n2wdw Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 As far as I know, these are the only 2 golden age comics with Marilyn Monroe (photo) on the cover. Does anyone know of any others? pmpknface and Mmehdy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 these two are it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Photo covers, yes. But then, there are always these... Tri-Color Brian and aardvark88 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n2wdw Posted July 24, 2022 Author Share Posted July 24, 2022 Thanks for this information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 If you're going after those, might I suggest a small adjacent challenge and include the Liz Taylor covers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n2wdw Posted July 24, 2022 Author Share Posted July 24, 2022 On 7/24/2022 at 11:50 AM, Dr. Love said: If you're going after those, might I suggest a small adjacent challenge and include the Liz Taylor covers The comics in the original post are actually mine. I was just wondering if I had all the MM photo covers. How many photo covers does Liz Taylor have, do you know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dr. Love Posted July 24, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 24, 2022 (edited) I do know. The Girl Comics is the most desirable. Images provided, by popular demand Girl Comics 3 Sweethearts 121 Film Stars Romances 2 Famous Stars 5 New Romances 11 Great Lover Romances 15 True Movie and Television 1 Miss America V4#3 Sweet Sixteen 4 Edited July 24, 2022 by Dr. Love Microbia, Professor K, pmpknface and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Yorick Posted July 24, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 24, 2022 On 7/24/2022 at 9:49 AM, Dr. Love said: I do know. The Girl Comics is the most desirable. Girl Comics 3 Film Stars Romances 2 Famous Stars 5 New Romances 11 Great Lover Romances 15 True Movie and Television 1 Miss America V4#3 Sweet Sixteen 4 Dr. Love, Kevin.J, n2wdw and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n2wdw Posted July 24, 2022 Author Share Posted July 24, 2022 On 7/24/2022 at 12:49 PM, Dr. Love said: I do know. The Girl Comics is the most desirable. Girl Comics 3 Film Stars Romances 2 Famous Stars 5 New Romances 11 Great Lover Romances 15 True Movie and Television 1 Miss America V4#3 Sweet Sixteen 4 Thanks for the list. I've gotten to the point in my life where I've gotten most of the comics I want. The last couple of years I've been finishing up some last runs (Sandman, Swamp Thing ....). My only collecting goal right now is Matt Baker covers, and they are hard to come by (as I'm sure you know). There's the current Heritage auction that I'm following, but I'm sure the ones I want will be out of my price range -- as my sights are on retirement and my priority is travel, not comics, there's only so high I'll go. At some point in your life, at least for me, your priorities become experiences, not comic books. But this list is fun. My parents loved Elisabeth Taylor so it'll be special from that point of view. And it's only 8 comics. Thanks for the suggestion. Kevin.J, Robot Man and jimjum12 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dr. Love Posted July 24, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 24, 2022 Sure thing Mike. A small set, out there but not everywhere, challenging but not impossible. I forgot one from the Sweethearts run, added it above. I know you appreciate the photo covers, in a modest way, as do I - they are nostalgic and evoke a past age, portraying people and relationships in a particular light. Maybe truthful, maybe just a truth we'd like to believe. I think of my parents when I see covers like these. No reason why I should, they looked and acted nothing like this - and yet, I do. pmpknface, MusterMark, PopKulture and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo_7071 Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 On 7/24/2022 at 6:33 PM, n2wdw said: At some point in your life, at least for me, your priorities become experiences, not comic books. I've heard quite a few guys express similar thoughts. Most older guys I've known seem to lose interest in collecting around age 65. It makes me wonder whether I'll lose interest in collecting when I reach that age. I'm 48, so I have 17 years to go. Right now I feel like I'm in the hobby for life, but I think that a lot of guys felt that way—until they didn't. PopKulture 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n2wdw Posted July 26, 2022 Author Share Posted July 26, 2022 (edited) I just turned 