Dr. Love Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MusterMark Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Beautiful comics. Don't even want to interrupt the flow with my comment but I guess I have , just a little bit hopefully .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Finally, after two years of back cover promotion, the decision came down to the editor: sell the space. DC would employ this strategy again in the future, but for the time being it would be back cover as usual. For Girls' Romances, that would start with #18. A small world for these guys - Broadway Fashions, the advertiser, had their office on 48th St, two blocks from DC's offices on E. 46th. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sqeggs Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Kind of reminds me of a Phantom Stranger cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Do some of these look a bit like Lee Elias? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 And great stuff as usual, Dr. L! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 (edited) With this beautiful cover from #30, the DC look is coming into a sharper focus. Sekowsky is doing more of the work, and it is lush, dramatic, more art-like and less comicky. There never was much of word balloons on the covers, and there will be even less moving forward. Whatever we need to know about the setting will be delivered by the letterer Ira Schnapp in a text box, not spoken by the characters. The Code is just a few months away, but it won't impact the DC romance titles. Edited May 17, 2015 by Dr. Love 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 And this #32 brings us into the Silver Age, at least as far as I define it. But it is also a very representative book for it solidifies the direction: dramatic scenes of loss and pain. Tears in the rain. It's a scene we'll see again, want to see again - it's why we love DC romance. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 And this #32 brings us into the Silver Age, at least as far as I define it. But it is also a very representative book for it solidifies the direction: dramatic scenes of loss and pain. Tears in the rain. It's a scene we'll see again, want to see again - it's why we love DC romance. Raindrops will hide my teardrops! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 I've often thought of Elias as well, but I've never seen even a hint of credit for DC romance. When I see a tears/rain cover, I think of Roy Batty's final scene in Blade Runner. Thanks Mark. Your posts are always welcome! 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 And great stuff as usual, Dr. L! +1, these are all fresh books to me. Is there a scarcity index for the early (non-photo cover) issues of Girls' Romances? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
