jimjum12 Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 On 10/13/2023 at 8:12 AM, Pontoon said: Technically this is Bronze, but since we have others... If the dude's still wearing a suit, it's still SA .... GOD BLESS ... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Dick Pontoon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 As much as I totally love Vince Colletta's Atlas work, the D.C Romance line had such a slick, sophisticated approach.... almost from it's inception. I never thought I'd see the day that I would be publicly discussing "Heart Throbs" with a straight face. I'll probably have rotten tomatoes hurled at me for saying this, but I wonder if the Bronze Age began in the D.C. Romance line? GOD BLESS ... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Readcomix and Dr. Love 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsmokin Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 On 10/14/2023 at 12:30 AM, jimjum12 said: If the dude's still wearing a suit, it's still SA .... GOD BLESS ... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Is that Trevor Bauer? jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted October 14, 2023 Author Share Posted October 14, 2023 On 10/14/2023 at 6:19 AM, jimjum12 said: As much as I totally love Vince Colletta's Atlas work, the D.C Romance line had such a slick, sophisticated approach.... almost from it's inception. I never thought I'd see the day that I would be publicly discussing "Heart Throbs" with a straight face. I'll probably have rotten tomatoes hurled at me for saying this, but I wonder if the Bronze Age began in the D.C. Romance line? GOD BLESS ... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Yeh DC has it dialed in. Can you pick a book where you can say here romance BA begins? And for the sake of discussion, include Charlton in the mix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jimjum12 Posted October 14, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted October 14, 2023 On 10/14/2023 at 10:47 AM, Dr. Love said: Yeh DC has it dialed in. Can you pick a book where you can say here romance BA begins? And for the sake of discussion, include Charlton in the mix I'm not sharp enough to wager that one. I know a lot about them but far short of 100%. Many of them I've never seen. Especially with Charlton. With Colletta moving from Atlas, the Charlton of the late 50's through the 60's, line has got to be one of the unheralded gems of the Hobby. When Romita, for example, moved to Marvel, his style, to me, was full of the seeds of the Bronze Age. I got lucky and was offered a collection of early 50's to mid 60's romance books with an emphasis on D.C. .... as much as we like to fuss about who created what, but Comics have long pulled their inspiration from popular media. By the time the Bronze Age came around, television was a source of inspiration. I watched a lot of TV in the 60's and the "tone" started maturing, to, me, in the mid to late 60's. The Wild Wild West was a good litmus point for what I describe. It ran from 1965 to 1969. Below are a few DC Romancers that seem to be, arguably, trendsetting. GOD BLESS ... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Yorick, Dr. Love, Hepcat and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dr. Love Posted October 15, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 15, 2023 If BA is said to begin more or less with Green Lantern 76 in 4/70, and seen as offering darker, more realistic story lines that were socially relevant - romance couldn't really jive with the new direction to a large degree. To the extent it could, it was through the representation of interracial romance. DC romance was right there with that. Lois Lane 106 11/70 "I Am Curious (Black)!" set the tone and the newly appointed romance editor for DC, Dorothy Woolfolk, got the memo with Young Romance 171 4/71 and Young Love 87 7/71. southern cross, Yorick, Inaflash and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jimjum12 Posted October 15, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted October 15, 2023 Here's some samples that are better than what I provided earlier, Romance books that seem to be moving, stylistically and thematically beyond the Silver Age, even though they are published between 1965 and 1968, still squarely in the Silver Age. The concensus amongst people I knew was that gals matured earlier than the fellas, maybe DC was trying to accomodate that. By 1969 the SA spirit had basically been paved over in the Romance genre. GOD BLESS ... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Ricksneatstuff, southern cross, comicnoir and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ricksneatstuff Posted November 14, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 14, 2023 Yorick, Bumble Kitty, Gaard and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 On 11/14/2023 at 12:11 AM, Ricksneatstuff said: The hair pull does it for me Gaard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricksneatstuff Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 If someone has a 8.0 or better of this one I would love to upgrade. Randall Dowling, Dr. Love, Darwination and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electricprune Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 On 11/21/2023 at 11:02 PM, Ricksneatstuff said: If someone has a 8.0 or better of this one I would love to upgrade. That is a tough one. I’ve been looking for years, and me best is still a VG. Maybe VG+. Yours presents very nicely. I see four copies on eBay and the best is VG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post greggy Posted November 23, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 23, 2023 (edited) On 11/21/2023 at 8:02 PM, Ricksneatstuff said: If someone has a 8.0 or better of this one I would love to upgrade. NFS Edited November 23, 2023 by greggy Ryan., adamstrange, Ricksneatstuff and 6 others 6 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricksneatstuff Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 On 11/23/2023 at 11:28 AM, greggy said: NFS Offers on this forum are not binding but how about… comicnoir, hchill25, Randall Dowling and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ryan. Posted December 9, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 9, 2023 Get Marwood & I, Dr. Love, hchill25 and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ricksneatstuff Posted January 10 Popular Post Share Posted January 10 A few recent pickups Yorick, comicjack, Dr. Love and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post N e r V Posted January 13 Popular Post Share Posted January 13 (edited) So my first 7 copies from the Fantast collection are arriving soon from CGC. 5 were graded as expected but 2 of them took some serious drops that I’ll note when posting. First up Secret Hearts #113. This one was spot on with grade from raw to CGC. Only difference was seller had white pages and this got OW/W which honestly happens a lot with dealers vs CGC opinions on PQ. Great Gene Colan cover IMO. Edited January 13 by N e r V comicjack, Dr. Love, comicnoir and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post N e r V Posted January 14 Popular Post Share Posted January 14 (edited) Book number 2 Falling in Love #83 from the Fantast collection. Purchased as a raw 8.0 OW/W and that’s exactly what CGC gave it. Killer Tony Abruzzo cover. Edited January 14 by N e r V comicjack, Dr. Love, comicnoir and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricksneatstuff Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Pretty books. I got a few of these from Harley at SDCC. Love them and wish I had got more. N e r V 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N e r V Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 (edited) Book 3 from the first batch of Fantast collection. This was the last book that graded out exactly as raw grade in number and PQ. Girls Romances #137. D. Giordano cover. Edited January 14 by N e r V Ricksneatstuff, Dr. Love and electricprune 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 On 1/14/2024 at 12:37 PM, N e r V said: Book 3 from the first batch of Fantast collection. This was the last book that graded out exactly as raw grade in number and PQ. Girls Romances #137. D. Giordano cover. That's nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
