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On 4/12/2024 at 1:20 PM, Darwination said:

I love how Cole's lovers aren't holding back.  This is some serious smoochin:

Anybody holding this cover proof?  The image from Heritage is old and all pixelated Besides having some waviness at the time.

For example...

On 4/12/2024 at 1:20 PM, Darwination said:

I love how Cole's lovers aren't holding back.  This is some serious smoochin:

Anybody holding this cover proof?  The image from Heritage is old and all pixelated Besides having some waviness at the time.

Have you checked comic connect? There are a ton up there.

Large pics for the masses?

If I've learned 1 thing from this already, it's that I need to upgrade copies of some of my favorites!  It's also helping me pick out the next set to sent in to be graded.  

On 4/11/2024 at 8:49 PM, RareHighGrade said:

Issue #29.  8 Universal copies in the census.  Another action-packed cover:  A French Legionnaire is getting ready to body-slam one of his adversaries.

 

This book is nearly 86 years old and graded higher than my 1st app of Spider-Gwen.  

I had forgotten about the Curse Of series.  Love that one!    

This one was tougher than rd 1!

On 4/10/2024 at 8:54 PM, adamstrange said:

First two polls are up.  I'll do the next two tomorrow.

I did attempt to split up the better covers amidst each of the poll groups.  The top 5 from each group will move into Round 2 where will crown the winner.

I eliminated 3 comics from the list because of the limit to only 20 books in each poll.  I chose these for having the least amount of LB Cole art

#3 should be there, but it wouldn't win anyhow. 

Thanks a TON for doing this!!!

A few variants. Grabbed the #1 with Hobgoblin on it!

On 4/10/2024 at 3:54 AM, Darwination said:

Love pulp?  Heaven knows I don't want to set any delicate personalities on edge by bandying the term around, but I'd say so

Not actually in my physical collection, but a fellow scanner picked this up for me and sent me the raw scans to skirt the international shipping costs, as I like the cover (artist unknown).  Twice a month schedule, the Miracle Library from Fleetway looks to be a mix of romance and crime or suspense:

https://archive.org/details/miracle-library-0241-ill-share-your-danger-1959.-fleetway-d-d

 

This cover is cool.  It reminds me somewhere between a Ziff Davis cover and a foreign 50's movie poster.  I know that's random, but between what I collect it's how my mind works.  

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?

I'm all in, gonna have some tough decisions to make....

This is truly epic!  Thanks for sharing!  We're now into my favorites now too.  Can't wait!   

On 4/9/2024 at 2:11 PM, Kevin76 said:

Just came back today. 1 of 2 Highest graded with 11 on census. Found locally 

 

Congrats - I wanna shop in your neighborhood!  Looks like you share the top spot with @lbcolefan!  I'm not quite there, but I'm 1 of the 11!  

On 4/9/2024 at 2:05 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

Kirby Krackle

This is an actual band's name!  

I think PLOD is at the Palladium tonight...   I heard Headlights are opening....

Also got in 2 more.  I'll share this one now, and after I can add the other to my registry set I'll post that one.  Until then, here's a Spidey 1st app and a cool Simonson cover.  Always loved the covers that destroy the logo!  

Here's my latest pickup, via CL.  Another Hobgoblin and Jack O'Lantern appearance, but they didn't make the cover because these guys got together and decided to form the Sinister Six.  Oh, and Silver Sable is in the mix too.  

On 4/8/2024 at 10:40 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Love Romance Series No. 1 was the last of the three I acquired. It took years to find one

Nice and Naughty was by far the hardest for me to get.  I didn't even know about it for years because I hadn't seen it!  

Fo7nd my small stash of these. I now have 2 of the Jack o'lantern cover too.

On 4/7/2024 at 3:02 PM, *paull* said:

 

Strong price on the Horrors #13, but of course, very high grade. I have always considered that a sleeper book. I love the cover. Cole didn't do a lot of "gothic horror" type covers like this one. Perhaps Horrors #13 will start getting recognition.

As you said, the Power #4 looks like a really good deal. 

That's not a bad price for the STT #11.  It's a tougher book above 4.0.  I like the cover to #12, but when you compare the prices between #11 (5.0) and #12 (7.5), it makes #11 look like a deal.

Suspense #11 has lagged behind, especially when compared to its devil brethren Mask #2. I think that the bright yellow cover might be holding it back.

WOW on the True To Life Romances. Very solid price.  I'm not aware of how scarce that book is, but I don't recall seeing it often.

 

If it helps any, just for an idea...

No copy has more than 20 on the census in the run, many are in single digits with some in the teens.