Tri-Color Brian Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 This is my favorite GS... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 This is my least favorite: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBFan Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 As late as I arrived at the Baker collecting game, I thought I might never track down a copy of this issue...but just a few weeks ago I lucked out! sacentaur, comicnoir and Tri-Color Brian 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Just now, MBFan said: As late as I arrived at the Baker collecting game, I thought I might never track down a copy of this issue...but just a few weeks ago I lucked out! Very nice pickup! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 22 minutes ago, tricolorbrian said: On 7/8/2017 at 9:17 PM, Sqeggs said: Dana Dutch. You're right that a lot of his work was adult in the best sense. What? Dutch Schultz wrote for St. John? When did he find time for that...? I had a typo in that reply. His name was Dana Dutch (not Dan). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 22 hours ago, MBFan said: As late as I arrived at the Baker collecting game, I thought I might never track down a copy of this issue...but just a few weeks ago I lucked out! A few weeks ago? How did I miss this?!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 I agree with @tricolorbrian: Going Steady 10 is best and 14 is last. 12, 11, and 13 can fit between in that order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBFan Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 1 hour ago, Yorick said: A few weeks ago? How did I miss this?!! With the intense bidding competition for Baker on eBay and elsewhere, I have sought out other sources. Whenever I take a road trip for business or pleasure, I map out every comic shop near the Interstate and stop to see what they have. 99% of the time I just get a blank stare when I ask about Matt Baker books...but every now and then, fortune smiles. Tri-Color Brian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 (edited) Time for a blast from the past. These are Bakers I bought from Joe Naaca in the 90s...with date and grade and PRICE... Pict Romance 6 VG/VG+ $30 2/99 Pict Romance7 VG- $25 3/99 Wartime romances6 F $35 1/96 Wartime romances12 VG+ $15 1/96 Going Steady14 F+ $50 2/99 Diary Secrets30 F $25 2/99 Teen-age Romances39 G/VG $25 4/99 Is it any wonder I have a hard time with today's prices? Oh...the good old days...And this list is just from one dealer...I haven't listed all the others... Edited July 12, 2017 by tricolorbrian Ricksneatstuff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBFan Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 1 hour ago, tricolorbrian said: Time for a blast from the past. These are Bakers I bought from Joe Naaca in the 90s...with date and grade and PRICE... Pict Romance 6 VG/VG+ $30 2/99 Pict Romance7 VG- $25 3/99 Wartime romances6 F $35 1/96 Wartime romances12 VG+ $15 1/96 Going Steady14 F+ $50 2/99 Diary Secrets30 F $25 2/99 Teen-age Romances39 G/VG $25 4/99 Is it any wonder I have a hard time with today's prices? Oh...the good old days...And this list is just from one dealer...I haven't listed all the others... I'm a fool for stepping away from active collecting for a few decades. Tri-Color Brian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, MBFan said: I'm a fool for stepping away from active collecting for a few decades. We have all been fools at sometime. I stepped away from GA in the early 70s for 20 years... Don't feel too bad, even in the early 90s we didn't see the present escalation of prices coming... Look at the superman's in my Sig Line...in 1967 I bought the #17 for $8...but when I wanted the #24 in 1993 I had to pay $400...I have no idea what an 8.0 would cost me now... Edited July 13, 2017 by tricolorbrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 Us "old guys" or maybe my kids are going make mind blowing profits when our books sell... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 6 minutes ago, Robot Man said: Us "old guys" or maybe my kids are going make mind blowing profits when our books sell... THAT... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 21 minutes ago, szavisca said: Posting this one in multiple threads cause I'm happy to have gotten it! Think this one's been in here before but does someone wanna tell me if this counts as Bakers first "romance" cover? Not St. Johns but romance none the less! Cover to cover baker art, Lorna's assets on display on the interior. And that looks like the first print, which as far as I know the only time the full version of the story was published... all the reprints drop several of Baker's pages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 1 hour ago, szavisca said: Little tan for my liking but still supple, and the first copy I've come across where the cover wasn't coming apart from the spine....its a really thick book. Anyway, I'm thrilled with it...got it for a pittance too which you can't say for many Bakers now. A sleeper Baker! Everyone scramble for copies NOW... Ricksneatstuff and szucchini 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 Bought a batch of 1950's Australian edition Romance comics on eBay. This was one of the standouts: Digest sized 'Sweethearts Library #48'. It contains stories from a variety of publishers, but this has a few Baker St. John stories included. According to GCD, i thnk it's the only issue with Baker stuff. Nice painted cover too. MrBedrock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 I'm sure a few of the Boards aficionados can tell right off which issues these originally appeared in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 27 minutes ago, sagii said: Bought a batch of 1950's Australian edition Romance comics on eBay. This was one of the standouts: Digest sized 'Sweethearts Library #48'. It contains stories from a variety of publishers, but this has a few Baker St. John stories included. According to GCD, i thnk it's the only issue with Baker stuff. Nice painted cover too. Very cool. Haven't seen that one before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 Thanks @Sqeggs. Was banging out a Journal entry. This and many others are on the eBay store for Basement Comics. Some real beauties/oddities still available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 23 minutes ago, sagii said: Thanks @Sqeggs. Was banging out a Journal entry. This and many others are on the eBay store for Basement Comics. Some real beauties/oddities still available. Thanks for the tip. I'll have to check it out. But don't let any of these other Baker/romance people around here know, though. sagii 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
