Darwination Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 I love the baby on Intimate #1. All these shrewish adults around and mama all melodramatic, and the kid's smiling and shaking a rattle. Nice message if you ask me. plady69, MrBedrock and Point Five 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwination Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 (edited) Came across one that's new to me. And by came across, I mean I saw it at Heritage (3720 hammer last week, 5 copies in census including 2 over 9.0): I like it. A very Fox-like cover (but not a Fox cover artist). Squarebound digest, 132 pages. Two issue run from Comic Media. Artful is the shell publisher on the second one according to GCD. Skeleton index for #2, no index for 1. Just 3 in the census for #2. Super scarce, especially #2? And a sister romance, Confessions of Love, also 2 issues, same format, neither indexed at the GCD. Issue one, same release month as the above, same artist to my eye, sold for 495 back in 2011. Also a good one. A litle more skin, a little more assault :I, and a bit of kitsch comedy with the wedding night honeymoon horror tag. Much prefer the cover on the Honeymoon Romance #1, though. 3 copies in the census for #1, 1 copy for #2. Even scarcer than the other title? Comic Media only used this format for these two titles? Anybody ID the artist on the #1s? Curious what the insides look like if anybody is holding a raw copy - - Edited March 9 by Darwination davet75, pmpknface and comicnoir 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpknface Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 (edited) On 3/9/2024 at 6:36 PM, Darwination said: Came across one that's new to me. And by came across, I mean I saw it at Heritage (3720 hammer last week, 5 copies in census including 2 over 9.0): I like it. A very Fox-like cover (but not a Fox cover artist). Squarebound digest, 132 pages. Two issue run from Comic Media. Artful is the shell publisher on the second one according to GCD. Skeleton index for #2, no index for 1. Just 3 in the census for #2. Super scarce, especially #2? And a sister romance, Confessions of Love, also 2 issues, same format, neither indexed at the GCD. Issue one, same release month as the above, same artist to my eye, sold for 495 back in 2011. Also a good one. A litle more skin, a little more assault :I, and a bit of kitsch comedy with the wedding night honeymoon horror tag. Much prefer the cover on the Honeymoon Romance #1, though. 3 copies in the census for #1, 1 copy for #2. Even scarcer than the other title? Comic Media only used this format for these two titles? Anybody ID the artist on the #1s? Curious what the insides look like if anybody is holding a raw copy - - Both are very cool, but I love the blurbs - "Sex Crimes on the Rise" and "Should Brides be Virgins?" Excellent! Edited March 10 by pmpknface Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pmpknface Posted March 10 Popular Post Share Posted March 10 2 new in from CGC and both have less than 10 on the census so I'll count them as rare! Intimate Secrets of Romance #1 - This series is a tough one, probably the hardest Star romance title, seeing as that's there's one these 2 issues although a few have popped up on the auction sites lately. Only 7 total on the census, higher is a 5.5 & 6.0. Intimate Secrets of Romance #2 -I do wish I could have found a better copy, but like I said these were tough. That nasty crease keeps it from anything higher of course, but there's only 6 others graded and the highest is a 6.5. The swirly stuff makes this one! More romance coming in a week or so (I hope!). sagii, Dr. Love, comicnoir and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 (edited) On 3/9/2024 at 4:36 PM, Darwination said: Came across one that's new to me. And by came across, I mean I saw it at Heritage (3720 hammer last week, 5 copies in census including 2 over 9.0): I like it. A very Fox-like cover (but not a Fox cover artist). Squarebound digest, 132 pages. Two issue run from Comic Media. Artful is the shell publisher on the second one according to GCD. Skeleton index for #2, no index for 1. Just 3 in the census for #2. Super scarce, especially #2? And a sister romance, Confessions of Love, also 2 issues, same format, neither indexed at the GCD. Issue one, same release month as the above, same artist to my eye, sold for 495 back in 2011. Also a good one. A litle more skin, a little more assault :I, and a bit of kitsch comedy with the wedding night honeymoon horror tag. Much prefer the cover on the Honeymoon Romance #1, though. 