jimjum12 Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 But those photo covers.... who would want those nasty things ? I remember about 20 years ago, Bender's got in a Romance collection and I had to settle for sloppy seconds because my buddy Rick got there first...... he took all the Bakers and Wards, but left all the photo covers.... like those dull lifeless Forbidden Love books..... and other junque like the book below.... GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Whoa! Never seen that one before. ..... It actually has some real nice art inside..... attributed to Gustavson, but there's some that looks an awful lot like Ward..... but I'm no expert. That Forbidden Love you got had some "Quality" art also...... GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) .... as for the Startling 49, that was probably 25 years ago and the book was just starting to gain notoriety..... 300 was a LOT of money for esoterica...... nice GA Joker covers pushing Fine could be had for that...... like Detective 71 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 But those photo covers.... who would want those nasty things ? I remember about 20 years ago, Bender's got in a Romance collection and I had to settle for sloppy seconds because my buddy Rick got there first...... he took all the Bakers and Wards, but left all the photo covers.... like those dull lifeless Forbidden Love books..... and other junque like the book below.... GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) I'm not a fan of photo covers, but that is a sexy one, and I love the title and the font used for it. Add in a story titled "I was a Harem Girl", and I could see making an exception for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 But those photo covers.... who would want those nasty things ? I remember about 20 years ago, Bender's got in a Romance collection and I had to settle for sloppy seconds because my buddy Rick got there first...... he took all the Bakers and Wards, but left all the photo covers.... like those dull lifeless Forbidden Love books..... and other junque like the book below.... GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) That's a HOT cover jimbo! The Ward covers seem to get all the love on that title. But, I like that one a lot more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 In the romance world of hot photo covers, which we all know is sooo extensive, there can be only one #1, and this babe is it. Real nice copy, jimbo! and nothing in the census except a high grade 9.2 Bell. Want list, boys! 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inaflash Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 But those photo covers.... who would want those nasty things ? I remember about 20 years ago, Bender's got in a Romance collection and I had to settle for sloppy seconds because my buddy Rick got there first...... he took all the Bakers and Wards, but left all the photo covers.... like those dull lifeless Forbidden Love books..... and other junque like the book below.... GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Great looking book. Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Cool book sir! Here is another one of those 'nasty things'. It's the only issue in my set not slabbed (I will try and do it before years end, if only there would be no more cool books coming up for auction i'm curios to see how it grades out - i think north of 6.0). I loved a Gigolo (er, she did, not me.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 I dunna know, that "harem girl" still has my ticket... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 They're all neat....... Quality romance can be really well done..... the Forbiddens and Untameds are not easy to find, truly scarce for some reason. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 They're all neat....... Quality romance can be really well done..... the Forbiddens and Untameds are not easy to find, truly scarce for some reason. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) I wonder whether they didn't sell well. The covers seem more attractive to male readers -- who probably weren't buying romance books -- than to female readers -- who were the main buyers of the books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 They're all neat....... Quality romance can be really well done..... the Forbiddens and Untameds are not easy to find, truly scarce for some reason. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) I wonder whether they didn't sell well. The covers seem more attractive to male readers -- who probably weren't buying romance books -- than to female readers -- who were the main buyers of the books. I agree. Check out these covers from 1952 - 1954 to the venerable Love Story Magazine, the long running pulp dating back to 1921. We are well before the "Fabio" era where hunk-age is a de rigueur element on Romance covers. At this stage, the industry still helped the reader project herself onto the main heroine on the cover. Maybe, it simply wasn't wholesome enough and there is too much of a come-and-see me style to the cover combined with the Forbidden that was just enough askew that the main clientele simply didn't want to be associated in any way, shape or form with the package. Knowing that the male client weren't interested in the first place, the title died a quiet death on the newsstands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Lady Luck Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 They're all neat....... Quality romance can be really well done..... the Forbiddens and Untameds are not easy to find, truly scarce for some reason. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) I wonder whether they didn't sell well. The covers seem more attractive to male readers -- who probably weren't buying romance books -- than to female readers -- who were the main buyers of the books. I agree. Check out these covers from 1952 - 1954 to the venerable Love Story Magazine, the long running pulp dating back to 1921. We are well before the "Fabio" era where hunk-age is a de rigueur element on Romance covers. At this stage, the industry still helped the reader project herself onto the main heroine on the cover. Maybe, it simply wasn't wholesome enough and there is too much of a come-and-see me style to the cover combined with the Forbidden that was just enough askew that the main clientele simply didn't want to be associated in any way, shape or form with the package. Knowing that the male client weren't interested in the first place, the title died a quiet death on the newsstands. These are beautiful covers! Oh dear... please don't get me addicted to another genre... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Lady Luck Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 Recent acquisitions (although I'm not sure how rare they are)... For the record, is this thread devoted to all Golden Age Romance? Or just the hard-to-find issues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damonwad Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 Recent acquisitions (although I'm not sure how rare they are)... For the record, is this thread devoted to all Golden Age Romance? Or just the hard-to-find issues? It started as a rare issue thread and quickly morphed into "Golden Age Romance". Those are nice books and post away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damonwad Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 They're all neat....... Quality romance can be really well done..... the Forbiddens and Untameds are not easy to find, truly scarce for some reason. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) I wonder whether they didn't sell well. The covers seem more attractive to male readers -- who probably weren't buying romance books -- than to female readers -- who were the main buyers of the books. I agree. Check out these covers from 1952 - 1954 to the venerable Love Story Magazine, the long running pulp dating back to 1921. We are well before the "Fabio" era where hunk-age is a de rigueur element on Romance covers. At this stage, the industry still helped the reader project herself onto the main heroine on the cover. Maybe, it simply wasn't wholesome enough and there is too much of a come-and-see me style to the cover combined with the Forbidden that was just enough askew that the main clientele simply didn't want to be associated in any way, shape or form with the package. Knowing that the male client weren't interested in the first place, the title died a quiet death on the newsstands. Interesting analysis and makes sense why the books didn't last long. I'd like to see sales figures of the Untamed/Forbidden titles compared to the more common titles to see what kind of drop off there was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 +1 post em if you got em - those are nice covers, love the lovelorn especially, and the photos are sweet too 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 +1 post em if you got em - those are nice covers, love the lovelorn especially, and the photos are sweet too I agree, I like that Lovelorn as well I didn't recognize / know Dorothy Hart's name but thanks to the Internet, I now have an image I want wiped out of my brain - Sorry but that is one creepy bunny As an eye cleanser, here's a picture that I believe captures her very well - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Lady Luck Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 +1 post em if you got em - those are nice covers, love the lovelorn especially, and the photos are sweet too I agree, I like that Lovelorn as well I didn't recognize / know Dorothy Hart's name but thanks to the Internet, I now have an image I want wiped out of my brain - Sorry but that is one creepy bunny As an eye cleanser, here's a picture that I believe captures her very well - Regarding Great Lover Romances #22: I always knew the name Richard Basehart since Gypsy from MST3K had such a crush on him, but this was the first time I had seen his photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 I remember Basehart from his role as captain of the submarine in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. Long past his matinee idol days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 I remember Basehart from his role as captain of the submarine in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. Long past his matinee idol days. Richard Basehart was outstanding in a film noir classic called He Walked by Night. The movie features Jack Webb in a supporting role that helped forge his series Dragnet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAUMONTS Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Found these today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
