L.B. Cole cover thread! Post your favorites by the master! 40 40

[pmpknface]

Yesterday was a great day for my books.  I got my box with all of the above books yesterday!  Very happy with how they all look in their respective cases too.  But I also got grades back for my last 5 in this sub!  Oddly, CGC broke out my 30 books in 25 / 5.  In any case, here's the first 3:

True-to-Life Romances #5:  Looks much better, but 1 big defect on the back killed it.  Who cares about a darn sock ad!  Or looks at the back cover?  C'mon!   

True-to-Life Romances #6: Pretty sweet moon-lit beach romance cover.  That readers crease was the big defect here.  

True-to-Life Romances #15:  Lots of floating items here.  Wally Wood makes an appearance too!  Other than that corner chip it was creasing here and there, with one that is obvious.  It does make me wonder if giving these a C&P would help - something that I've yet to do to any on my books.  I do have a list of a select few that I may do that with one day, but that's another post...

Edited March 13 by pmpknface
Me no spell good...

[pmpknface]

OK, here are the last two.  I was waiting for the registry set to accept them and now that I'm all set I'll share.  2 more TTLR's, and now only 6 more to complete the set graded!

True-to-Life Romances #13:  Cool war romance cover.  I'd daydream about Jan in that dress too!    

True-to-Life Romances #16:  Nice swirl cover!  Who will she pick?  The guy she takes care of or the smooth operator with a cigarette and balloons?  Dig those thought hearts!  

[Professor K]

That poor SOB. Gonna get his whole squad killed. If only Jan were fat. 

[thewritestuff]

Here are a few romance books from my pc...

[Professor K]

It never noticed until now that TTLR 19 is a great cover. #5 is real nice as well. And the story titles on #5 are just so intriguing.

[thehumantorch]

On 3/13/2024 at 8:41 PM, Professor K said:

It never noticed until now that TTLR 19 is a great cover. #5 is real nice as well. And the story titles on #5 are just so intriguing.

Indeed, The Bittersweet Trail - the story of two type 2 diabetics in love

[pmpknface]

On 3/13/2024 at 10:41 PM, Professor K said:

It never noticed until now that TTLR 19 is a great cover. #5 is real nice as well. And the story titles on #5 are just so intriguing.

The #5 is an interesting one because it was almost another title.  There's a cover proof that can be seen in the Cole Blacklight book where it's called "Flaming Romances" - hence the flames in the title:

And the title writing changed a few times.  It started off like this:

After #5 is finally lost the side banner.  After that it pretty much stayed the same except for changing colors.  #8 (the 2nd #8) had the title as a banner instead of just being over the background.  Thankfully that didn't last.

 

[Darwination]

On 3/14/2024 at 1:05 PM, pmpknface said:

The #5 is an interesting one because it was almost another title.  There's a cover proof that can be seen in the Cole Blacklight book where it's called "Flaming Romances" - hence the flames in the title:

 

 

 

Maybe he got beat to the punch by Flaming Love with a similar title/logo

But wait - that didn't stop him from using it on Flaming Western Romances...

A flat-out classic cover.  Fire plus logs in the same title design?? And many other attributes as well.

Edited March 14 by Darwination

[pmpknface]

On 3/14/2024 at 2:59 PM, Darwination said:

But wait - that didn't stop him from using it on Flaming Western Romances...

A flat-out classic cover.  Fire plus logs in the same title design?? And many other attributes as well.

Totally.  And 2 of those attributes are dead center in that cover.

[lbcolefan]

[pmpknface]

On 3/14/2024 at 3:35 PM, lbcolefan said:

 

I knew a boardie had this... I should have just assumed it was you!    Without that label on the left that says "Exciting Intimate Confessions!" the flowers really pop.  I just noticed that.  Makes it a better cover!

Edited March 14 by pmpknface

[Robot Man]

Another cool LB Cole Digest cover turned up at the LA Paperback show today!

[Professor K]

Is it getting a little hot in here? 

[Robot Man]

In addition to the Raging Passions digest, I also picked this up at the Paperback show. Man, the colors just scream out at you. Guy had a whole table of unbagged ‘50’s-‘60’s comics. Grabbed a smile pile. I don’t think anything was over $10. Funny how many books you can grab at a few bucks each that you might not ever seek out or pay up for.

[ThothAmon]

Another colorful Cole. 
 

[Robot Man]

A couple of cool recent arrivals from Randall Dowling’s recent paperback sales thread. 

[Microbia]

This classic’s in HA Sig ending next week. Second highest graded, and will be the highest recorded on GPA.

[pmpknface]

On 3/27/2024 at 7:55 AM, Microbia said:

This classic’s in HA Sig ending next week. Second highest graded, and will be the highest recorded on GPA.

Already at about $700.  I'll be watching!  

 

[*paull*]

This book seems to be getting more love recently.  I think it's a great cover.

[pmpknface]

I was follow las night's HA auction.  Ended up the underbidder on one book (  ) but also saw this...

Um, did I miss something?  Were 2 collectors high on Easter chocolate?  I know Cole's crime books are under-represented a bit compared to the horror  / romance genres, but this seemed a bit extreme.  Thoughts???