GomerPyleUSMC Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 On 9/11/2019 at 7:22 PM, Point Five said: Someone sure wanted this raw Crime Reporter #2 on ebay. Did a boardie win? Yes. Point Five 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicnoir Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 1 hour ago, GomerPyleUSMC said: That's very observant. The man is obviously older by the look of the face and neck. The choice of sepia tones in the color design reinforces the scene suggesting an ill-fated May-December romance. I don't know how Baker worked at St, John but did he have tight control over the color design in his covers? The color scheme in his covers from '54 onward are exceptional, almost like a good painting. Baker was art director at St. John's for some duration. The sophistication of colour palette in the later issues would point to his hand in it. The soft result on the TaR 42 was a bit surprising. That's a book that deserves classic cover status. Point Five and GomerPyleUSMC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 3 hours ago, GomerPyleUSMC said: 5 hours ago, Point Five said: I love this cover... the rich color palette and the simple but dynamic composition. More than on any other romance cover, I look at this guy and girl... how differently they are drawn and are dressed... and think yeah, they aren't going to make it as a couple. (Something about the autumn leaves falling in the background hits that poignant note as well.) I think this is a quiet masterpiece. That's very observant. The man is obviously older by the look of the face and neck. The choice of sepia tones in the color design reinforces the scene suggesting an ill-fated May-December romance. I don't know how Baker worked at St, John but did he have tight control over the color design in his covers? The color scheme in his covers from '54 onward are exceptional, almost like a good painting. Thanks for the kind comments. You're right, the choice of sepias and autumnal colors seems to reinforce that this couple probably won't go the distance. And I have to think Baker would have conceived the scene (leaves falling, etc) with something like that in mind. I realize this stuff is subjective, but I guess I don't see the guy as *that* much older than the girl. I can buy him as a college senior (note the books) and her as maybe a sophomore or something. But boy, the way they're drawn is such a contrast... she's got soft curves and playful energy in her cheerful red jacket, he's got this lean angular thing going with somewhat coiled body language and IMO looks like a bit of a punk. For those of you who get this reference, I see him kind of like Mike Love of the Beach Boys, who was already starting to look like an older man when the boys were in their early twenties (and note that Mike Love has been married five times(!), so the comparison is perhaps particularly apt). GomerPyleUSMC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBFan Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 10 hours ago, Yorick said: I personally believe this is yet another St John miscut book residing in the PLOD. You are probably correct. True Love Pictorial #11 appears to be particularly prone to factory miscuts. I have a raw copy of TLP 11 that I was afraid might be trimmed. It made me analyze the cover of every other copy I've found online, with special attention paid to CGC blue label books. Looks to me like the printer's cut on this run was wildly random for whatever reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricksneatstuff Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 6 hours ago, MBFan said: You are probably correct. True Love Pictorial #11 appears to be particularly prone to factory miscuts. I have a raw copy of TLP 11 that I was afraid might be trimmed. It made me analyze the cover of every other copy I've found online, with special attention paid to CGC blue label books. Looks to me like the printer's cut on this run was wildly random for whatever reason. Yes, it is. A beautiful but quite misaligned copy I had at one time. MBFan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 2 hours ago, Ricksneatstuff said: Yes, it is. A beautiful but quite misaligned copy I had at one time. After looking at her long enough one would be misaligned also Casablanca 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicnoir Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Thankfully mine is straight. pmpknface, Dr. Love, comicjack and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 On 9/16/2019 at 3:01 PM, szav said: Worth a resub for sure. Unfortunately not. CGC cannot verify that the cut was done at the factory - therefore, purple label. However (with Rick's example) they will let it have a blue label when it is grossly misaligned (clearly not a case of someone trying to remove a defect edge). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBFan Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 On 9/18/2019 at 3:56 PM, Yorick said: Unfortunately not. CGC cannot verify that the cut was done at the factory - therefore, purple label. However (with Rick's example) they will let it have a blue label when it is grossly misaligned (clearly not a case of someone trying to remove a defect edge). Depending upon how long ago the Qualified 4.0 was slabbed, it is possible the book was graded before CGC realized TLP 11 commonly had bad printer's cuts. According to the current census, all other graded copies of the book have received blue labels, several of which could be confused for "trimmed" if one did not know better. szucchini 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 On 9/19/2019 at 8:01 PM, MBFan said: Depending upon how long ago the Qualified 4.0 was slabbed, it is possible the book was graded before CGC realized TLP 11 commonly had bad printer's cuts. According to the current census, all other graded copies of the book have received blue labels, several of which could be confused for "trimmed" if one did not know better. CGC is all over the place with St John's. Sometimes purple, sometimes not. And I love my green label 0.5 (not a printer flaw, just some bad grading). szucchini and Point Five 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ricksneatstuff Posted September 22, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 22, 2019 My current True Love Pictorial 11 szucchini, Point Five, manetteska and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manetteska Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Someone just negotiated a Cinderella Love #25 on feebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RBaumann02 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Wow, great price! https://www.nostalgiazone.com/proddetail.asp?prod=CinderellaLove(1954)0025(C)Rom Just kidding: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Wartime-Romances-5-good-Cinderella-love-25-poor-Matt-Baker/401895474577?hash=item5d92d64591:g:cWIAAOSwe~pdh9EF Changer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Yorick Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 Anyone here win the WR3 Australian reprint on feebay a few days back? szucchini, Joshua33 and comicnoir 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Perhaps all of the Australian Baker covers are redrawn. I don't have a Texan 14, but looking at the other Crack Western covers it is clear that this was the best "tracing" of the lot. The same happened with the covers of Teen-age Romances, yet they didn't redo the interiors. Maybe they only acquired permission from St John to publish the interiors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 I can see why the Texan issues sell for much less... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ricksneatstuff Posted October 7, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 7, 2019 (edited) In hand Edited October 7, 2019 by Ricksneatstuff davidtere, Microbia, Yorick and 11 others 12 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Changer Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 58 minutes ago, Ricksneatstuff said: In hand wow.. Joshua33 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...