3 copies in the census for #1, 1 copy for #2. Even scarcer than the other title? Comic Media only used this format for these two titles? Anybody ID the artist on the #1s? Curious what the insides look like if anybody is holding a raw copy - - I've chased these on and off for over 20 years. HR 1 is the most common (I've owned 3 copies), COL 1 is second most common, but notably rarer. HR 2 is very rare, and COL 2 is extremely rare. It's been years since I opened one, I frankly can't recall what the interiors are like. Edited March 10 by buttock Darwination and Point Five 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBFan Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 On 3/4/2024 at 9:59 AM, PopKulture said: That thing is as faded as a “gray” Challengers of the Unknown number one. I’ve had my beater copy for fifty years. It’s one of four comics my grandma found in the attic of their old balloon-frame house that my aunt had read as a kid. No Marvel Mystery, no Captain America, not even Captain Marvel. The four books were the below Youthful Love Romances, a Love Romances 9 (photo cover), My Desire 31, and a very cool oddball, Jughead 1. My brother got first and second choice since he was older, and took the Youthful Love and naturally the Jughead. That left me with a beater Love Romances 9 and an equally compromised My Desire 31. I always maintained for decades later I should’ve at least gotten choices two and four… I eventually conned him out of this one but he kept the Jughead. I can’t say I blame him. Your copy is the US version, with "LN" and "AUG. SEPT." at the top right. It might be rarer than the Canadian printing sold at HA. PopKulture and Point Five 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ricksneatstuff Posted March 12 Popular Post Share Posted March 12 A few I got back from CGC today pmpknface, Yorick, MrBedrock and 12 others 14 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ricksneatstuff Posted March 12 Popular Post Share Posted March 12 And just a few more… davet75, pmpknface, szucchini and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 On 3/11/2024 at 8:05 PM, Ricksneatstuff said: A few I got back from CGC today Ricksneatstuff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robot Man Posted March 12 Popular Post Share Posted March 12 On 3/9/2024 at 3:36 PM, Darwination said: Came across one that's new to me. And by came across, I mean I saw it at Heritage (3720 hammer last week, 5 copies in census including 2 over 9.0): I like it. A very Fox-like cover (but not a Fox cover artist). Squarebound digest, 132 pages. Two issue run from Comic Media. Artful is the shell publisher on the second one according to GCD. Skeleton index for #2, no index for 1. Just 3 in the census for #2. Super scarce, especially #2? And a sister romance, Confessions of Love, also 2 issues, same format, neither indexed at the GCD. Issue one, same release month as the above, same artist to my eye, sold for 495 back in 2011. Also a good one. A litle more skin, a little more assault :I, and a bit of kitsch comedy with the wedding night honeymoon horror tag. Much prefer the cover on the Honeymoon Romance #1, though. 3 copies in the census for #1, 1 copy for #2. Even scarcer than the other title? Comic Media only used this format for these two titles? Anybody ID the artist on the #1s? Curious what the insides look like if anybody is holding a raw copy - - The only one I got. Got it from Harley at one of Terry O’Neil’s early shows. Was well under a hundred bucks. I saw it and grabbed it. First one I had ever seen. I’ve always been a low level Romance collector but this was a digest with sleezy content and I figured pretty scarce. I have never seen any of the rest other than a couple in big auctions. Glad to have this beater. And per Beau’s request, I have tried to post a little of the interior which also matches the cover for sleezy content. Sorry, hard to take good photos of… @Darwination Dr. Love, Darwination, Qua-Brot and 7 others 8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hap Hazard Posted March 12 Popular Post Share Posted March 12 On 3/9/2024 at 3:36 PM, Darwination said: Came across one that's new to me. And by came across, I mean I saw it at Heritage (3720 hammer last week, 5 copies in census including 2 over 9.0): I like it. A very Fox-like cover (but not a Fox cover artist). Squarebound digest, 132 pages. Two issue run from Comic Media. Artful is the shell publisher on the second one according to GCD. Skeleton index for #2, no index for 1. Just 3 in the census for #2. Super scarce, especially #2? And a sister romance, Confessions of Love, also 2 issues, same format, neither indexed at the GCD. Issue one, same release month as the above, same artist to my eye, sold for 495 back in 2011. Also a good one. A litle more skin, a little more assault :I, and a bit of kitsch comedy with the wedding night honeymoon horror tag. Much prefer the cover on the Honeymoon Romance #1, though. 