What are the most classic, non-Baker, romance covers? 5 5

[fett]

On 2/18/2018 at 4:53 PM, MrBedrock said:

My choice for the most (fill in the blank - suggestive, overlooked, underrated) romance cover...

 

Very suggestive cover. 

[N e r V]

8 hours ago, MrBedrock said:

The cool thing with ECs is there are lots of raw collections out there. The romance is definitely the hardest to find of the publisher's output, but patience is a wonderful thing. There are two nicer graded copies for now but if any books have potential for high grade copies coming to market the EC books would head that list. Congrats on your 8.0. it is indeed beautiful and hard to find in that grade. But from a census standpoint its position is very vulnerable.

 

Are you trying say there’s probably one that’s better? 

 

[mustang33guy]

On 2/18/2018 at 11:58 PM, N e r V said:

Here's my copy of First Love #24. One of my favorite romance covers

[Yorick]

Is there a Toth romance cover?  I have only seen interiors...

[adamstrange]

6 minutes ago, Yorick said:

Is there a Toth romance cover?  I have only seen interiors...

There's a DC cover or two but his best romance work are his interior stories for Standard.

[Dr. Love]

[Dr. Love]

and not Toth - but if you're picking classics/most desired within publishers - and if you're a romance enthusiast, with 330 titles spread between 41 publishers, you will end up picking favorites - then this one is up there for DC GA

 

Edited February 20, 2018 by Dr. Love

[adamstrange]

 

15 minutes ago, Dr. Love said:

 

We have talked about this cover more than once and I still can't see anything more than a glimmer of a hint of Toth.

Within the 6 months prior to this cover, this is what Toth's art looked like:

 

[Dr. Love]

You are the Dean of Toth - but I think you're a tad off on this one.

Let's see if I can upgrade you to...a hint!

[N e r V]

Samples of Toth romance work from the period.

Personal Love #11 oct. 1951

 

[N e r V]

New Romances #14 dec. 1952

 

Intimate Love #19 July 1952

 

My Real Love #5 June 1952

[N e r V]

Different subject but this is the accepted edition (not Star) but would this one be non Baker but classic?

 

[Dr. Love]

yup that it would

it used to be that the reprint would go for considerably less than the original, but not no more

[Sqeggs]

Kind of like this one from DC stalwart Infantino -- love the caption!  Still brooding over GCG's refusal to recognize this as the Church copy. 

[Sqeggs]

15 hours ago, Dr. Love said:

+1000

I also recommend "The Thin Black Line: Perspectives on Vince Colletta, Comics’ Most Controversial Inker" - available on Amazon and twomorrows

 

Dang, that's cool!

[Sqeggs]

18 hours ago, sagii said:

The Forbidden Love 4 issue run has also always been a collector fave. Showcasing #4 here as it is the toughest of the run

I agree that it's tough.  You and I own two-thirds of the graded copies. 

[sagii]

18 minutes ago, Sqeggs said:

I agree that it's tough.  You and I own two-thirds of the graded copies. 

So you're the other one .....

[Dr. Love]

19 minutes ago, Sqeggs said:

Kind of like this one from DC stalwart Infantino -- love the caption!  Still brooding over GCG's refusal to recognize this as the Church copy. 

If the #13 isn't Toth, then Infantino is the only logical candidate.  The other DC regulars just don't fit the style.

Just love this copy! 

[hippiecop]

Is anyone familiar with the Top Love #5 in the current comicconnect auction.  Description states it is an L.B. Cole "cheesecake" cover, but there doesn't seem to be a picture of it for some reason ??

[adamstrange]

15 minutes ago, Dr. Love said:

If the #13 isn't Toth, then Infantino is the only logical candidate.  The other DC regulars just don't fit the style.

Just love this copy! 

A lovely copy and I think it's a nicely composed Infantino cover.