are you Falling in Love? well, unrequited love - this book is pulled! 2 2

[Dr. Love]

1st   in the thread takes it - keep in mind if you're making an offer

Paypal only

$20 shipped USPS Priority Sig to CONUS only - to Paypal confirmed addresses only

no return on slabbed book

no probies or HOSers

Edited Sunday at 12:58 AM by Dr. Love

[crassus]

I'm open to falling in love...I mean I'm available....for the right comics of course... 

[Funnybooks]

sure, i'll bite

[Dr. Love]

well you might be after you see this book!

Falling in Love #17 3.0 OWW  $235

you're saying - are you ill, Dr. Love?  that much for a 3.0?  but hold up, friends.  I love a technical 3.0 that presents more like an 8.0 and that's this book - spine splits and detached bottom staple.  Keep it in the case and you'll never know the difference.  But what's different is the price - if this were a high grade I'd ask (and I'd pay) $750 for it hands down.  Because it's a dark night rain scene, and those are the best covers imho and done rarely in the hundreds and hundreds of DC romance covers.  It's a happy, heartwarming romance cover of two lovers joyfully united.  Believe me when I tell you, for DC, you can count this type of cover on the fingers of two hands.  When it comes to romance, DC was the House of Pain - tears flowed like water! or like rain!

And did I mention it's a black cover with a red title?  No interesting but annoying thought balloons??

so let's do it.  Let's Fall(ing) in Love!

 

 

 

 

 

[electricprune]

Highest graded copy as well.

[Dr. Love]

On 6/22/2024 at 4:16 PM, electricprune said:

Highest graded copy as well.

thanks man I forgot to mention that.  And by highest we mean only.  On Ebay, MCS has a beat to hell Fair for $83 obo, for comparison. 

[Inaflash]

I’ve never seen this issue before. What a fantastic cover. Good luck with the sale.

[Dr. Love]

So I was on the phone talking to Inaflash about this book and it occurs to me - I love this book.  The red title, the red coat, the red lipstick, the red fingernails, the black building, the yellow lit windows, her blonde hair and eye shadow that match his jacket color.  The composition, the theme, and his anonymity makes it all about her and her love.  I've never seen a better copy of this book since I bought it from Gary Carter in 1997.  It's a real tour de force for early silver DC romance, and I would know.  Romance is a bit of a joke in ways, but the truth is it's also a very difficult subject matter for a comic book artist to draw competently.  It requires a versatility that many could not do.

It's a little embarrassing, but I'm pulling it.  Excelsior!

[ThePreacher]

On 6/22/2024 at 5:57 PM, Dr. Love said:

So I was on the phone talking to Inaflash about this book and it occurs to me - I love this book.  The red title, the red coat, the red lipstick, the red fingernails, the black building, the yellow lit windows, her blonde hair and eye shadow that match his jacket color.  The composition, the theme, and his anonymity makes it all about her and her love.  I've never seen a better copy of this book since I bought it from Gary Carter in 1997.  It's a real tour de force for early silver DC romance, and I would know.  Romance is a bit of a joke in ways, but the truth is it's also a very difficult subject matter for a comic book artist to draw competently.  It requires a versatility that many could not do.

It's a little embarrassing, but I'm pulling it.  Excelsior!

I was about to take that as my first romance book of all time. Sounds like it was a good thing for you to pull it before I got my dirty mitts on it.

[Dr. Love]

Preacher, if I change my mind, you're first in line

[electricprune]

On 6/22/2024 at 8:57 PM, Dr. Love said:

So I was on the phone talking to Inaflash about this book and it occurs to me - I love this book.  The red title, the red coat, the red lipstick, the red fingernails, the black building, the yellow lit windows, her blonde hair and eye shadow that match his jacket color.  The composition, the theme, and his anonymity makes it all about her and her love.  I've never seen a better copy of this book since I bought it from Gary Carter in 1997.  It's a real tour de force for early silver DC romance, and I would know.  Romance is a bit of a joke in ways, but the truth is it's also a very difficult subject matter for a comic book artist to draw competently.  It requires a versatility that many could not do.

It's a little embarrassing, but I'm pulling it.  Excelsior!

I actually had to check mine to see if yours might be nicer. I have mine as a Fine. It’s pretty nice. If you happen to have a decent FIL 28, and would part with it, I’d be interested. Even a cash and trade. I have mine as a VG-.

[Dr. Love]

Have never owned a copy of FIL 28. Unfortunately!

[Darwination]

On 6/22/2024 at 8:00 PM, ThePreacher said:

I was about to take that as my first romance book of all time. Sounds like it was a good thing for you to pull it before I got my dirty mitts on it.

A man of excellent taste like yourself with NO romance comics?? 🤨 

Good on you Dr. Love for keeping the book.  Tease

[electricprune]

On 6/22/2024 at 9:38 PM, Dr. Love said:

Have never owned a copy of FIL 28. Unfortunately!

It’s a tough one. I haven’t been able to upgrade mine in 8 years now.

[Dr. Love]

The Christine Farrell DC auction coming to HA will be something. Could it possibly have decent romance? Unlikely, for girls just never kept those books. But hope springs eternal. And one thing's for sure - the gold and silver will be there in their complete completed majestic runs. Bronze too if that's your huckleberry.

[electricprune]

On 6/22/2024 at 9:46 PM, Dr. Love said:

The Christine Farrell DC auction coming to HA will be something. Could it possibly have decent romance? Unlikely, for girls just never kept those books. But hope springs eternal. And one thing's for sure - the gold and silver will be there in their complete completed majestic runs. Bronze too if that's your huckleberry.

I’m really looking forward to that. Considering she probably acquired several of them many years ago, I’m thinking there will be at least some that are nice, at least compared to what we usually see in the market these days.

Heres another nighttime rain cover:

 

[adamstrange]

You have to be careful.  I fell in love once and broke my wallet. 

[ThePreacher]

On 6/22/2024 at 6:39 PM, Darwination said:

A man of excellent taste like yourself with NO romance comics?? 🤨 

Good on you Dr. Love for keeping the book.  Tease

Ya it’s pretty embarrassing .

Agree though. This book belongs in the hands of “The docta”

[Dr. Love]

I'll see if there's some other gateway drug book that'll do you

before we leave this topic, here's another other rainy day scene - but it's foul news to go along with the foul weather

DC - Desires Crushed

 

[ThePreacher]

On 6/22/2024 at 7:11 PM, Dr. Love said:

I'll see if there's some other gateway drug book that'll do you

before we leave this topic, here's another other rainy day scene - but it's foul news to go along with the foul weather

DC - Desires Crushed

 

Ouch