Sqeggs Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Another Wartime Romance... A census topper and second highest! You have a great Baker collection. (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Here's a recent purchase. Really love the coloring and composition on this cover. As usual, my scanner washes out the color but in person they are very deep. Ken I have two copies (beat and beater ) Yours is a really nice one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Here's a recent purchase. Really love the coloring and composition on this cover. As usual, my scanner washes out the color but in person they are very deep. Ken I have two copies (beat and beater ) Yours is a really nice one. Ditto. And very mature cover for the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 is that the Washington Senators? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 is that the Washington Senators? Googling around, it sure looks like it. Although, typically, the W on the uniform top was on the left side rather than extending across the whole top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtleboy23 Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Romance experts. Which was the first tear drop cover in comics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Romance experts. Which was the first tear drop cover in comics? Oh curious one, do not disturb the shade of Matt Baker by engaging other spirits. In the Baker thread, there can be only one. All else are number two, or less. The answer you seek lies HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtleboy23 Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Thanks. I was hoping it would be a Baker cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumble Kitty Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Here's a nice mid-grade book... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 It's actually a good question as it pertains to Baker. The answer is very very few - four, to be exact (not including side panels). Out of many, many covers. In order of appearance they are - Diary Secrets 12 - June, 1952. Not a drawn cover per se, some would say not even a Baker. - True Love Pictorial 2 - Feb, 1953 - Wartime Romances 15 - May, 1953 - Diary Secrets 20 - Sept, 1953 Baker and St. John bucked the trend that was so early established by Kirby at Prize, and copied so many times afterwards that a crying woman and the romance genre became inextricably linked. Consider this piece, one of Roy Lichtenstein's earliest and most famous works: Drowning Girl (1963). A swipe of DC's Secret Hearts 83, btw. The flavor of the St. John line, due in large part to Archer St. John's editorial direction, is very fully covered in the marvelous book, Romance Without Tears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickamabob Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Wow, I didn't know "teardrop cover" was a thing, but it really is. Learn something new every day. I guess these EC's are well behind the curve in terms of "first teardrop cover," right? Sorry, we can get back to Matt Baker... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumble Kitty Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 It's actually a good question as it pertains to Baker. The answer is very very few - four, to be exact (not including side panels). Out of many, many covers. In order of appearance they are - Diary Secrets 12 - June, 1952. Not a drawn cover per se, some would say not even a Baker. - True Love Pictorial 2 - Feb, 1953 - Wartime Romances 15 - May, 1953 - Diary Secrets 20 - Sept, 1953 Baker and St. John bucked the trend that was so early established by Kirby at Prize, and copied so many times afterwards that a crying woman and the romance genre became inextricably linked. Consider this piece, one of Roy Lichtenstein's earliest and most famous works: Drowning Girl (1963). A swipe of DC's Secret Hearts 83, btw. The flavor of the St. John line, due in large part to Archer St. John's editorial direction, is very fully covered in the marvelous book, Romance Without Tears. Andy, you are a wealth of knowledge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumble Kitty Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Here are a few of my "tear drop" covers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumble Kitty Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Does this one count as a "tear drop"? The gentleman's mom has a hankie, so maybe... If not, the tape pull by her "behind" makes me want to shed a tear... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Hey Roland! Burning the midnight oil, babysitting that DD auction? Shameless plug! GLWTS the real treasure-house is your fabulous romance collection. Believe me, folks, the Bakers are just one great part of something larger...I knew if anyone would have the books I mentioned it would be you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicnoir Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Does this one count as a "tear drop"? The gentleman's mom has a hankie, so maybe... If not, the tape pull by her "behind" makes me want to shed a tear... Worst place for a tape pull I've ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 It's actually a good question as it pertains to Baker. The answer is very very few - four, to be exact (not including side panels). Out of many, many covers. In order of appearance they are - Diary Secrets 12 - June, 1952. Not a drawn cover per se, some would say not even a Baker. - True Love Pictorial 2 - Feb, 1953 - Wartime Romances 15 - May, 1953 - Diary Secrets 20 - Sept, 1953 Baker and St. John bucked the trend that was so early established by Kirby at Prize, and copied so many times afterwards that a crying woman and the romance genre became inextricably linked. Consider this piece, one of Roy Lichtenstein's earliest and most famous works: Drowning Girl (1963). A swipe of DC's Secret Hearts 83, btw. The flavor of the St. John line, due in large part to Archer St. John's editorial direction, is very fully covered in the marvelous book, Romance Without Tears. Andy, If people were still saying "You Da Man!" I would say "You Da Man!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Turns out, I've got two of them. (Gnarly staining on the DS 12.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Does this one count as a "tear drop"? The gentleman's mom has a hankie, so maybe... If not, the tape pull by her "behind" makes me want to shed a tear... I think that may be an old-fashioned signifier of an upper-class woman having the "vapors." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlee Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Turns out, I've got two of them. (Gnarly staining on the DS 12.) Seems like every copy of that DS 12 has that staining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
