Sqeggs Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 And your completing his FH run will also be a great accomplishment. Not sure I know of anyone who has managed that. FoggyNelson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 28 minutes ago, Sqeggs said: And your completing his FH run will also be a great accomplishment. Not sure I know of anyone who has managed that. I think cheetah was pretty close, if not complete, with to respect Baker era FH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 31 minutes ago, Sqeggs said: I don't think I want to take on completing all of his non-St John stuff. But that would really be an accomplishment if someone could manage it! I think that what you have done with a nearly complete St John Baker Romance set is both amazing and probably the harder task. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RareHighGrade Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 3 hours ago, BakerFanOne said: Baker was truly inspired when he created this masterpiece. I consider this in Baker's all-time Top 10 with his Seven Seas 4 and 6 and Cinderella Love 25 and Phantom Lady 17. I was lucky to stumble across the Church copy of this issue many, many years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicnoir Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 1 minute ago, RareHighGrade said: I was lucky to stumble across the Church copy of this issue many, many years ago. Hey that's my avatar. Nice going on the Church copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 7 minutes ago, comicnoir said: Hey that's my avatar. Nice going on the Church copy. Ron, you also have a copy of A-P A-T Love Story #1, don't you? We were trying to figure out how many of them we've seen. I believe yours has grease pencil on the cover. Am I right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BakerFanOne Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 2 hours ago, Robot Man said: Do you have the other one? Never seen it either. I have a bunch of those digests I will post later. I believe I have the other issue but need to dig it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BakerFanOne Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 20 minutes ago, RareHighGrade said: I was lucky to stumble across the Church copy of this issue many, many years ago. What a beauty - if I remember correctly there was a transfer stain on the front and back covers but still a stunning book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BakerFanOne Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 2 hours ago, Robot Man said: I'm no Baker expert but I think this is the rarest Baker giant. Much tougher thanks the Diary Secrets giant. This is about the only copy I have seen. The fact that this is the online I recall seeing here supports this. It has been on my want list for over 20 years. I have kind of given up finding one unless I get lucky. I also seem to recall Heritage putting one up for sale with other giants a few years ago. I bid on it but the price was getting a little rich for my blood. Of course, it would have been a bargain in retrospective. Should be in their archives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 1 minute ago, BakerFanOne said: 2 hours ago, Robot Man said: I'm no Baker expert but I think this is the rarest Baker giant. Much tougher thanks the Diary Secrets giant. This is about the only copy I have seen. The fact that this is the online I recall seeing here supports this. It has been on my want list for over 20 years. I have kind of given up finding one unless I get lucky. I also seem to recall Heritage putting one up for sale with other giants a few years ago. I bid on it but the price was getting a little rich for my blood. Of course, it would have been a bargain in retrospective. Should be in their archives. Maybe the copy that 29dukedog describes above -- bought in a group on Heritage by Metro and then listed separately on their site? FoggyNelson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicnoir Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 (edited) 18 minutes ago, 29dukedog said: Ron, you also have a copy of A-P A-T Love Story #1, don't you? We were trying to figure out how many of them we've seen. I believe yours has grease pencil on the cover. Am I right? I do, but I've never posted it, I haven't even scanned it. It doesn't have a grease pencil though. You've still got good esp. I'll try to scan it later. Edited April 29, 2017 by comicnoir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Just now, comicnoir said: 18 minutes ago, 29dukedog said: Ron, you also have a copy of A-P A-T Love Story #1, don't you? We were trying to figure out how many of them we've seen. I believe yours has grease pencil on the cover. Am I right? I do, but I've never posted it, I haven't even scanned it. It doesn't have a grease pencil though. You've got good esp. I'll try to scan my copy later. Probably the result of his time as the Hypnotoad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 1 minute ago, comicnoir said: I do, but I've never posted it, I haven't even scanned it. It doesn't have a grease pencil though. You've got good esp. I'll try to scan my copy later. Ok, well I know I've also seen a lower mid grade copy with conspicuous grease pencil. It might have even sold through Heritage, and thus still be found in the archives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 1 minute ago, Sqeggs said: Probably the result of his time as the Hypnotoad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 (edited) Yep... found it: https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/all-picture-all-true-love-story-1-st-john-1952-condition-vg/a/17094-17133.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515 So, that would make our count on this book 5. Edited April 29, 2017 by 29dukedog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 1 minute ago, 29dukedog said: Yep... found it: https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/all-picture-all-true-love-story-1-st-john-1952-condition-vg/a/17094-17133.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515 Does that make six copies we know of? Might push the (known) population a little ahead of DS nn and A-P A-T LS 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 1 minute ago, Sqeggs said: Does that make six copies we know of? Might push the (known) population a little ahead of DS nn and A-P A-T LS 2. You counted three earlier... plus Ron's... plus the grease pencil copy... five. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Here's yet another one... but I still haven't found the lot where my copy originated. Count is now six. https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/romance-comics-group-st-john-1949-group-includes-giant-comics-edition-7-fn-13-fn-matt-baker-and-joe-kubert-art-total-3-comic-books-item-/a/801-5317.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JvR11 Posted April 29, 2017 Author Share Posted April 29, 2017 4 hours ago, BakerFanOne said: Hope you find one soon. Here is my copy that I have owned for 20 years if I remember correctly. Lovely copy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JvR11 Posted April 29, 2017 Author Share Posted April 29, 2017 1 minute ago, 29dukedog said: Here's yet another one... but I still haven't found the lot where my copy originated. Count is now six. https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/romance-comics-group-st-john-1949-group-includes-giant-comics-edition-7-fn-13-fn-matt-baker-and-joe-kubert-art-total-3-comic-books-item-/a/801-5317.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515 You've got mine counted in. I think the the Diary Secrets NN is less common. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
