Popular Post Dr. Love Posted December 7, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 7, 2021 (edited) Generally rarity speaks to worth and scarcity speaks to availability. The Canadian reprints are of course scarcer, but always worth less than Quality copies of the same grade. After that, it all depends. And the Secret Loves 1 8.5 isn't the highest graded Bell copy of that issue btw. It's the 9.0 which is somewhere in my closet! BTW - in retrospect, I don't mean to slam the books in any way. High grade Canadians, like any high grade romance books, are extremely hard to come by. And I happen to like the reprints very much - the covers are a heavier kind of paper, almost card stock in nature, and the colors look different than the US issues, they tend to be more saturated. The color fade used so much for Quality books comes across slightly different as well. Inside covers can be blank, inside pages may be off register, and often there are stories that are missing. Having said all that, what I wrote initially is factual. But it is also true that while there has always been a discount, book for book and grade for grade, for a reprint, that discount has lessened considerably over the years. Edited December 7, 2021 by Dr. Love waaaghboss, jimjum12, comicnoir and 3 others 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dr. Love Posted December 7, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 7, 2021 and for the category, What Completists Want, survey says pmpknface, Point Five, Get Marwood & I and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Get Marwood & I Posted December 12, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 12, 2021 This one's not on the GCD, so it must be fairly rare. In fact, I can't find it online anywhere... https://www.comics.org/series/66331/covers/ No issue number or date. It has a nice two-tone interior and reprints 'My Crazy Dreams', 'My Security' and 'For Mother's Sake'. It's in surprisingly good shape, and somehow doesn't look like an 'old' comic. Anyone recognise the source for the cover? OtherEric, comicjack, pmpknface and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 On 12/7/2021 at 4:30 PM, Dr. Love said: and for the category, What Completists Want, survey says Interesting that they pulled the "love" font from 3 other titles. jimjum12, Microbia, MusterMark and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mustang33guy Posted December 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 17, 2021 I’ve been after this one for a few years with no luck. The comic gods smiled upon me and now the search is over! Colletta or Baker? the loaded debate topic haha Either way Im just happy to have it, First Kiss #7! szav, Dr. Love, Get Marwood & I and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopKulture Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 On 12/16/2021 at 10:18 PM, mustang33guy said: I’ve been after this one for a few years with no luck. The comic gods smiled upon me and now the search is over! Colletta or Baker? the loaded debate topic haha Either way Im just happy to have it, First Kiss #7! Nice book! I have to believe that is Coletta, or more appropriately, it looks less like Baker to me than Coletta. His left arm doesn't look like anything Baker would draw... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 On 12/16/2021 at 11:18 PM, mustang33guy said: I’ve been after this one for a few years with no luck. The comic gods smiled upon me and now the search is over! Colletta or Baker? the loaded debate topic haha Either way Im just happy to have it, First Kiss #7! Nice grab! Art of Glamour says Baker pencils / Colletta inks, but i know most here don't agree. Still a nice cover (and interiors i'm sure). jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 On 12/12/2021 at 8:42 AM, Get Marwood & I said: This one's not on the GCD, so it must be fairly rare. In fact, I can't find it online anywhere... https://www.comics.org/series/66331/covers/ No issue number or date. It has a nice two-tone interior and reprints 'My Crazy Dreams', 'My Security' and 'For Mother's Sake'. It's in surprisingly good shape, and somehow doesn't look like an 'old' comic. Anyone recognise the source for the cover? I picked up a Streamline a little while back and found no data for it either. Another NN without a date. Perhaps we have the same cover artist here? Yours looks like a back cover by Wally Wood. Early, if it is indeed Wood. pmpknface, Get Marwood & I, Point Five and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 (edited) On 12/16/2021 at 8:43 PM, sagii said: Nice grab! Art of Glamour says Baker pencils / Colletta inks, but i know most here don't agree. Still a nice cover (and interiors i'm sure). Our version of Groundhog Comic, eh Corey? Very very late in the day for a defined Baker pencil. Besides the male/female figures, Colletta's apparel choices are very distinctive, as are the stylistic background elements like the cumulus clouds. And btw I LOVE this cover - I think it's a very relaxed, romantic image of a couple in repose, the characters larger than normally drawn - really the whole cover. No dialogue balloons, no story titles, nothing but the two of them. Classic, and classically late 50's teen. GCD says Giordano? pencils, like a question, with Colletta inks, as per Nick Caputo. Who sometimes I agree with, and sometimes not. Mayyybe I can see that. As far as the interior - it stinks, not one good panel in the whole book. I won't even say imho, it's just a stone cold fact. Par for the course for 1959 and even earlier Charlton. Colletta's