29dukedog Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Such a tough book. A single 3.0 on the census. HA has never sold a copy. How did I miss it on MCS? It was an eBay BIN last summer, and I was just lucky enough to find it about 15 minutes after it was listed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 How much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 How much? .....if he were to tell you, you would go and lay down in front of a train GOD BLESS..... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u ..... I seem to remember someone else saying this also..... but for the first few weeks you posted, I thought your handle was tricolorBRAIN...... and I still picture Weird Mysteries 5 when I see your posts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 (edited) I'm coming to your house and shaving off that beard of yours...maybe i should change my handle to tricolorBri-an... Edited January 3, 2015 by tricolorbrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I'm coming to your house and shaving off that beard of yours...maybe i should change my handle to tricolorBri-an... ..... a shave ..... I had one of those once.... and I kept getting carded for cigarettes...... GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 How much? .....if he were to tell you, you would go and lay down in front of a train GOD BLESS..... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u $167. (I'm testing jimbo's theory...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I think Jimbo is confused... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I think Jimbo is confused... .... and THAT ......is the rest of the story. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 How much? .....if he were to tell you, you would go and lay down in front of a train GOD BLESS..... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u in $167. (I'm testing jimbo's theory...) Despite the condition issues, that was a bargain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 TAR 45 - his last romance cover, and one of his best for sure. Maybe even his last work for St. John. To my eye, still evolving as an artist - this book and Going Steady 14 were different for him. Something else was emerging. Really really hard to come by. I've never owned a copy. Joanna does, if I'm not mistaken, and I seem to remember in somewhat better shape than the Duke's. At this point I wouldn't pass on any copy that came up. Baker was only 34 years old when he drew this cover. How very young he was when he passed away. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 (edited) I had a copy in the 90s (back before the Internet and all the info we now have). I didn't really like the cover...so I sold it to some nice person from the CBG. He seemed to really want it... I think I charged him $35... Edited January 3, 2015 by tricolorbrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 TAR 45 - his last romance cover, and one of his best for sure. Maybe even his last work for St. John. To my eye, still evolving as an artist - this book and Going Steady 14 were different for him. Something else was emerging. Really really hard to come by. I've never owned a copy. Joanna does, if I'm not mistaken, and I seem to remember in somewhat better shape than the Duke's. At this point I wouldn't pass on any copy that came up. Baker was only 34 years old when he drew this cover. How very young he was when he passed away. Absolutely. Those covers are less like his typical comic book work, and more like the illustrative style of the magazine work he produced in 1956 and '57. I love to imagine where this direction would've taken him, had he been able to follow it for another ten years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 TAR 45 - his last romance cover, and one of his best for sure. Maybe even his last work for St. John. To my eye, still evolving as an artist - this book and Going Steady 14 were different for him. Something else was emerging. Really really hard to come by. I've never owned a copy. Joanna does, if I'm not mistaken, and I seem to remember in somewhat better shape than the Duke's. At this point I wouldn't pass on any copy that came up. Baker was only 34 years old when he drew this cover. How very young he was when he passed away. Absolutely. Those covers are less like his typical comic book work, and more like the illustrative style of the magazine work he produced in 1956 and '57. I love to imagine where this direction would've taken him, had he been able to follow it for another ten years. Speaking as the "has-been" of the romance collectors guild, I've owned two copies of TR #45 in the distant past, but I've never seen a really decent copy. Mine were both around good and looked about the same as Rik's copy. I hadn't realized Baker was only 35 when he did that one, Andy! Sad to think what we lost, though it may be heretical to say this, I wonder if his later work was somewhat stifled by the Comics Code? That Swamp Fever illo is terrific - I've not seen that one before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 The Swamp Fever illo is from the first issue of Nugget, published by Archer St. John, Nov. 1955. The same issue features another great Baker illo for a short text called "Starskin Saga". It depicts a collage of nude and semi nude women around the boarders of the text. I've never scanned it from my own copy for fear of damaging the squarebound spine. Does anyone happen to have a scan of the "Starskin Saga" illo from Nugget #1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damonwad Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I picked up this beat up copy of CL #25 on ebay a while ago to hold me over until I find a nicer one (at which point I'll become a hoarder). Not being able to read the "whole" comic is bugging me though. It would be much appreciated if someone could post a scan of the panel I'm missing from page #20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 You'll find the missing panel here: http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/preview/index.php?did=23575&page=22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damonwad Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 You'll find the missing panel here: http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/preview/index.php?did=23575&page=22 Thanks a lot dukedog and it's a funny one too. GCD doesn't list it as a reprint (of CL #6) so I thought the DCM option was finished when I saw they didn't have the #25. Learning more every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 You'll find the missing panel here: http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/preview/index.php?did=23575&page=22 Thanks a lot dukedog and it's a funny one too. GCD doesn't list it as a reprint (of CL #6) so I thought the DCM option was finished when I saw they didn't have the #25. Learning more every day. Probably explains why somebody clipped it out in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBFan Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 The Swamp Fever illo is from the first issue of Nugget, published by Archer St. John, Nov. 1955. The same issue features another great Baker illo for a short text called "Starskin Saga". It depicts a collage of nude and semi nude women around the boarders of the text. I've never scanned it from my own copy for fear of damaging the squarebound spine. Does anyone happen to have a scan of the "Starskin Saga" illo from Nugget #1? I believe that illo is on page 61 of The Art of Glamour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damonwad Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 You'll find the missing panel here: http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/preview/index.php?did=23575&page=22 Thanks a lot dukedog and it's a funny one too. GCD doesn't list it as a reprint (of CL #6) so I thought the DCM option was finished when I saw they didn't have the #25. Learning more every day. Probably explains why somebody clipped it out in the first place. There's $20 just waiting for the person that finds this torn out panel being held up by a magnet on their grandparents refrigerator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
