GreatCaesarsGhost Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 (edited) On 4/4/2023 at 6:54 PM, comicnoir said: Yes we were all tracking that. I didn’t realize you whales were watching this humble book, although the bidding should have tipped me off. I woulda paid more, so I’m happy to get out of that with my skin . . . Edited April 6, 2023 by GreatCaesarsGhost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manetteska Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 On 4/6/2023 at 7:32 AM, GreatCaesarsGhost said: I didn’t realize you whales were watching this humble book, although the bidding should have tipped me off. I woulda paid more, so I’m happy to get out of that with my skin . . . I looked up the notes on that one: It has some cover tanning, but the pages are OW/W. So the missing coupon knocked this one all the way down to a 1.5? I could swear I've seen front covers with an accumulation of more "missing" paper get a higher grade. GreatCaesarsGhost 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOOT Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 On 4/1/2023 at 4:19 PM, Dr. Love said: There are only 330, so we're not talking some huge amount. The harder ones are the smaller publishers with one shots for instance. Is that the number of pre-code romance comic books that were published? If so, I am surprised there were that few! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dr. Love Posted April 8, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 8, 2023 (edited) 330 titles, my friend. 5,846 books (total, not pre-code). 84% line drawn covers, 16% photocovers. 41 publishers participated. Charlton had the most output at 1370 books, DC second at 932, Timely/Marvel/Atlas third at 556. Edited April 8, 2023 by Dr. Love szucchini, Microbia, adamstrange and 6 others 6 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOOT Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 On 4/7/2023 at 11:49 PM, Dr. Love said: 330 titles, my friend. 5,846 books (total, not pre-code). 84% line drawn covers, 16% photocovers. 41 publishers participated. Charlton had the most output at 1370 books, DC second at 932, Timely/Marvel/Atlas third at 556. Thanks for this great info, Doc! PeterPark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robot Man Posted April 19, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 19, 2023 Love this one. Kinda sleezy and lots of crying in it… A couple of interior panels for you slab tied folks. Printed so cheaply in Canada that the lips on the last panel almost look like blood. adamstrange, PopKulture, Yorick and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dr. Love Posted April 20, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 20, 2023 here's an unattributed Colletta page from 1958 doing moonlight work...for DC even just phoning it in, as he was at this point, his way of blocking these scenes was advanced for the genre he took what he learnt from the talented artists who came before him and applied it in his own style Inaflash, damonwad, pmpknface and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPark Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 On 4/19/2023 at 11:58 PM, Dr. Love said: here's an unattributed Colletta page from 1958 doing moonlight work...for DC even just phoning it in, as he was at this point, his way of blocking these scenes was advanced for the genre he took what he learnt from the talented artists who came before him and applied it in his own style It is good composition but still he is lazy with backgrounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Point Five Posted April 20, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 20, 2023 That page looks good to me. Hey, that's seven Lichtenstein paintings right there! pmpknface, adamstrange, Microbia and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Microbia Posted April 26, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 26, 2023 These Comic Media romance books are generally scarce, and have great appeal that focuses on the art, with their uncluttered covers. This issue has only three graded copies. Get Marwood & I, Tsp99, Dr. Love and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo_7071 Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 This one arrived today. manetteska, Chief1332, PopKulture and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpknface Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 On 5/3/2023 at 4:21 PM, jimbo_7071 said: This one arrived today. That is some outfit.... jimbo_7071 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo_7071 Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 On 5/4/2023 at 4:15 PM, pmpknface said: That is some outfit.... I wonder if it was modeled on a genuine roller derby outfit. (The roller derby days were a little before my time.) PeterPark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fett Posted May 6, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 6, 2023 at long last-finally found a nice copy Microbia, comicjack, Qua-Brot and 7 others 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jimbo_7071 Posted May 6, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 6, 2023 (edited) This one arrived today. It is only my 3rd romance comic in 38 1/2 years of collecting. (The 2nd was the True Life Secrets that I posted a few days ago.) I'm pretty sure it's also my first Christopher Rule cover. Edited May 6, 2023 by jimbo_7071 jimjum12, comicjack, pmpknface and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qua-Brot Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 On 5/6/2023 at 4:25 AM, fett said: at long last-finally found a nice copy Just won a lot of Romance comics and this was in it, not as nice but was one of the reasons I bid on the lot. The other was Romantic Adventures 49 . . . comicjack and Point Five 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPark Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 On 5/6/2023 at 9:16 PM, Qua-Brot said: Just won a lot of Romance comics and this was in it, not as nice but was one of the reasons I bid on the lot. The other was Romantic Adventures 49 . . . Big lot! Qua-Brot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPark Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 On 5/4/2023 at 5:09 PM, jimbo_7071 said: I wonder if it was modeled on a genuine roller derby outfit. (The roller derby days were a little before my time.) They're still going on jimbo_7071 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatCaesarsGhost Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 This is not a romance book, but I got a kick out of Milton Caniff’s take on romance. The Dragon Lady is no match for Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 On 5/8/2023 at 6:13 PM, GreatCaesarsGhost said: The Dragon Lady is no match for Terry Looks like he helped her make up her mind. That was VERY romantic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
