Popular Post Point Five Posted January 18 Popular Post Share Posted January 18 On 1/17/2024 at 8:51 PM, Qua-Brot said: I've seen a couple of early 50s Sweethearts that were pretty good, one by Baker's inker... szucchini, Get Marwood & I, mustang33guy and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 On 1/17/2024 at 7:20 PM, mustang33guy said: WANT Point Five, mustang33guy and Darwination 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 On 1/17/2024 at 10:20 PM, mustang33guy said: You are smoking the thread and its hard to pick a fav mustang33guy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wickedmountain Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 On 1/18/2024 at 7:51 AM, comicjack said: You are smoking the thread and its hard to pick a fav Hi , Just had to say this wow there really was a amazing man Highway to Heaven (TV Series) Amazing Man (1987) comicjack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plady69 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Great books!!!! The cover art is way better tha I expected! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 On 1/18/2024 at 1:34 AM, Darwination said: I don't own any of these, but I think I'd grab this one if I saw it for the kitsch value (only a couple handful of others in the entire run seemed notable). I went looking for a cover image at Heritage, but the walk through every Brides in Love they've ever offered was, uh, very short I do like the title design. Darwination, Yorick and OtherEric 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 On 1/18/2024 at 6:47 AM, Yorick said: WANT Darwination, Yorick and OtherEric 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 On 1/18/2024 at 3:25 AM, sagii said: @mustang33guy +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Get Marwood & I Posted January 18 Popular Post Share Posted January 18 jimjum12, Yorick, Darwination and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Get Marwood & I Posted January 18 Popular Post Share Posted January 18 I put this little 'snogging' montage together for one of my threads, based on Charlton covers in my collection Dr. Love, jimjum12, Yorick and 5 others 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qua-Brot Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 How is this not attributed to Baker? Those are his faces, especially the guy . . . Get Marwood & I, pmpknface and OtherEric 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 On 1/18/2024 at 7:48 PM, Qua-Brot said: How is this not attributed to Baker? Those are his faces, especially the guy . . . pmpknface, Yorick and OtherEric 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 On 1/18/2024 at 12:44 PM, Get Marwood & I said: Get Marwood & I and jimjum12 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 On 1/18/2024 at 2:48 PM, Qua-Brot said: How is this not attributed to Baker? Those are his faces, especially the guy . . . In 100% agreement. Handful of others i think are as well (Including some credited as such in the Baker 'Bible' Art of Glamour, but not everyone is in agreement. We can only speculate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopKulture Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 On 1/18/2024 at 8:30 PM, sagii said: In 100% agreement. Handful of others i think are as well (Including some credited as such in the Baker 'Bible' Art of Glamour, but not everyone is in agreement. We can only speculate. Call me crazy, but it looks like Ditko doing Baker. BuscemasAvengers and jimjum12 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 On 1/18/2024 at 2:48 PM, Qua-Brot said: How is this not attributed to Baker? Those are his faces, especially the guy . . . So to me it actually looks like a swipe of *this* Baker cover... Some details are obviously changed, but some (the angle of the guy's head, the positions of both of his hands, the shifted weight of his legs) seem pretty close to dead-on. And the couple's mouths and the use of funky patterns seem more typical of other romance artists like Colletta than Baker. All that said (whew!), it's a cool cover anyway. I dig it. comicnoir, jimbo_7071 and LadyDeath 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 On 1/18/2024 at 9:56 PM, PopKulture said: Call me crazy, but it looks like Ditko doing Baker. Certainly some Ditko-ish hallmarks there as well. Both gentleman worked for Charlton. PopKulture 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwination Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 On 1/18/2024 at 9:07 PM, Point Five said: So to me it actually looks like a swipe of *this* Baker cover... Some details are obviously changed, but some (the angle of the guy's head, the positions of both of his hands, the shifted weight of his legs) seem pretty close to dead-on. And the couple's mouths and the use of funky patterns seem more typical of other romance artists like Colletta than Baker. All that said (whew!), it's a cool cover anyway. I dig it. I see Colletta. Bumble Kitty, buttock, Dr. Love and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dr. Love Posted January 19 Popular Post Share Posted January 19 On 1/18/2024 at 8:46 PM, Darwination said: I see Colletta. Yup. Colletta's fashion sense (funky patterns, as per Point Five!) was more in tune with the times than Baker's, who was more a 40's type of guy. And two of Colletta's "tells" are how he drew his background elements, clouds and plant life. But the swipe for Romantic Secrets 20 - or homage as I prefer to think of it - from Romantic Marriage 24 is pretty clear. Also remember Baker passed away in August of 1959 and his work output was greatly reduced that year. "...yet it seems at this point, Baker was only doing a routine job, without much attention to detail, possibly on account of his ill health as well as of the meager wages that Colletta was paying him." (Art of Glamour, 2012) So this is the only Charlton cover that made it into the Art of Glamour checklist, as indexed by Alberto Becattini and Jim Vadebonocoeur Jr. For what it's worth, I agree. Romantic Secrets 19 (1/59) - inked by Colletta Bumble Kitty, Point Five, Get Marwood & I and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 On 1/19/2024 at 3:15 AM, Dr. Love said: Yup. Colletta's fashion sense (funky patterns, as per Point Five!) was more in tune with the times than Baker's, who was more a 40's type of guy. And two of Colletta's "tells" are how he drew his background elements, clouds and plant life. But the swipe for Romantic Secrets 20 - or homage as I prefer to think of it - from Romantic Marriage 24 is pretty clear. Also remember Baker passed away in August of 1959 and his work output was greatly reduced that year. "...yet it seems at this point, Baker was only doing a routine job, without much attention to detail, possibly on account of his ill health as well as of the meager wages that Colletta was paying him." (Art of Glamour, 2012) So this is the only Charlton cover that made it into the Art of Glamour checklist, as indexed by Alberto Becattini and Jim Vadebonocoeur Jr. For what it's worth, I agree. Romantic Secrets 19 (1/59) - inked by Colletta First Kiss #6 and #7 are also in there as well. And for what it's worth, i think My Secret Life #28 is also Baker, but that's just my observation. Been on my eBay want list for years, only saw one beater pop up and passed. Regret to this day. I have that Romantic Secrets (high grade no less) Dr. Love, Point Five, Yorick and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
