Electricmastro Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Cowgirl Romances #6 (1951): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sauce Dog Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 On 9/20/2020 at 3:14 AM, Electricmastro said: Frank Frazetta’s original art compared to the final art from Personal Love #24 (November, 1953): Source: CB+ Damn, that inking job murdered the amazing original line art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electricmastro Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 14 minutes ago, Sauce Dog said: Damn, that inking job murdered the amazing original line art. Yeah, apparently Frazetta wasn’t too involved in the inking, as well as the color registration which somehow manages to make the romance art look less profound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 What you may be referring to is the reproduction ... which was spartan back then. The platemaking process applied was likely of minimal quality. GOD BLESS.... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Electricmastro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPark Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 5 hours ago, Sauce Dog said: Damn, that inking job murdered the amazing original line art. It's actually quite sad. Tremendous pencils reduced to a pedestrian appearance. His panel of the girl in bed is incredible. Electricmastro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 18 minutes ago, szav said: This book looked familiar...so I bought it and entombed it to keep it from falling apart. That's a nice one! Some cool painted covers on those Ace Romance books (previously used on their Pulp magazines). Great pick up szucchini 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 17 hours ago, szav said: This book looked familiar...so I bought it and entombed it to keep it from falling apart. 16 hours ago, sagii said: That's a nice one! Some cool painted covers on those Ace Romance books (previously used on their Pulp magazines). Great pick up Did you see the DTA copy of the pulp version on feebay? I didn't like it nearly as much as this comic version. Bizarre. It's the same cover art (different title), but something about it bothered me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 3 minutes ago, Yorick said: Did you see the DTA copy of the pulp version on feebay? I didn't like it nearly as much as this comic version. Bizarre. It's the same cover art (different title), but something about it bothered me. Not bizarre I prefer the comic book versions on these Ace romance covers to the pulp forms myself. Yorick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Legion of Goom Posted November 16, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 16, 2020 I can't say this is the rarest by any stretch, but I don't think it's all that common, either. This cover is a classic for me, though szucchini, sagii, comicnoir and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electricmastro Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Ric Estrada apparently didn’t do any romance covers until 1968, though I felt these romance splash pages he did for St. John between 1952 and 1955 were still nicely done: jimjum12 and pmpknface 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sauce Dog Posted November 17, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 17, 2020 (edited) On 11/16/2020 at 1:06 AM, Legion of Goom said: I can't say this is the rarest by any stretch, but I don't think it's all that common, either. This cover is a classic for me, though "Farmer's daughter in the Barn" is one of the best cover tropes - I really like the above cover, so might have to hunt down a copy. My issue below, which seems to be the moment before the above cover happens Edited November 17, 2020 by Sauce Dog szucchini, Legion of Goom, Sqeggs and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 A Simon and Kirby Gem from the 50's .... Kirby's romance could often be gritty and violent, and this issue is a prime example with "Hands Off Lucy" .... This one courtesy @blazingbob and it just seems nicer than the 6.5 he called it. He still has a few of this title left, but savvy collectors have been picking them off. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Sqeggs, pmpknface, damonwad and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 ... here's the splash .... GOD BLESS.... -jimbo(a frien d of jesus) damonwad, pmpknface and Sqeggs 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 On 11/17/2020 at 1:10 PM, jimjum12 said: ... here's the splash .... GOD BLESS.... -jimbo(a frien d of jesus) Kirby's versatility was just unsurpassed. I agree that his romance work is undervalued. In fact, it's surprising that with prices of seemingly all GA books exploding, S&K books have remained pretty reasonable. jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sqeggs Posted November 19, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 19, 2020 Happy to pick this one up on eBay. Actually an upgrade from my previous copy. I've never seen a high-grade copy of this book and I've begun to wonder whether one exists. GACollectibles, damonwad, szucchini and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GACollectibles Posted November 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 20, 2020 On 11/17/2020 at 1:08 PM, jimjum12 said: A Simon and Kirby Gem from the 50's .... Kirby's romance could often be gritty and violent, and this issue is a prime example with "Hands Off Lucy" .... This one courtesy @blazingbob and it just seems nicer than the 6.5 he called it. He still has a few of this title left, but savvy collectors have been picking them off. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) damonwad, jimjum12, Bumble Kitty and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electricmastro Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Western Hearts #5 (December, 1950). Photograph of Hedy Lamarr and Ray Milland. Art by John Severin and Al Carreno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electricmastro Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Ann Cantor: pmpknface, Dale Roberts and jimjum12 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bumble Kitty Posted December 31, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 31, 2020 These two came back from CGC a couple of weeks ago. I am very happy with the grades. Microbia, pmpknface, MusterMark and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumble Kitty Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 In keeping with the thread title, I am going to post Gerber 6 or higher books. This should make for an interesting exercise. This one is a Gerber 6... Yorick, pmpknface and damonwad 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
