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What are the rarest romance comics?
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On 9/25/2021 at 10:17 PM, szav said:

I thought Good Girl Art referred to the naughty, by the standards of the day, usually pin up type depiction of either good or bad girls in the style of the Memphis Belle or other similar WW2 bombers with babes painted onto them. 

Usually a bit cartoonish, exaggerated in proportions, and always in a suggestive exaggerated pose.  Wings 90 etc.

I agree that most of what gets advertised as GGA on ebay or by the auction houses, is not what I would call GGA.  The only term more overused and misappropriated as a selling point is 'classic cover.'

 

The "Good" in GGA refers to the art.

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On 9/25/2021 at 11:19 PM, comicnoir said:

The "Good" in GGA refers to the art.

I've heard this position before but it doesn't make much sense to me.  If "good" is referring to the art then another way of saying it would be "quality girl art" and that doesn't seem to apply as it seems any cover with a woman on the front is called "GGA", whether the quality of the art is good or not.  Sounds non-sensical.

I'm pretty sure when Armstrong, Bolles, Dribben and the rest were painting those classic early GGA images, they had a particular theme in mind, not "was the quality of art good?"  Anyway, the old guys that first introduced me to the term thirty years ago all seemed pretty clear on the definition.

But I could be wrong.  It just seems like one of those things that gets misinterpreted and distorted over time and usage and eventually becomes completely detached from what it was intended.  I live near a lake called "Lotus Lake".  There are several other lakes nearby, all named after women- Lake Ann, Lake Susan, Lake Lucy, etc.  Generally, it's believed that the lakes were named by the homesteader that claimed this land over a century ago, probably after his daughters or something.  One day I was looking at a map from the 1920s and looked at where "Lotus Lake" should be but it wasn't called that on the map.  It was called "Lois Lake".  FTR, there are no lotus plants on or near that lake.

When you frame a building, after all the 2x framing is in place for the walls and roof, a layer of plywood is often applied as a substrate for exterior finishes and to provide shear resistance.  This plywood is called "sheathing".  Has been since plywood was invented.  However, I routinely hear people refer to it as "sheeting", which could make some sense as plywood comes in sheets.  But that's not the correct term for the application.

These things do happen.  2c

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On 9/25/2021 at 9:46 PM, Point Five said:

This run of Dear Lonely Hearts by Comic Media is all pretty tough... here's a #3 I just got in. It's hard not to wonder how many young women were scared off of actual romance completely from this nutty series... every issue seems to feature at least one story where a woman's suitor turns out to be a serial killer. Sheesh! This one serves up the goods with the lead story "Terror Stalks The Lonely Heart."

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Haha. I need to find some of these fir my daughter 

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On 9/25/2021 at 10:18 AM, Shrevvy said:

Is this reprints of US material or is it original content?

 

On 9/25/2021 at 2:21 PM, telerites said:

I actually just got these in a few days ago and haven't looked through them.  I will take a look and let you kmow.

The L. Miller published books are USA created content and printed in glorious black and white (the I Love You cover art is by an unknown UK artist - who provided many cover illustrations).  I imagine the Streamline is the same (USA content/UK cover art), but I've been focusing on L. Miller.  The advertising in them is "original content".  :banana:

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On 9/28/2021 at 9:22 PM, Yorick said:

 

The L. Miller published books are USA created content and printed in glorious black and white (the I Love You cover art is by an unknown UK artist - who provided many cover illustrations).  I imagine the Streamline is the same (USA content/UK cover art), but I've been focusing on L. Miller.  The advertising in them is "original content".  :banana:

Thanks @Yorick

Sorry, @Shrevvy totally slipped my mind. 

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I was box kicking the other day and rediscovered this amongst stuff that I haven't seen in awhile. I always liked the weird cover composition, with the swing being so high in the air (higher than the fence Freddie is trying to build). Probably not rare, but fun nevertheless. 

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On 10/6/2021 at 10:45 AM, davidtere said:

I was box kicking the other day and rediscovered this amongst stuff that I haven't seen in awhile. I always liked the weird cover composition, with the swing being so high in the air (higher than the fence Freddie is trying to build). Probably not rare, but fun nevertheless. 

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Her eyes... :S

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On 10/6/2021 at 12:45 PM, davidtere said:

I was box kicking the other day and rediscovered this amongst stuff that I haven't seen in awhile. I always liked the weird cover composition, with the swing being so high in the air (higher than the fence Freddie is trying to build). Probably not rare, but fun nevertheless. 

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I think it is pretty rare. Can't remember seeing a copy before. 

As an aside, I do wish CGC would make up its mind about whether Superior books are Canadian or not. They seem to go back and forth on the question. 

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On 9/25/2021 at 9:46 PM, Point Five said:

This run of Dear Lonely Hearts by Comic Media is all pretty tough... here's a #3 I just got in. It's hard not to wonder how many young women were scared off of actual romance completely from this nutty series... every issue seems to feature at least one story where a woman's suitor turns out to be a serial killer. Sheesh! This one serves up the goods with the lead story "Terror Stalks The Lonely Heart."

dearlonelyhearts3.thumb.jpg.716673acc7872cc77a9a214def614fe4.jpg
 

With stories like that, her brother will read it, too!

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On 8/21/2021 at 6:22 PM, RareHighGrade said:

Here is a panel from the cover of New Fun Comics #5 (Aug. 1935).  It may qualify as the earliest candidate for GGA.  I also believe it's the earliest bondage cover.

 

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This is great. Never seen anyone point this out before. 

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On 8/18/2021 at 7:02 PM, szav said:

Makes sense then.  Seems like they may not have sold well because you see a few titles that started with drawn covers that went over to photos mid run, only to go back to drawn again later in the run.

I wonder whether it might also have had something to do with non-comic magazines aimed at pre-teen and teen girls mostly having photo covers? Perhaps the thinking was that photo covers was the approach to use when aiming at that market?

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