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What are the rarest romance comics?
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On ‎5‎/‎21‎/‎2018 at 6:35 PM, MrBedrock said:

Marlon Brando is in the hizzouse!

 

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It always made me a tiny bit mad that that issue wasn't one of the Frazetta issues..... one of the best covers in a run full of great covers. GOD BLESS...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)(thumbsu

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On 5/23/2018 at 9:25 AM, JvR11 said:

There was a second -script posted by the same seller (not romance, I recall).  I don't believe it sold for much either...

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On 4/7/2018 at 7:41 PM, Yorick said:

I don't think these are particularly rare, but there are 3 copies on the census of Glamorous Romances 55 (very high grade!) and no representation for the others.  There are a handful of Ace painted covers that are on my must-have list and all by the same artist (whom I have yet to identify).  The Love Tales might just be my favorite Colletta cover.

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From Love Fiction Magazine Sept, 1948

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3 hours ago, GACollectibles said:

From Love Fiction Magazine Sept, 1948

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NICE!  I only have a few of the magazines, but they are all falling apart.  Must be the poor paper quality...

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26 minutes ago, Yorick said:

NICE!  I only have a few of the magazines, but they are all falling apart.  Must be the poor paper quality...

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I have a few romance pulps, here are some of them.

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On ‎5‎/‎28‎/‎2018 at 3:48 PM, GACollectibles said:

I have a few romance pulps, here are some of them.

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Speaking of Love pulps, just posted today in the PulpMags group are these links to an exhibit and video about Gloria Stoll (Karn) -

https://hyperallergic.com/442583/gloria-stoll-karn-pulp-magazines/

The video has a nice conversation with the artist -

 

This is linked to the current exhibit at the Norman Rockwell Museum - https://www.nrm.org/2017/12/gloria-stoll-karn-pulp-romance/

The artist had also been covered in an issue of Illustration - # 25 - Sold out at the publisher but you can peruse the article (albeit at low res) here - http://issuu.com/illomag/docs/ill25?e=1289036/3022040

That last link showcases many more examples of her work, including outside of the Romance genre where she was also prolific.

 

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14 hours ago, Scrooge said:

Speaking of Love pulps, just posted today in the PulpMags group are these links to an exhibit and video about Gloria Stoll (Karn) -

https://hyperallergic.com/442583/gloria-stoll-karn-pulp-magazines/

The video has a nice conversation with the artist -

 

This is linked to the current exhibit at the Norman Rockwell Museum - https://www.nrm.org/2017/12/gloria-stoll-karn-pulp-romance/

The artist had also been covered in an issue of Illustration - # 25 - Sold out at the publisher but you can peruse the article (albeit at low res) here - http://issuu.com/illomag/docs/ill25?e=1289036/3022040

That last link showcases many more examples of her work, including outside of the Romance genre where she was also prolific.

 

Great links!  I'm going to try to get out there to the museum before that exhibit is gone. 

I heart Illustration, it's an great magazine and I didn't realize there was an article on her in it!

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27 minutes ago, GACollectibles said:

I didn't realize there was an article on her in it!

One of the images used in the link was also used as the cover to that issue of Illustration. Without that, I wouldn't have made the connection with the Illustration article either. It's such a nice painting that it stuck with me.

Also, <3 Illustration. I still love paper and having the mags available at hand is a pleasure. Illustration is a great $ value. I remember when issue # 1 came out, I didn't preorder it and could not find a single store carrying it until, randomly, I found it at Bart Bush's store right being the counter when I wasn't looking for it. Gotta love retailers who carry a wide range of products. Haven't missed an issue since and don't regret it.

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