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Edited August 22, 2013 by Sqeggs

[Sqeggs]

Hard to do this without making them all Matt Baker. But, I limited myself to just one Baker.

 

 

Tough book in nice grade.

[999ghosts]

 

 

Stunning artwork. Love it! Just add this to my want list

[HRCostigan]

Are the interiors of romance books as salacious as the covers? Are they good reads?

[Timely]

I have the Mile High copy of Romance Diary #2, but I need to scan it!

[Sqeggs]

 

 

 

 

This is such a sweet cover!

[Sqeggs]

Are the interiors of romance books as salacious as the covers? Are they good reads?

 

They vary. I think non-romance fans are missing something by ignoring them, as most do. Dana Dutch wrote some excellent stories -- add in Matt Baker's art and you have some of the best work ever done in comics, imho. Other stories had pedestrian art illustrating romance cliches.

[RICK STARR]

The more I look at this cover, the more I like it. Great interiors with oversized panels. This is issue # 2 by Artful Pub.

 

 

 

 

Issue #3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Terrific Bill Ward cover

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Straw-Man]

a weak part of my collection, and were it not for the venus run, i couldn't fill out my line-up card. here are my 5.

 

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[Timely]

 

20 years ago I was twice my wife age.

[mrmyst]

not really romance, but very sexy.

[Dr. Love]

Terrific books! It's hard to pick just five...especially with Flex Mentallo starting things off with single census and or highest graded copies of some very rare stuff. I have seen dogfights over the Romantic Hearts catfight book, and collectors going crazy over the "Love of a Lunatic" Romantic Adventures 50.

 

Together with 143ksk's Romantic Adventures 49, these are half of ACG's "Fab Four" - a marked departure from the usual content in 1954 to test the waters for a new type of racy material. Didn't stick. Unfortunately.

 

The rare ACG Fab Four:

 

Romantic Adventures 49 - Jailbird's Romance

Romantic Adventures 50 - Love of a Lunatic

Lovelorn 52 - I Sold My Baby!

Lovelorn 53 - Heart of a Drunkard!

[rjpb]

Terrific books! It's hard to pick just five...especially with Flex Mentallo starting things off with single census and or highest graded copies of some very rare stuff. I have seen dogfights over the Romantic Hearts catfight book, and collectors going crazy over the "Love of a Lunatic" Romantic Adventures 50.

 

Together with 143ksk's Romantic Adventures 49, these are half of ACG's "Fab Four" - a marked departure from the usual content in 1954 to test the waters for a new type of racy material. Didn't stick. Unfortunately.

 

The rare ACG Fab Four:

 

Romantic Adventures 49 - Jailbird's Romance

Romantic Adventures 50 - Love of a Lunatic

Lovelorn 52 - I Sold My Baby!

Lovelorn 53 - Heart of a Drunkard!

 

Great books. I've had RA 50 and Lovelorn 53 for years, but never found a copy of RA 49 while I was looking. Lovelorn 52, I wasn't as hot for, but would have picked up as well if I had seen it. I'd still buy both if I stumbled across them at a reasonable price, but I don't really look for them anymore. Bidding can get crazy on ebay for these books. I remember around 10 years ago a GD copy of Lovelorn 53 went for over $100 in a spirited bidding war.