Comics, Pulps, and Paperbacks: Why such a discrepancy in values? 25 25

[OtherEric]

[Sarg]

An Avon cover with a fully-clothed woman must be the rarest of all paperbacks.

[OtherEric]

On 11/28/2023 at 3:42 PM, Sarg said:

An Avon cover with a fully-clothed woman must be the rarest of all paperbacks.

There are some.  There was even one in the batch I posted today.

I'll grant that it's not their go-to design choice, though.

[OtherEric]

The other books in the batch from @Surfing Alien's most recent sale:

 

[OtherEric]

[jimjum12]

Eric, do you know who did the cover "Green Light For Death"? I've seen that style before, and it seems some of these cover artists were rather prolific. I recognize some of them from the Pulp genre. Thanks for posting these, Message boards like this are the only way some of these would ever be pointed out. GOD BLESS ... 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

Edited November 29, 2023 by jimjum12

[OtherEric]

On 11/29/2023 at 11:07 AM, jimjum12 said:

Eric, do you know who did the cover "Green Light For Death"? I've seen that style before, and it seems some of these cover artists were rather prolific. I recognize some of them from the Pulp genre. Thanks for posting these, Message boards like this are the only way some of these would ever be pointed out. GOD BLESS ... 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

I don't know off the top of my head, I can't recall if @Surfing Alien named the artist in the sales thread.

[Darwination]

Yeah, the Green Light for Death cover struck me right away.  It's Victor Kalin.  I went looking for a nice copy - no dice.  I never catch the marketplace stuff here at the right times

I also really like the Never Come Morning.

[jimjum12]

On 11/29/2023 at 2:18 PM, OtherEric said:

I don't know off the top of my head, I can't recall if @Surfing Alien named the artist in the sales thread.

I googled it. 

The cover artist for that one was:

VICTOR KALIN

I was sure I knew him, but I was wrong. This is my first exposure to his work. GOD BLESS .... 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

Edited November 30, 2023 by jimjum12

[Darwination]

I'm just looking him up right now, too, Jimbo

https://www.victorkalin.com/

This is the family site (daughter?).  Absolutely love it when families do this for artists, sharing great info.  The links section is really good to all the blog posts out there, etc.

I've got this one he did for Impulse.

 

[jimjum12]

On 11/29/2023 at 2:36 PM, Darwination said:

I'm just looking him up right now, too, Jimbo

https://www.victorkalin.com/

This is the family site (daughter?).  Absolutely love it when families do this for artists, sharing great info.  The links section is really good to all the blog posts out there, etc.

I've got this one he did for Impulse.

 

Might be the same site. The one I had actually had a link to send an inquiry for purchasing Original Art. There were also quite a few lithographs available. GOD BLESS ... 

jimbo(a friend of jesus) 

[Surfing Alien]

On 11/29/2023 at 2:36 PM, Darwination said:

I'm just looking him up right now, too, Jimbo

https://www.victorkalin.com/

This is the family site (daughter?).  Absolutely love it when families do this for artists, sharing great info.  The links section is really good to all the blog posts out there, etc.

I've got this one he did for Impulse.

 

Such a great tribute. I love these family sites as well. There's no one who can add the color to the artists life like family can. Kalin was quite versatile. Although this Kane cover was done, i'm sure intentionally, in the McGinnis style, he did a lot of stylized covers with other looks.

[Surfing Alien]

On 11/29/2023 at 2:24 PM, Darwination said:

I also really like the Never Come Morning.

A great cover. A Veronica Lake look for sure. One of a bunch of covers credited in the copyright office to Ann Cantor, but likely painted by a hired hand for her art  studio.

[Sarg]

On 11/28/2023 at 11:26 PM, OtherEric said:

There are some.  There was even one in the batch I posted today.

I'll grant that it's not their go-to design choice, though.

 

Fully clothed, but prominent headlights.

[Surfing Alien]

Some Friday Fun:

Classic Beacon title. I'll buy any vintage pb with trailer trash women on them 

Uncredited art but looks familiar

Midwood Maguire sleaze:

Midwood Rader sleaze. I've lost count of how many "Girl" title books I have but one day I might try to write an article on them...

Couple of cool Lion Books for the pile. I've picked up quite a few Lions lately including some nice keys 

Julian Paul cover art

M. Singer cover art

Harry Schaare cover art

Michel cover art

Uncredited, but I like it 

[Surfing Alien]

Duplicates make a nice display

[Darwination]

Kray kray

[OtherEric]

On 12/2/2023 at 5:52 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Duplicates make a nice display

Hoarder!

[jimjum12]

The PB version of a "creepy dude" cover ...

 

and a few more that recently caught my eye. GOD BLESS ...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

 

[MattTheDuck]

I suspect that asylum had plenty of voluntary commitments.