3 copies in the census for #1, 1 copy for #2. Even scarcer than the other title? Comic Media only used this format for these two titles? Anybody ID the artist on the #1s? Curious what the insides look like if anybody is holding a raw copy - - Have this one Confessions of Love # 2 Dr. Love, Point Five, Darwination and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 On 3/12/2024 at 9:17 AM, Hap Hazard said: Have this one Confessions of Love # 2 Only one I have ever seen… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Now here's a question. It seems to me that I've viewed many more romance comics from the late 1940's than I have from the early 1960's. Are Silver Age romance comics actually less common than Golden Age ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwination Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 (edited) On 3/12/2024 at 10:47 AM, Robot Man said: The only one I got. Got it from Harley at one of Terry O’Neil’s early shows. Was well under a hundred bucks. I saw it and grabbed it. First one I had ever seen. I’ve always been a low level Romance collector but this was a digest with sleezy content and I figured pretty scarce. I have never seen any of the rest other than a couple in big auctions. Glad to have this beater. And per Beau’s request, I have tried to post a little of the interior which also matches the cover for sleezy content. Sorry, hard to take good photos of… @Darwination Awesome, thanks, RM! Love the little format. Looks like Iger Studio to me with the panel layouts and cheesecake poses. The back cover won't bowl anybody over, but I think it's really neat in a "low-key" fashion to use a term my kid's toss around. Same bar as the front, but you've got a table of merry-makers flirting, a chick checking out the jukebox, and a dark door leading into the forbidden love lair of the comic EDIT: And a little Tonya Harding action in that last story, ha! Edited March 12 by Darwination Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greggy Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 On 3/4/2024 at 11:33 PM, Dr. Love said: speaking of Charlton I hope I get paid for it. xoxo greggy Robot Man, comicjack, Dr. Love and 1 other 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ricksneatstuff Posted March 14 Popular Post Share Posted March 14 Happy to have this one in the collection before the Heritage romance auction Point Five, Mr. Lady Luck, comicjack and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Microbia Posted March 15 Popular Post Share Posted March 15 Bumble Kitty, Darwination, adamstrange and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plady69 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 On 3/14/2024 at 4:36 PM, Ricksneatstuff said: Happy to have this one in the collection before the Heritage romance auction Looks like a scene straight out of “Mad Men”! Cool cover… Mavrick76 and Ricksneatstuff 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 On 3/14/2024 at 1:36 PM, Ricksneatstuff said: Happy to have this one in the collection before the Heritage romance auction You should have come by my booth at CalCon earlier Rick. You know my price would have been a steal compared to a HA auction… Great to see you either way! Ricksneatstuff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post davet75 Posted March 16 Popular Post Share Posted March 16 (edited) I picked up an original owner collection of romance books a couple years ago and only recently got around to sorting them. Here are a few of the rarer books so far: Love Romances #33 - 0 on census Lovers #47 - 1 on census Love Journal #25 - 1 on census Love Diary #39 - 0 on census Tender Romance #1 - 4 on census Ideal Romance #7 - 1 on census youthful romances 7 - 2 on census In Love #1 (Kirby!) - 7 on census Edited March 16 by davet75 Mavrick76, pmpknface, Dr. Love and 11 others 13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
