Yorick Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Another interior sample from "Untouched" Point Five 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N e r V Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 On 10/30/2022 at 3:19 PM, Yorick said: @Dr. Love I look forward to reading your top picks. Maybe you can expand your list to top ten? Frazetta on Personal Love, Baker did some fantastic interiors, PIKE, Kinstler (at least one issue of Romantic Love), Sekowsky, Toth, Colletta, Andru/Esposita, Kirby.... There are plenty of heavy hitters. The grunt work would be to identify the specific stories, I suppose. I love that splash from “Untouched” you posted. The Kirby Museum posts that on their site with a credit to Bruno Premiani but with a clear “?” after the credit. Lovely piece no matter who did it… Yorick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Toth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Probably Sekowsky? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 But Colletta was also imitating Toth, so the above may be Colletta. Here's an example signed by Colletta. PeterPark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPark Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 On 10/30/2022 at 8:43 PM, Yorick said: Toth Just today I was looking through some books and saw a Coletta cover with flowers like those on the lower left on the right page... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Another few pages from Wrong Way to Happiness. Very unusual perspectives and framing for Colletta. Perhaps he was inspired by another artist? PeterPark and adamstrange 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Looks like I do have a Pike page in my pictures.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 On 10/30/2022 at 5:53 PM, PeterPark said: Just today I was looking through some books and saw a Coletta cover with flowers like those on the lower left on the right page... Gotta have something in the background... damonwad, pmpknface and jimjum12 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusterMark Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Coletta is all about them flowers, now ain’t he?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpknface Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 On 10/30/2022 at 3:30 PM, N e r V said: Would this fit the bill of thinking out of the box (at least for this issue)? You had to watch the amount of sex even pre code and you could only do so much abuse on covers I thought this issue was a bit clever mixing romance with our own PCH although it is strange she isn’t concerned he’s talking to the dead but just jealous? This cover reminds me a bit of both Hitchcock's Rebecca and Vertigo (which almost certainly came later) but Rebecca was 1940. I have one of these too: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 On 8/16/2022 at 6:45 AM, Mr. Lady Luck said: After several weeks of heat indexes between 105 - 112 degrees, this cover looked so cool and refreshing... ...I couldn't resist... That's a mighty nice example ... I always thought of this cover as classic. GOD BLESS.... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Mr. Lady Luck and Dr. Love 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post damonwad Posted December 28, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 28, 2022 Slowly picking up the non-photo cover issues in this title but gave up looking for high grade copies a long time ago. #42 and #43. MrBedrock, Chief1332, Point Five and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damonwad Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 Love Journal #15 with John Buscema cover. I usually get rid of my undercopies, but for some reason I'm compelled to hoard this issue. I cracked out a CGC 4.5 and 5.0 but there's a 6.0 out there somewhere that I'd like to free. If my memory isn't playing tricks on me, it has the same "Cb" (or is it "Ch"?) written in pink that my copies have. Dr. Love, MrBedrock, Yorick and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dr. Love Posted December 29, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 29, 2022 (edited) Fantastic, Chris! Orbits are really really really hard to find in grade, especially the line drawn. 42 with that black cover, and 43 has no census. Pound for pound, maybe the best romance publisher. Atlas vs St. John, I stack Colletta up against Baker, not on covers, on interiors and story telling capability. But Orbits had a nice bullpen, at least four expressive artists, each of whom had their own unique style, each of whom could make a relatively actionless drama come to life - Leav, Lawrence, Buscema, and Anderson. Big John started on western and crime for Marvel in '48, and after a few years made his way over to Orbit. He produced a fairly large body of work there, at least in romance terms. Superb artist. Honed his skills for you know what later down the road. and buddy, no pink, and well, at least you know where the 6.0 lives now Edited December 29, 2022 by Dr. Love damonwad, adamstrange, davidtere and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plady69 Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 On 6/2/2021 at 9:15 AM, Sqeggs said: Wow, times have changed. That dude would have been labeled a “stalker” and shot dead in the backyard. Castle Doctrine. jimbo_7071 and Yorick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damonwad Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 On 12/28/2022 at 4:00 PM, Dr. Love said: Fantastic, Chris! Orbits are really really really hard to find in grade, especially the line drawn. 42 with that black cover, and 43 has no census. Pound for pound, maybe the best romance publisher. Atlas vs St. John, I stack Colletta up against Baker, not on covers, on interiors and story telling capability. But Orbits had a nice bullpen, at least four expressive artists, each of whom had their own unique style, each of whom could make a relatively actionless drama come to life - Leav, Lawrence, Buscema, and Anderson. Big John started on western and crime for Marvel in '48, and after a few years made his way over to Orbit. His produced a fairly large body of work there, at least in romance terms. Superb artist. Honed his skills for you know what later down the road. and buddy, no pink, and well, at least you know where the 6.0 lives now Another great post Andy, and I'm not remotely surprised you own that beaut. I know I've seen a 3rd copy with those pink letters somewhere and it's going to bug me until I find out where. Like you mentioned, the combination of high quality and low quantity make the Orbit romance books fun to collect. I'm sure the only way I'll ever get really nice copies though, is to luck into an ebay BIN. Dr. Love 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post C. Spaulding Posted December 29, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 29, 2022 On 12/28/2022 at 4:42 PM, damonwad said: Love Journal #15 with John Buscema cover. I usually get rid of my undercopies, but for some reason I'm compelled to hoard this issue. I cracked out a CGC 4.5 and 5.0 but there's a 6.0 out there somewhere that I'd like to free. If my memory isn't playing tricks on me, it has the same "Cb" (or is it "Ch"?) written in pink that my copies have. The two copies with the pink writing were my old copies. It’s a ‘Ch’ short for Cherrainne which was my grandma’s first name. manetteska, PeterPark, Yorick and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C. Spaulding Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 On 12/28/2022 at 7:04 PM, damonwad said: Another great post Andy, and I'm not remotely surprised you own that beaut. I know I've seen a 3rd copy with those pink letters somewhere and it's going to bug me until I find out where. Like you mentioned, the combination of high quality and low quantity make the Orbit romance books fun to collect. I'm sure the only way I'll ever get really nice copies though, is to luck into an ebay BIN. If there is a third copy with pink writing it’s unrelated to these two copies. The one in the upper right hand corner has a CW in pencil. damonwad and Dr. Love 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 On 12/29/2022 at 9:38 AM, C. Spaulding said: The two copies with the pink writing were my old copies. It’s a ‘Ch’ short for Cherrainne which was my grandma’s first name. That's really cool. Do you have other romance/etc comics of hers or are they all gone by now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
