Sqeggs Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 I was happy to win this one tonight. It's a beater, but at less than $20 I thought it was worth it for a tough book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 (edited) I was happy to win this one tonight. It's a beater, but at less than $20 I thought it was worth it for a tough book. Possibly my least favorite Baker romance cover, ironically drawn during the same period as some of his best known greats. I might not have even bought a copy, except I found a mid grade double cover copy. Edited December 30, 2013 by 29dukedog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 I was happy to win this one tonight. It's a beater, but at less than $20 I thought it was worth it for a tough book. Possibly my least favorite Baker romance cover, ironically drawn during the same period as some of his best known greats. I might not have even bought a copy, except I found a mid grade double cover copy. I don't know. I think this one is pretty good. Seems like a reasonably well-composed picture of two couples who are … going steady! Here's my least favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Yeah... that one is kind of a stinker, too. (I mean, relative to his own body of work. Just not his best efforts. He can do so much better.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 These, on the other hand, are two of my favorites... (Why couldn't one of these books have been a double cover copy?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickamabob Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Here's my least favorite. How right you are, you little vixen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
143ksk Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 New Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otherworldsj33 Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 The Dutch/Baker romance comics are some of the very best. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 New Great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 The Dutch/Baker romance comics are some of the very best. . Ain't that the truth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inaflash Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 New Great! Nice eye appeal. (thumbs u Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miraclemet Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 New Great! Nice eye appeal. (thumbs u Ken and the comic book condition isnt bad either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 New Great! Nice eye appeal. (thumbs u Ken I find Baker covers very appealing to the eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Bad-azz Baker You'd best not go robbing banks in The Hawk's town Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicnoir Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Bad-azz Baker You'd best not go robbing banks in The Hawk's town niiiice copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Thanks, I lucked out on that Hawk. I haven't posted any Baker love in a while, so... Going Steady 10. The first in this real short and sweet silent run. We all know the Steadys are a beotch to find in nice shape. Late in the game for Mr. Matt, in all respects. Hollywood Pictorial 3. Sorry, but you St. John completists need this one too. One Baker story inside. It's true, even for photo covers, it's . Nevertheless, hard to track down - one 9.4 in the census, that's it. Lack of interest? Pictorial Romances 15. Only one original 9 pg Baker story - not a lot of output in this issue compared to some of the others in this run (Giants!). And this is one of the split panel covers from 1952, the year the editors decided to shake it up and try something new visually. Romance had imploded, all the publishers were either out or freaking about getting pushed out. Still, a real nice main panel - nice inking on the oil field, and the guy's profile is detailed and refined rather than sloppy and brutish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Bad-azz Baker You'd best not go robbing banks in The Hawk's town Great stuff! I think the Hawk covers may be my favorite Baker non-Romance covers, except perhaps for Seven Seas 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Thanks, I lucked out on that Hawk. I haven't posted any Baker love in a while, so... Going Steady 10. The first in this real short and sweet silent run. We all know the Steadys are a beotch to find in nice shape. Late in the game for Mr. Matt, in all respects. Hollywood Pictorial 3. Sorry, but you St. John completists need this one too. One Baker story inside. It's true, even for photo covers, it's . Nevertheless, hard to track down - one 9.4 in the census, that's it. Lack of interest? Pictorial Romances 15. Only one original 9 pg Baker story - not a lot of output in this issue compared to some of the others in this run (Giants!). And this is one of the split panel covers from 1952, the year the editors decided to shake it up and try something new visually. Romance had imploded, all the publishers were either out or freaking about getting pushed out. Still, a real nice main panel - nice inking on the oil field, and the guy's profile is detailed and refined rather than sloppy and brutish. Three tough books! We need another Dr. Love romance sales thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lb jefferies Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Bad-azz Baker You'd best not go robbing banks in The Hawk's town Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpknface Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Pictorial Romances 15. Only one original 9 pg Baker story - not a lot of output in this issue compared to some of the others in this run (Giants!). And this is one of the split panel covers from 1952, the year the editors decided to shake it up and try something new visually. Romance had imploded, all the publishers were either out or freaking about getting pushed out. Still, a real nice main panel - nice inking on the oil field, and the guy's profile is detailed and refined rather than sloppy and brutish. Nice one! All the elements of a killer romance cover: - hot babe - cool dude - sick art - alcohol & tobacco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
