age Romances 17 5.0 Teen-Age Romances 18 4.5 Teen-Age Romances 19 4.5 Teen-Age Romances 06 Teen-Age Romances 08 Teen-Age Romances 11 Teen-Age Romances 12 Teen-Age Romances 14 Teen-Age Romances 32 Teen-Age Romances 35 6.0 Teen-Age Romances 36 Teen-Age Temptations 03 7.0 Teen-Age Temptations 04 6.0 Teen-Age Temptations 05 6.0 Teen-Age Temptations 06 6.0 Teen-Age Temptations 07 6.0 Teen-Age Temptations 08 Throbbing Love nn 7.0 True Love Pictorial 03 6.5 True Love Pictorial 06 5.0 True Love Pictorial 07 8.0 True Love Pictorial 08 5.5 Wartime Romances 14 6.5 I often wonder about those Sixth Street books. The family supposedly fought over them and pulled them from the market, but you'd think someone would have cashed in by now.
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On 3/27/2022 at 10:51 PM, redknight99 said:
You got it! Thank you very much.
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On 3/26/2022 at 4:40 PM, gcstomp said:
Sandman 1
It's yours. Thanks!
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Bump for the price drops noted above.
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WOLVERINE #1
CGC 9.8 White
November 1988
1st Patch
$495$475
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BATMAN ADVENTURES: MAD LOVE
CGC 9.6 WHITE
Origin of Harley Quinn
$225$200
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Fresh from CGC, here are more of my personal original owner books.
My scanner is sometimes adding creative glares and streaks, but the books are all true beauties. If you need additional pics, just let me know.
First “I'll Take It!” in the thread wins and trumps all private negotiations.
Please make sure to quote the book you are taking.
Payment must be made by PayPal within 48 hours of invoice, which will be provided to buyers via PM.
Please do not rescind your take or swap with others on the thread.
US buyers only; shipping to US PayPal verified addresses only, via USPS Priority Insured. Shipping $15 1st slab, +$3 per additional slab.
No returns on slabbed books.
No probation listers or HOSers.
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Price discount on the 7.5 Batman 171!
7.5 sold on the Bay this week (3/3/2022) for $2350.
Now, my 7.5 is marked down here to $2150.
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Here we go again! But this time, there are 4 different new listings, identical except for the item #.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/313883146841?hash=item4914e4ba59:g:IlsAAOSwM8thmnRx
https://www.ebay.com/itm/194854795576?hash=item2d5e403938:g:IlsAAOSwM8thmnRx
https://www.ebay.com/itm/313883104722?hash=item4914e415d2:g:IlsAAOSwM8thmnRx
https://www.ebay.com/itm/175167086928?hash=item28c8c5a150:g:IlsAAOSwM8thmnRx
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On 2/12/2022 at 10:07 PM, jimjum12 said:
That Detective is one that I always considered a classic cover. Someone would be lucky to have that. GOD BLESS...
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It is a great issue, featuring classic D ick Sprang art on a story with the "Loch Ness Monster." If I didn't have a raw undercopy that I enjoy reading, I would not sell this one.
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On 2/13/2022 at 4:23 AM, Changer said:
wow these guys are back at it again, different site I believe. How do they keep Hijacking different sites or is this a sophisticated scam with all these 100% sites, see Cinderella Love # 25 1954 St. John Matt Baker key Rare low grade complete . | eBay
All Winners Comics #8 CGC 7.0 1943. Rare WWII iconic cover. CGC 2006 old label | eBay
If you check out the account's Sold items, they're all from a place in the UK. The new batch of rare comics, however, are all in the US, and the scammer has put their direct contact info in one of the images.
Baker Romance
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It definitely should have gone for more, especially since it's the 1st Appearance of Groot's Back Up Dancers.