60 this year. I guess I've have lost interest in comic collecting, but I think mostly because I have most of what I want. Since covid hit, I've been working on completing runs I started years and years ago. Below I've listed the titles I've completed the last couple of years. At this point in my life, I don't have the energy to start new big runs, like ECs or pre-hero Marvel. So that's why I like the idea of a small run like the E. Taylor photo covers. I'm still trying to get a copy of every comic with a Matt Baker cover. I'm also trying to get a copy of every Dennis the Menace comic ever published. I've hit a brick wall with both -- the comics I need are hardly ever offered for sale. I probably have a better chance of finishing the Dennis goal as, when the comics do turn up for sale, they don't cost much. Baker obviously is much different. My biggest grail right now is to find anything signed by both Bettie Page and Dave Stevens. You'd think there would be something as they were friends, but I've never seen anything. My wife often says I still spend a ton of money on comics. That's true. Finishing some of the runs were expensive. Also, when I do buy something, it tends to be expensive. Like, my favorite character has always been Spider-man. I'm missing 2 key issues: Amazing Fantasy 15 -- and I'll never get that one, it's gotten too expensive. And ASM 129 -- I have a coverless copy but I wanted a nice copy. So I finally got a nice copy last year and it was pretty expensive as you can imagine. Detective 325-881, 1000000 and Annuals 1-12 Teen Titans 1-53; Batman 200-713 + 1,000,000 + Annuals 1-28 + GS 1-3 What If…? (Vol. 2) -1 to 114; Bat Lash 1-7 Superman (1st Series) 150-423 + Annual 1-12 + SE 1-3; Justice League of America 1-261 and Annual 1-3 Tales to Astonish (Vol. 1) 27 (1st Ant-Man) - 101 Tales of Suspense 39 (1st Iron Man) - 99; Red Sonja (Vol. 1) 1-15; 80 Page Giant Magazine 1-15; DC 100 Page Super Spectacular 4-22; Very Best of Dennis the Menace 1-3; DC Special Series 1-27; Spectre (1st Series) 1-10; Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen 50-163 Superman’s Girl Friend Lois Lane 25-137; Sandman (1989) 1-75 & SE 1; Journey Into Mystery 83 (1st app Thor) - 125 + Annual 1 Edited July 26, 2022 by n2wdw jimbo_7071, Kevin.J and plady69 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post C. Spaulding Posted July 30, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2022 Now for an additional challenge, add in the books with back cover photos of Marilyn. I was flipping through a couple books and noticed this for the first time. pmpknface, Mmehdy, PopKulture and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo_7071 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 (edited) On 7/29/2022 at 10:21 PM, C. Spaulding said: Now for an additional challenge, add in the books with back cover photos of Marilyn. I was flipping through a couple books and noticed this for the first time. Somebody should tell that guy that's he's supposed to stand a little farther back, or his bullseye doesn't count. Edited August 1, 2022 by jimbo_7071 C. Spaulding, mysterymachine and szucchini 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straw-Man Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 barely misses golden age, but here's an obscure one... OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameri Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Here are early Marilyn photo covers if you're into magazines. Some have comic strips pmpknface and Yorick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 This always looked like her to me: PS. Nice copy on ebay right now (not mine). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Found this at a local store a few months ago, not a comic but a fun cover to have in the collection: Yorick, Mmehdy and pmpknface 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameri Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 A Teen-Age Diary Secrets 6 that just closed https://www.ebay.com/itm/403821068410?hash=item5e059c807a%3Ag%3A7-oAAOSwZBBi8Did&nma=true&si=DQqeaU8%2FeXxH1MQphZOmDQvlhTo%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 On 8/14/2022 at 3:48 PM, Ameri said: A Teen-Age Diary Secrets 6 that just closed https://www.ebay.com/itm/403821068410?hash=item5e059c807a%3Ag%3A7-oAAOSwZBBi8Did&nma=true&si=DQqeaU8%2FeXxH1MQphZOmDQvlhTo%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 Wow. I LOVE ebay so much! That book didn't even register in my daily searching. They've completely fuddled the search engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
