sagii Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 34 minutes ago, Sqeggs said: Seems as if I've seen a number of copies of this issue, but this one is the sole copy on the census. Arrived from CGC the first time with bad NRs, so I had it reholdered. Edited to add: The scan seems to show NRs, but I don't see any in hand. I took a photo of a spot that shows NRs in the scan but the photo correctly reproduces an NR-free area that seems on the scan to have NRs. Odd. Love that cover! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 2 hours ago, sagii said: Love that cover! Yeah, Cole covers is hot! I would guess that, as with Baker, we'll start to see the census numbers rise on some of these books. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 56 minutes ago, Sqeggs said: Yeah, Cole covers is hot! I would guess that, as with Baker, we'll start to see the census numbers rise on some of these books. ...I have a couple in Sarasota awaiting slabbing now Been a few popping up on eBay recently. No where near what the Horror/Sci Fi genres would be commanding (even with the lower grades), but on the way up. If ones not too picky on condition one can amass a pretty sweet Cole Romance set currently. Sqeggs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobbledclam Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Wonderful ! MrBedrock, pmpknface, PeterPark and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 20 minutes ago, Cobbledclam said: Wonderful ! I'm liking what you're posting, friend. What book is this from? It's the bomb. FoggyNelson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobbledclam Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Pre-Perry Mason young gorgeous Barbara Hale. inspiration? I saw that photo I couldn't help but think of Bruce Gentry. Sqeggs, pmpknface, Hutch88 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Microbia Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 On 9/10/2018 at 10:02 AM, Sqeggs said: Me either. In fact, I don't recall ever seeing another copy. Now you can say you have, Tony! pmpknface and Sqeggs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobbledclam Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 Does anybody know where Hank Williams romance comics are? Those to me seem to qualify as rare. Museum? Hank Williams Singer-Songwriter KNOWN FOR A string of hits that included “Honky Tonkin’,” “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry,” “Mansion on the Hill,” “Cold, Cold Heart,” “I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still in Love with You),” “Honky Tonk Blues,” “Jambalaya,” “Your Cheatin’ Heart.” QUOTE "No matter how I struggle and strive, I'll never get out of this world alive." AMERICAN MASTERS FILM Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues (Jun 2004) Directed by Morgan Neville Explore more from this episode About Hank Williams Timeline Filmmaker Interview – Morgan Neville Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues Filmmaker Interview – Morgan Neville August 10, 2005 5SHARES 3COMMENTS WITH DIRECTOR MORGAN NEVILLEWhat got you interested in this project? What drew you to Hank Williams? Everything about Hank Williams interests me. His music, his life. His death. His impact. It’s the kind of subject that one hopes to find. Although there is a cottage industry in books about Williams, there has never been a thorough documentary. That made me feel there was room to do something.Did you learn anything that surprised you about Williams while making this film? He is one of those rare American figures who seems to elude simple description. The longer we spent working on Hank, the more his character refused to be pinned down. During his life Hank wrote virtually no letters, gave few interviews and often gave people conflicting ideas about who he was. This has allowed people to project fifty years worth of mythologizing upon him. We went looking for the human side of Hank in the myth and was surprised by many things we found — he was a friend to African Americans in a time and place where that was not the norm, he loved guns and was an avid fisherman, he was a mischievous prankster to his friends, and a voracious reader of both romance and horror comic-books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 @Cobbledclam Nice bit of trivia. Well, a lot of the Country music songs then were love songs so not too surprising (but my money would have been on 'western comics' ) Cobbledclam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkadin Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 (edited) Picked up the first year (1957) of On Stage by Leonard Starr. Sort of romance - definitely soap opera. Thought I'd post a few strips here, just for you romantic types. First Sunday: Secretary's knowing look in second last panel is just perfect! Tears, overcoats and walking across the tarmac in a snowfall. Beautiful 1950's style heartbreak. Edited September 20, 2018 by Arkadin Scrooge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 2 hours ago, Arkadin said: Tears, overcoats and walking across the tarmac in a snowfall. Beautiful 1950's style heartbreak. Beautiful story-telling that would be better without any text/dialog in the bottom two tiers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 On 9/8/2018 at 10:02 AM, Sqeggs said: Surprised that this is the only copy on the census. Darned if I can remember who I bought it from raw. Maybe @jimjum12 ? It must be a horror comic...her right hand is severed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Iv'e always maintained a lot of the pre code Romance comics are as no holds barred salacious , as their Horror and Crime cousins were graphically violent and deserve more 'classic' status books for their stories as well as their covers and in some cases rarity. The Harvey Romance books are a mystery to me for the fact that a lot of them feature adult themed content (including sex crimes) but languish at auctions, going cheap even for NM copies. People argue, 'Too many copies available (warehouse finds)'. And that's where the mystery comes in: Can't the same be said for their Horror books? The ones that go for anything but cheap? Anyway, some good stuff being overlooked. Case in point this baby recently obtained in vf/nm for very little. What 1950's boy, who may have been reaching for the latest Superman or Looney Tunes issues if he spotted this wouldn't have been intrigued by this? A woman finding her guy and her sister in a see through negligee, with her guy on top of her sister in a seedy hotel room ? Could have been just as jarring as the Monsters and Machine Gun Mobsters , though for different reasons Of note, the splash page for the cover story is very watered down compared to the cover. The sister is dressed more conservative, the couple is on a lounge chair in a more swanky surrounding, and the angle is slightly different. It's a Cat and Mouse love mystery well written as well as most of the stories inside. But the winner is the story involving a woman who likes being a mechanic, hence the title (boy oh boy, this would NOT fly today)! ***Splash page taken from DCM*** szucchini, mustang33guy, pmpknface and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dr. Love Posted September 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 21, 2018 nice one, Corey! here's the code equivalent, Charlton style "Don't, don't you want me?You know I don't believe you When you say that you don't need me.Don't you want me, baby?Don't you want me, oh?Don't you want me, baby?Don't you want me, oh?" 1950's war comics, sagii, FoggyNelson and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 4 minutes ago, Dr. Love said: nice one, Corey! here's the code equivalent, Charlton style "Don't, don't you want me?You know I don't believe you When you say that you don't need me.Don't you want me, baby?Don't you want me, oh?Don't you want me, baby?Don't you want me, oh?" Cool one Doc! Seemed to be a rampant theme as most (if not all)of the stories were from the womans perspective. They usually start theme days in the PCH Thread for fun. Anymore of these 'Sister stealing her siblings man' covers anyone would like to share? ..And were there are two brothers fighting over a girl covers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Here is the western photo-cover version of the story of two sisters fighting over a man... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telerites Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 41 minutes ago, MrBedrock said: Here is the western photo-cover version of the story of two sisters fighting over a man... I always choose the blonde. Beautiful legs too! MrBedrock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 On 9/21/2018 at 2:53 PM, Dr. Love said: nice one, Corey! here's the code equivalent, Charlton style "Don't, don't you want me?You know I don't believe you When you say that you don't need me.Don't you want me, baby?Don't you want me, oh?Don't you want me, baby?Don't you want me, oh?" If I didn't see that signature on the edge of the door I might have misidentified this as Romita's work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 29dukedog Posted October 2, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 2, 2018 Happy to finally upgrade to this copy. Great cover, great Baker art inside. jimjum12, szucchini, Sqeggs and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Found a fun one in Baltimore... PeterPark and sagii 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
