Popular Post comicjack Posted April 27, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 27, 2022 this title is tough Dr. Love, damonwad, PeterPark and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 On 4/26/2022 at 9:15 PM, comicjack said: love this one Nice trifecta of Love books Jack comicjack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qalyar Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 I'm trying to help @Get Marwood & I on his project to document the original sources of stories reprinted, often with quite a bit of editing, by British republisher Streamline. The good news is that I've got a likely candidate for the unidentified title story in They Called Me a Flirt (which very clearly didn't have that name originally). The bad news is that I think it may be from My Confession #7, which is an awesome book with a striking yellow cover and GGA art ... but which also very much belongs in this "rarest romance covers" thread. And of course, none of the GA comic scan archives have been able to digitize one. Anyone happen to just have an unslabbed copy of this sitting around, able to check to see if the third story ("They Called Me Worthless") may have been edited into Streamline's "They Called Me a Flirt"? Get Marwood & I 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 On 5/4/2022 at 5:38 PM, Qalyar said: I'm trying to help @Get Marwood & I on his project to document the original sources of stories reprinted, often with quite a bit of editing, by British republisher Streamline. The good news is that I've got a likely candidate for the unidentified title story in They Called Me a Flirt (which very clearly didn't have that name originally). The bad news is that I think it may be from My Confession #7, which is an awesome book with a striking yellow cover and GGA art ... but which also very much belongs in this "rarest romance covers" thread. And of course, none of the GA comic scan archives have been able to digitize one. Anyone happen to just have an unslabbed copy of this sitting around, able to check to see if the third story ("They Called Me Worthless") may have been edited into Streamline's "They Called Me a Flirt"? Thanks Qalyar Here's the reproduced story. I should have taken a clearer photo, but you can just about see where the word 'flirt' has been handwritten in the story text in place of whatever the original word was: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 Some of the Fox romance books are crazy rare. When I scanned a coverless copy of My Love Memoirs #12 from a Fox Giant, it took us years to locate a picture of the front cover at all... and that issue has early Wally Wood art! sagii 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qalyar Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 (edited) On 5/4/2022 at 12:01 PM, OtherEric said: Some of the Fox romance books are crazy rare. When I scanned a coverless copy of My Love Memoirs #12 from a Fox Giant, it took us years to locate a picture of the front cover at all... and that issue has early Wally Wood art! Yeah, this one's also an early Wood book (for at least the first of the three stories). I think there are a dozen-ish copies on the census. The Crippen copy is a 9.0 because of course it is. MyComicShop actually had a 3.0 slabbed copy earlier this year. So they do exist, but of course, one of the slabbed books won't help to ID interior content. I figured if there was anywhere where someone might just have one of these sitting around idly, it would be this thread. For the record, here's the Crippen copy, from Heritage back in 2007 (EDIT: And I cannot believe that went for only $650! It, um, wouldn't do that now, I don't think!). Obviously, this isn't my book. But the thread needed a picture anyway, because the GGA cover -- very clearly modeled after Marlena Dietrich -- is up there with the best of the them. Edited May 4, 2022 by Qalyar sagii 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 Used to chase the Fox romance books. Not now though. Like mose collectors focus changes. They arre tough though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPark Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 On 5/4/2022 at 12:38 PM, Qalyar said: I'm trying to help @Get Marwood & I on his project to document the original sources of stories reprinted, often with quite a bit of editing, by British republisher Streamline. The good news is that I've got a likely candidate for the unidentified title story in They Called Me a Flirt (which very clearly didn't have that name originally). The bad news is that I think it may be from My Confession #7, which is an awesome book with a striking yellow cover and GGA art ... but which also very much belongs in this "rarest romance covers" thread. And of course, none of the GA comic scan archives have been able to digitize one. Anyone happen to just have an unslabbed copy of this sitting around, able to check to see if the third story ("They Called Me Worthless") may have been edited into Streamline's "They Called Me a Flirt"? I do but I have to dig it out... Get Marwood & I 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 On 5/4/2022 at 3:55 PM, sagii said: Used to chase the Fox romance books. Not now though. Like mose collectors focus changes. They arre tough though. Best to chase anything you like and be happy what you find sagii and Readcomix 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 On 5/4/2022 at 4:35 PM, comicjack said: Best to chase anything you like and be happy what you find On 5/4/2022 at 3:55 PM, sagii said: Used to chase the Fox romance books. Not now though. Like mose collectors focus changes. They arre tough though. Can't believe all those errors, lol. I need glasses when posting from the phone comicjack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dr. Love Posted May 19, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 19, 2022 someone's getting out of a portion of their romance collection @Roger66 look familiar Roger? Jonathan78, PeterPark, pmpknface and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger66 Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 On 5/19/2022 at 2:36 PM, Dr. Love said: someone's getting out of a portion of their romance collection @Roger66 look familiar Roger? Dr Love your memory borders on didactic - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 8 years ago. You used a penny in your listing to give a sense of scale to the piece out on the fc edge. I remember being impressed with the lengths you went to inform us about the book. Also, you called it a VG/F - so you nailed it 4 years in advance of the slabbing. Nice grading skills sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 On 5/19/2022 at 11:36 AM, Dr. Love said: someone's getting out of a portion of their romance collection @Roger66 look familiar Roger? This should be interesting to watch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 On 5/19/2022 at 4:44 PM, Tri-ColorBrian said: This should be interesting to watch... That and the other 90 (so far!) slabbed romance books spread into two weeklies back to back. A fair test of what the market can absorb, some rare, some peds, mostly solid mid grade, with a bunch of voldy DC slabs as well. This as a followup to the big Atlas group a couple of months ago. Our friend Rick, no stranger himself to romance books, bringing a very tasty consignment to the market. Well done @Ricksneatstuff! Yorick, jimjum12, Ricksneatstuff and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tri-Color Brian Posted May 20, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 20, 2022 On 5/19/2022 at 9:28 PM, Dr. Love said: That and the other 90 (so far!) slabbed romance books spread into two weeklies back to back. A fair test of what the market can absorb, some rare, some peds, mostly solid mid grade, with a bunch of voldy DC slabs as well. This as a followup to the big Atlas group a couple of months ago. Our friend Rick, no stranger himself to romance books, bringing a very tasty consignment to the market. Well done @Ricksneatstuff! I have kind of a personal curiosity of what that book will bring... Microbia, Dr. Love, pmpknface and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Point Five Posted May 20, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 20, 2022 A Confessions of the Lovelorn #53 Happy Hour going on in here? And I wasn't invited? pmpknface, Tri-Color Brian, Yorick and 5 others 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Get Marwood & I Posted May 31, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 31, 2022 Yorick, comicjack, jimjum12 and 6 others 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pantodude Posted May 31, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 31, 2022 (edited) Must give a shoutout to this book from 1841 (London), the first ever love story in our hobby. Not only the longest no doubt, with 84 double-panel pages of nothing but amorous pursuit, but possibly also the rarest. Zero on any census. Even the better-known reprint of this book (Brother Jonathan Extra No. IX newspaper version from 1842) is rarely seen. Edited May 31, 2022 by Pantodude Yorick, DR.X, pmpknface and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Courageous Cat Posted June 4, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 4, 2022 I just love the heading on this 1954 book Inaflash, Readcomix, Get Marwood & I and 10 others 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...