Charlton Romance 6 6

[Crimebuster]

6 hours ago, Get Marwood & I said:

I think the overall quality of Charlton's output went downhill around 1966/7 myself - certainly in terms of what I like personally - but some of the romance titles happily buck that trend. I love this cover for example:

She's just adorable, isn't she 

Interesting to see the progression from Silver to Bronze in that title - separated by a mere 15 years and yet seemingly worlds apart:

 
                    Volume 1, #22, November 1961                                         Volume 8, #112, August 1976

 

@Crimebuster - as OP, do we have your blessing to extend into bronze here? 

Sure! Bronze is my favorite romance era. I think things start changing a little earlier with romance than some other genres anyway - I see Bronze elements creeping in by 1967. So there's a lot of overlap in eras.

[Get Marwood & I]

4 minutes ago, Crimebuster said:

Sure! Bronze is my favorite romance era. I think things start changing a little earlier with romance than some other genres anyway - I see Bronze elements creeping in by 1967. So there's a lot of overlap in eras.

Good man 

Not sure if I've posted this one before, in the middle of the two eras - note the two left feet...

[Robot Man]

[CrocHntr]

A couple of new pickups for me...

 

[iggy]

Welp, had this in my watch list for a couple months, I like the cover and it was the best looking copy to roll around. I almost pulled the trigger on it...

 

Then this copy came along.

 

Glad I held out, I think I’ll like it better.

 

Edited July 31, 2021 by iggy

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[CrocHntr]

Here's another neat one I found:

First Kiss 21

 

 

[comicjack]

On 1/5/2022 at 3:11 PM, CrocHntr said:

Here's another neat one I found:

First Kiss 21

 

 

never seen it but i like it

[rakehell]

Bagged these two the other day -

Starting to get into these...

[Dr. Love]

On 1/5/2022 at 12:11 PM, CrocHntr said:

Here's another neat one I found:

First Kiss 21

 

 

Charlton grey tone ish

[Get Marwood & I]

 

[MusterMark]

On 6/19/2021 at 5:11 PM, iggy said:

...and this is the 2nd upgrade for this issue... finally a keeper. One of my funny favorites.

I wonder who exactly is the person in the background looking at.

[NoMan]

Are there good, we’ll written stories in these books or is it just about the art?

[themagicrobot]

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Are there good, we’ll written stories in these books or is it just about the art?

Is that well-written stories? Dunno. Does anyone read the stories? You can't go wrong with D'Agostino's artwork on the covers or interiors. Many of these CGC Forum  threads celebrate just the cover artwork. That is all you see if your books are slabbed anyway. The most exciting thing for @Get Marwood & I is that LM 6d top right. Other people get excited by Margie's thigh in the second image (the stamped arrival date).

 

[Crimebuster]

On 2/23/2018 at 12:37 PM, Dr. Love said:

You'd have a better chance of catching a glimpse of Bigfoot in your backyard then Sweethearts 122.

 

Ever since this came up in this thread, I've been keeping my eyes peeled for a Sweethearts 122. Wouldn't you know it, one came up for sale right here on the boards last week when I wasn't around. 

Luckily for me, nobody bought it   so when the boardie eventually put it up on ebay, i got a notification, and bought it immediately.