best interior work, and the best work by any romance artist imho, was in mid '53 to late '54. He was very very busy after that point and phoned it in for interiors, saving his best work for the covers only. Edited December 17, 2021 by Dr. Love mustang33guy, sagii, Point Five and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 @Dr. Love Yes, the checkered and or stripped clothing, clouds and roses on many covers are certainly Colletta hallmarks, on a select few i think he flourished to make his own (on a ghosted work). The white whale 'My Secret Life #28' is another prime example to me, even with Colletta being the only signature on the cover. The man sitting with the lady? The profile of the big eyed woman in the forefront? C'mon guys One more document i'd like submitted in for evidence good doctor, First Kiss #6 is also listed in AOG as Baker Pencils / Colletta inks. I've included a sample page from AOG of Bakers original art for Romance Stories of True Love #51. A piece 'accepted' as Baker work, tell me the line work on the man sitting on the bed does not match the line work of the man on the cover of FK6 (or My Secret Marriage 28)? Render your verdict Andy Point Five and comicjack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 I feel the figure proportions on those First Kisses are the tell. And as the Dr. said, "very relaxed, romantic image of a couple in repose, the characters larger than normally drawn..."; that's another MB MO. Both of those covers are lovely! Dr. Love and sagii 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 On 12/17/2021 at 1:06 AM, Dr. Love said: Our version of Groundhog Comic, eh Corey? Very very late in the day for a defined Baker pencil. Besides the male/female figures, Colletta's apparel choices are very distinctive, as are the stylistic background elements like the cumulus clouds. And btw I LOVE this cover - I think it's a very relaxed, romantic image of a couple in repose, the characters larger than normally drawn - really the whole cover. No dialogue balloons, no story titles, nothing but the two of them. Classic, and classically late 50's teen. GCD says Giordano? pencils, like a question, with Colletta inks, as per Nick Caputo. Who sometimes I agree with, and sometimes not. Mayyybe I can see that. As far as the interior - it stinks, not one good panel in the whole book. I won't even say imho, it's just a stone cold fact. Par for the course for 1959 and even earlier Charlton. Colletta's best interior work, and the best work by any romance artist imho, was in mid '53 to late '54. He was very very busy after that point and phoned it in for interiors, saving his best work for the covers only. I see a ton of Colletta and not a lick of Baker. comicnoir, Dr. Love and rjpb 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 On 12/17/2021 at 12:51 PM, buttock said: I see a ton of Colletta and not a lick of Baker. Maybe in the guy's face, as he has the diagonal cheek line from mouth to ear Baker used a lot, but not Colletta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 well the dust has settled on some interesting Canadian reprints of Fox books on Ebay. Incredible prices, very strong. Some boardies got shut out, but not all. waaaghboss and comicnoir 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 On 1/2/2022 at 12:25 PM, Dr. Love said: Some boardies got shut out, but not all. Well? Which one did you get?!! Dr. Love 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 On 1/2/2022 at 12:25 PM, Dr. Love said: well the dust has settled on some interesting Canadian reprints of Fox books on Ebay. Incredible prices, very strong. Some boardies got shut out, but not all. Yeah, the minute I saw that My Desire 34, I knew I was toast. Awsome book and copy. Somebody got a killer rare book! jimjum12, Rip and Dr. Love 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Same. That book is the only one I went hard for, it's real real tough to get, Fox or Canadian whatever. I fell far short of the hammer though. Seller had lots of good pics on his listings though, I'll give him that. We could use some of that here on the boards. These days you're lucky if you get a back cover shot. Chaps my azz I must admit. comicjack, Chief1332 and Point Five 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rip Posted January 4, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 4, 2022 Really like this cover Lover's 57 and the tape was so needlessly put on. I'm thinking about having the tape removed. pmpknface, jimjum12, Point Five and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rip Posted January 4, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 4, 2022 (edited) On 1/3/2022 at 9:51 PM, Rip said: Really like this cover Lover's 57 and the tape was so needlessly put on. I'm thinking about having the tape removed. And here's its companion Lovers 59 Edited January 4, 2022 by Rip damonwad, Yorick, jimjum12 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 (edited) On 1/3/2022 at 9:51 PM, Rip said: Really like this cover Lover's 57 and the tape was so needlessly put on. I'm thinking about having the tape removed. yeh, Hartley did some killer work in 1954. I love this book too. One of our boardies beat me out on the 8.0 graded copy of this book back in the day, 2013 to be exact. That one hurt, $100 it went for, what was I thinking? Although 9 years ago that was at the top end for a VF Atlas romance. 1953-1954 Atlas romance, Pike, Hartley, and Colletta, the most incredible run. Edited January 4, 2022 by Dr. Love Rip and jimjum12 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
