sacentaur Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Steve, Love that art. WonderCon pick-up? Saul had some nice reasonably priced art there. No, picked it up at a local valley show some years ago (happy to have it, even though I'm not an OA guy). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickamabob Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 I really appreciate the scans of the back covers to Personal Love. Nice tribute to some really solid art direction and layout for those back covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickamabob Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 What's been going on lately with comics that have Dan DeCarlo covers? I've seen comics auctioning for $200 that a few years ago would go for $20. These Jetta comics are an example. They've always been tough to find and get, but if memory serves, they used to sell in the $200 to $300 range (at best) for mid-grade copies. Look at these auction results! I've always wanted a Jetta comic (or three), but I am pretty sure at this rate I won't be adding any to my collection. Was Dan DeCarlo recently highlighted in a book, or reprint series, or something? Why is he (seemingly) suddenly so hot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 What's been going on lately with comics that have Dan DeCarlo covers? I've seen comics auctioning for $200 that a few years ago would go for $20. These Jetta comics are an example. They've always been tough to find and get, but if memory serves, they used to sell in the $200 to $300 range (at best) for mid-grade copies. Look at these auction results! I've always wanted a Jetta comic (or three), but I am pretty sure at this rate I won't be adding any to my collection. Was Dan DeCarlo recently highlighted in a book, or reprint series, or something? Why is he (seemingly) suddenly so hot? I'm pretty sure the bidders in those auctions were counting on the grades actually being much better than the listed VG+. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickamabob Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 What's been going on lately with comics that have Dan DeCarlo covers? I've seen comics auctioning for $200 that a few years ago would go for $20. These Jetta comics are an example. They've always been tough to find and get, but if memory serves, they used to sell in the $200 to $300 range (at best) for mid-grade copies. Look at these auction results! I've always wanted a Jetta comic (or three), but I am pretty sure at this rate I won't be adding any to my collection. Was Dan DeCarlo recently highlighted in a book, or reprint series, or something? Why is he (seemingly) suddenly so hot? I'm pretty sure the bidders in those auctions were counting on the grades actually being much better than the listed VG+. Now that I look at them, you're right, those are FN+ range copies. Maybe higher but none of them had photos that showed interior pages. They had a lot of edge tanning so who knows. Really nice clean covers, that's for sure. Interestingly, at least one of them had an arrival stamp on the back showing it was sold or distributed in Milan, Italy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 What's been going on lately with comics that have Dan DeCarlo covers? I've seen comics auctioning for $200 that a few years ago would go for $20. These Jetta comics are an example. They've always been tough to find and get, but if memory serves, they used to sell in the $200 to $300 range (at best) for mid-grade copies. Look at these auction results! I've always wanted a Jetta comic (or three), but I am pretty sure at this rate I won't be adding any to my collection. Was Dan DeCarlo recently highlighted in a book, or reprint series, or something? Why is he (seemingly) suddenly so hot? I'm pretty sure the bidders in those auctions were counting on the grades actually being much better than the listed VG+. Now that I look at them, you're right, those are FN+ range copies. Maybe higher but none of them had photos that showed interior pages. They had a lot of edge tanning so who knows. Really nice clean covers, that's for sure. Interestingly, at least one of them had an arrival stamp on the back showing it was sold or distributed in Milan, Italy. The seller is in Italy. I also noticed the tanning, which made me hesitant to go too high on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickamabob Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Some recent romance-related comics I had graded: Daring Love #1; A Moon, A Girl...Romance #9; and Women in Love #2 (cover by Kamen/Feldstein) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Some recent romance-related comics I had graded: Daring Love #1; A Moon, A Girl...Romance #9; and Women in Love #2 (cover by Kamen/Feldstein) Nice! (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Our gal Alice Kelley as a "Vivacious Co-Ed", and I'd say she certainly fits the bill... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Never seen that one before.Nice (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Our gal Alice Kelley as a "Vivacious Co-Ed", and I'd say she certainly fits the bill... More romances than heartaches, I would guess! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Some recent romance-related comics I had graded: Daring Love #1; A Moon, A Girl...Romance #9; and Women in Love #2 (cover by Kamen/Feldstein) A member of the Daring Love club! WOW EC, Fox, and I spy a Farmer's Daughter #1 in the back? and more besides? Dang, Doohick - did you pay for all this from selling your romance longbox last year? Boys, there's gold in these golden love books! 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickamabob Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Some recent romance-related comics I had graded: Daring Love #1; A Moon, A Girl...Romance #9; and Women in Love #2 (cover by Kamen/Feldstein) A member of the Daring Love club! WOW EC, Fox, and I spy a Farmer's Daughter #1 in the back? and more besides? Dang, Doohick - did you pay for all this from selling your romance longbox last year? Boys, there's gold in these golden love books! Thanks! I've had most of these for a while, but the romance longbox definitely helped pay to get some of these graded a few months ago. (You have a good memory on the romance longbox... ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fett Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 one of the quirky things I've noticed about Charlton (especially mid-to-late 50s romance) is how much they like to use interior splashes from one title as the cover to another title. Noticed this today though going through a Sweethearts from 1954... the Charlton in question the interior splash then a few years later, but at St. John First time I had seen this. Wonder how the art moved around? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 It's also a study on how coloring can really change a scene! (A couple of birds disappeared too, colored over.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickamabob Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 That man has three arms! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 one of the quirky things I've noticed about Charlton (especially mid-to-late 50s romance) is how much they like to use interior splashes from one title as the cover to another title. Noticed this today though going through a Sweethearts from 1954... the Charlton in question the interior splash then a few years later, but at St. John First time I had seen this. Wonder how the art moved around? Neat find. Looks like the St John cover was a swipe or, possibly, they bought some of the Charlton art. St John was running on fumes at that point. I think flipping images is fairly easy -- not that I would know how to do it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 First copy of this one i have ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickamabob Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 First copy of this one i have ever seen. "Glimpses into the intimate secrets of girls in love..." Oh yeah... Now we're talking... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Here's your second then, Jack. And a real great book to focus in on - the first story is a sweet Gustavson. Quality produced 358 romance issues. Gustavson has less than 20 credits, and only a few splashes. One of those is from the Diary Loves 11. When you start picking up the photocovers, buddy, it's a done deal. When the Big Shot Dealer at the con asks "and what do you collect", might as well say it loud and proud - "ROMANCE". But only a little bit, we understand! 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
