Robot Man Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 On 4/1/2024 at 4:16 PM, Heronext said: Wish I'd seen it. For now I'll have to settle for this! Me too. The only one of the “big four” I am missing. At least it is my least favorite of the group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Darwination Posted April 2 Popular Post Share Posted April 2 Which issues are the big 4 exactly? I bet I can guess Slightly macabre most wanted romance comics, in my opinion, but different strokes for different folks Robot Man, Mavrick76, Inaflash and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 On 4/1/2024 at 4:23 PM, Heronext said: Hoarded this book Guess it's not the rarest romance then... Point Five 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heronext Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 On 4/2/2024 at 1:34 PM, Yorick said: Guess it's not the rarest romance then... Evolution of this awesome thread - What are the rarest romance comics? What are the rarest romance comics? What are the rarest romance comics? Point Five, Yorick, waaaghboss and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattTheDuck Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 On 4/2/2024 at 8:20 PM, Heronext said: Evolution of this awesome thread - What are the rarest romance comics? What are the rarest romance comics? What are the rarest romance comics? And, ultimately, What? buttock, MusterMark and Point Five 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusterMark Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 On 4/2/2024 at 11:56 PM, MattTheDuck said: On 4/2/2024 at 11:20 PM, Heronext said: Evolution of this awesome thread - What are the rarest romance comics? What are the rarest romance comics? What are the rarest romance comics? And, ultimately, What? Or even one or two steps beyond that? (Perhaps I’m going too far?) - What are the rarest romance comics? - What are the romance comics? - What are the comics? - What are the? - What are? - What? - ? - electricprune, MattTheDuck and Point Five 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 congrats to all concerned on this beautiful cole 1950's war comics, pmpknface, Point Five and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Microbia Posted April 6 Popular Post Share Posted April 6 On 4/6/2024 at 3:16 PM, Dr. Love said: congrats to all concerned on this beautiful cole Was very happy with the result. And with this. comicjack, pmpknface, szucchini and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 You have proven yourself to be masterful at market timing, sir. Expected the Cole give or take a thousand, but I must admit to being surprised at the Avon result. Again, congrats the the buyers! Romance - still undervalued! comicjack, 1950's war comics and Microbia 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 On 4/6/2024 at 4:08 PM, Dr. Love said: Expected the Cole give or take a thousand, I was surprised by it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pmpknface Posted April 6 Popular Post Share Posted April 6 (edited) On 4/6/2024 at 4:16 PM, adamstrange said: I was surprised by it Me too! Works for me though! Wonder what it would mean for this one.... Edited April 6 by pmpknface Ricksneatstuff, Mr. Lady Luck, Dr. Love and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 On 4/6/2024 at 5:30 PM, pmpknface said: Me too! Works for me though! It's like LB Cole romance is getting Matt Baker type results! GreatCaesarsGhost and pmpknface 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Of the 41 publishers who produced romance, the median number of issues per publisher is 42. Understanding that the range is from 1 issue to 1370. At 83 issues, Star doubled that. Still, not a lot of covers overall. I think Shay's copy went for nice bucks because it's 2nd highest graded, presents great for the grade, and most importantly is one of the top 5 Cole romance covers. imho of course. Which for me are as follows - not in order of preference. pmpknface, Microbia, Inaflash and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Cover gallery: comicnoir and Dr. Love 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 On 4/6/2024 at 6:53 PM, Dr. Love said: Of the 41 publishers who produced romance, the median number of issues per publisher is 42. Understanding that the range is from 1 issue to 1370. At 83 issues, Star doubled that. Still, not a lot of covers overall. I think Shay's copy went for nice bucks because it's 2nd highest graded, presents great for the grade, and most importantly is one of the top 5 Cole romance covers. imho of course. Which for me are as follows - not in order of preference. I like the cover, but it's not Top 5 for me. For example, I would rather have Pop Teen 10 or 11. Maybe we need a poll. Dr. Love and thehumantorch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 On 4/6/2024 at 4:08 PM, adamstrange said: Cover gallery: A poll would be fun! In compiling my romance database, which in the end consisted of 41 publishers, over 300 titles, and 5,846 issues, for Star I included the titles below. Michelle Nolan did not agree. Confessions of Love Confessions of Romance Film Stars Romances Flaming Western Romances Intimate Secrets of Romance Popular Teen-Agers School-Day Romances Target Western Romances Top Love Stories True-to-Life Romances 1950's war comics, pmpknface and Kevin.J 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Dr. Love Posted April 7 Popular Post Share Posted April 7 Amongst other things, the fluidity of Cole's stylistic approach contrasted to other artists whose hand never changed no matter the genre nor the passage of time. I also admired those who could both run a shop and hit the drafting table at the same time. While not Renaissance Men, they were a cut above in my mind. Eisner in particular. And Colletta had a mansion in Jersey while his fellows humped the train into Manhattan to drop off their pages. We talk alot about the art but rarely about the artists. Except Stan and Jack, Jack and Stan. 1950's war comics, comicnoir, pmpknface and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Some Colletta fun Dr. Love, Kevin.J and adamstrange 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ricksneatstuff Posted April 11 Popular Post Share Posted April 11 Heronext, Mr. Lady Luck, adamstrange and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
