Bold Stories

[RedFury]

In the discussion of the exisitence of Double Action Comics #1, it was mentioned that some entries in the Overstreet Guide are bogus, placed there to catch those who might steal the data for use in other guides. The Overstreet entry for Bold Stories has perplexed me for a while now. It says there are three issues, but I have only ever seen the first two.

 

 

Can anyone here verify if the July issue exists? If it does, I would love to see a picture! Thanks for your help.

 

Here is what the first two issues look like:

 

[ft88]

Incredible

[rjpb]

I've always been curious, are the interiors B/W or color?

and other than the pieces listed in Overstreet, what are rest of the contents like?

[RedFury]

They are full-color. I'll try to take some pictures of the interiors and put them up. There is some very cool risque stuff in there!

[RedFury]

From Bold Stories #1

 

Table of Contents and page 1 of "The Shooting of Dan McStew"

 

 

This femme fatale looks a lot like Eisner's P'gell!

 

 

 

A nudist colony story!

 

 

 

Pages 1 & 2 of "The Dames Girls"

 

 

 

"The Ogre of Paris" by Wally Wood!

 

 

 

Two shots from "The Twenty Star Final"

 

[RedFury]

From Bold Stories #2

 

"The Cobra Kiss" by Graham Ingels!

 

 

More random nudity...

 

 

 

Wow.

 

 

 

One Sprung Hinge?

 

 

 

I'm no expert, but these next two look like it might be Matt Baker art. Or maybe they're just Baker swipes. Anybody else have an opinion?

 

[seank]

I'd say not-Baker on those last two scans. The faces and hands don't look right.

[shiverbones]

Great to see inside those! Thanks!

[esquirecomics]

You've convinced me to now buy those books! Cool!

[Comicdey]

I'm sure the value just went up drastically for any copy that comes available.

[esquirecomics]

I'm sure the value just went up drastically for any copy that comes available.

 

Actually they were already on my list due to their scarcity, but the images inside just moved them up a few notches on the want list.

[rjpb]

Thanks so much for the interior posts RedFury

 

They definetly went on my want list, though I'm sure it will be awhile beore I get them. I already have It Rhymes With Lust, but other than being a digest and being clearly marketed at adults, it's not really the same sort of thing.

[RedFury]

Glad you guys enjoyed the pictures!

 

It Rhymes With Lust is a great book, and you're right, it's completely different than Bold Stories. Bold Stories and its sister publication Candid Tales I would characterize as risque adult humor. It Rhymes With Lust, on the other hand, is definitely a serious graphic novel. There is a whole group of these digest and paperback sized comics, all of which came out in 1950, that I've been fascinated with and collected for some time now.

[ciorac]

Cool stuff, but I want to stay as far away as possible from the Sunland Nudist camp!! It's a freaking sausage party!

[ArAich]

Cool stuff, but I want to stay as far away as possible from the Sunland Nudist camp!! It's a freaking sausage party!

 

With Miss Sherlock there I'm sure they'll be makin' bacon....

[ciorac]

Cool stuff, but I want to stay as far away as possible from the Sunland Nudist camp!! It's a freaking sausage party!

 

With Miss Sherlock there I'm sure they'll be makin' bacon....

 

I doubt it, since the sign says "men only"..they exclude women by design!!

[Comicdey]

Glad you guys enjoyed the pictures!

 

It Rhymes With Lust is a great book, and you're right, it's completely different than Bold Stories. Bold Stories and its sister publication Candid Tales I would characterize as risque adult humor. It Rhymes With Lust, on the other hand, is definitely a serious graphic novel. There is a whole group of these digest and paperback sized comics, all of which came out in 1950, that I've been fascinated with and collected for some time now.

 

I know someone that has a copy of it rhymes with lust up here in Alaska, but he won't sell it until he can get a hand scanner and scan it at least that's what I've been told. What's a Good copy or a Very Good copy selling for these days?

[RedFury]

Well, he doesn't need to scan it. Dark Horse is publishing a restored repint of it in February.

Link to Dark Horse's It Rhymes With Lust TPB

 

As for what it goes for, it's hard to say since they hardly ever change hands. But I don't think multiples of guide is unreasonable.

[rjpb]

I haven't tracked recent sales of IRWL, but in the early part of the decade copies seemed to sell for $150-$400 in G to VG. IIRC 2.0-3.0 copies sold for as much as $300 on ebay.

I bought what looks to be around a 7.0, but has dried out glue on the spine, leaving the cover barely attached, for $470 about 4 years ago. I listed it on ebay a year later with a $600 reserve and the bidding got into the low $400s. I decided to hold onto it. It's a hard copy to value. It has more eye-appeal than any other copy I've seen, but if the cover were to come clean off its technical grade would be fairly low. There is a scan buried in the GA have a cigar thread somewhere.

[rjpb]

Found it.