Sqeggs Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Dude, those covers kill me. Killer books. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straw-Man Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 While I'm not much of a photo cover fan, the Marvel /Timely romance ones are far more entertaining than most of the competition's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 (edited) Unfortunately, high quality romance is hard to come by over here in Scotland, so when something "real purty" catches your eye you just grab it and try and overlook the creases and wrinkles. Anyway... one of the Colletta covers in my collection: btw Dazza nice book, love this Colletta! and WTTB! I remember your comment on that Cole cover. Only two love books at the Glasgow Con? Something needs to be done...keep your eyes open for a romance sales thread sometime in the near future. But it won't have a Girls' Romances 105. Sorry, friend. Yeh it is really that scarce! and oh hey - check it out - in the above book, the surprised chick in the background who was getting cheated on for the redhead? She thought, well maybe it's my hair color, I'll go red too and then I'll get the guy! only to get doubletimed for a blonde, see below. What's a girl to do? Edited March 13, 2015 by Dr. Love 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 While I'm not much of a photo cover fan, the Marvel /Timely romance ones are far more entertaining than most of the competition's. And so Ideal, "A Classical Comic" with such high hopes and pretty good art I thought, comes to an end with this switch to romance with #5. No credits in GCD/Atlas Tales, but I spy a Powell story. Overall, a fun book - I'll try and take some interior shots later. Noted in part for the "Hi, Friends" anti-Wertham letter to the public in this issue. Which appeared in a few? other Marvel titles around this time (My Romance #2 from 11/48, etc). 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Other Marvel faves, some you've seen before, others not so much. For the noobs. Cowboy Romances 3 If they don't smile for this one, check for a pulse. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Romantic Affairs 3 Knock first or suffer the consequences 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Loveland 1 Needs no intro - a classic 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Love Tales 40 Look at the birdie 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 True Life Tales 2 Take a hike buddy 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 and a double helping of hate Love Tales 39 why I oughta My Love 2 My personal fave. Wife loves it too. Don't sugarcoat it for me, baby. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Here's one you forgot, Doc.....I always wondered what the model thought when she saw it on the stands, used in this fashion?GOD BLESS...... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Here's one you forgot, Doc.....I always wondered what the model thought when she saw it on the stands, used in this fashion?GOD BLESS...... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u Good question! Does anyone know how these photos were selected? Did photo agencies have a bunch of available stills for use in various ways and the comic editors just chose ones they thought might fit? Or were the photos specially shot for the comics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Nice one jimbo! (thumbs u I see you've got quite the little love stash buddy. Hmmm pch, war, western, romance...one of these things is not like the others! 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 I'd imagine Goodman had access to pics with his huge output of Men's, True Crime, and Movie mags..... some of which are incredibly cool in their own right. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 I'd imagine Goodman had access to pics with his huge output of Men's, True Crime, and Movie mags..... some of which are incredibly cool in their own right. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u That's a good point. If I'm remembering correctly, those magazines made him much more money than did the comics. Maybe he had photo shoots for the mags and used the leftovers for comics. Or has anyone seen instances where the same photos appeared both in mags and comics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 and gotta be stills, right? Here's another then. The My Dairy 1. Love a girl who shows a little gum. Just sayin. It takes the chocolate in its mouth. IT TAKES THE CHOCOLATE IN ITS MOUTH. (hat tip: silence of the lambs) 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 When I joined up here over 10 years ago I was not a Romance enthusiast (unless, of course, it was my own....) and I started noticing posters whose contributions I'd liked were posting in these threads.... so I checked it out. At that time, as far as I was concerned, there were only 5 romance comics and they were all by Frazetta ....boy was I wrong. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazza Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 and oh hey - check it out - in the above book, the surprised chick in the background who was getting cheated on for the redhead? She thought, well maybe it's my hair color, I'll go red too and then I'll get the guy! only to get doubletimed for a blonde, see below. What's a girl to do? Nice observation, Doc. Is this a Colletta cover? Some of the Artwork inside is. The same artwork had been used for the cover of Love Romances #68 just four years previously! Personally, I'm a fan of a lot of the ACG romance covers. I'm assuming this one is by Ogden Whitney? Maybe one day I'll own a Lovelorn #52 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Here's one you forgot, Doc.....I always wondered what the model thought when she saw it on the stands, used in this fashion?GOD BLESS...... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u I love these "roll in the hay" covers. There seem to me quite a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 I always thought this was cool run.....even when I didn't know anyone who collected romance. I saw it for the first time at the LCS over 20 years ago when a long time Romance collector decided to sell his collection to Dave..... hundreds of them. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u A seller on eBay selling a copy has identified the woman on this cover as actress Hazel Brooks ( Google her images). Quite the looker. Funny, I love classic golden age Hollywood films, and have seen one of her films before many times (Body and Soul) but even as I have long admired this cover, I never drew the connection. Thanks so much (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
