Sqeggs Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 1 hour ago, pmpknface said: Side note, I DID score a copy of this one! Nice! There seems to have been a pickup in interest lately in Charltons from the 1950s and early 1960s. A lot of them are very tough to find in mid-grade or higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 On 11/18/2018 at 10:29 PM, Dr. Love said: speaking of LB The Dancing Kid vs. The Punster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 On 12/30/2018 at 10:40 AM, sagii said: Hartley Atlas beach cover.. It's covers like this where Hartley gives Matt Baker serious competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 10 minutes ago, rjpb said: It's covers like this where Hartley gives Matt Baker serious competition. I agree. His 'Cinderella Love #25' is of course Girl Confessions #26, but there is SO much more among his Romance covers that deserve a second look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 12 minutes ago, sagii said: I agree. His 'Cinderella Love #25' is of course Girl Confessions #26, but there is SO much more among his Romance covers that deserve a second look. GC #26 is a classic for sure. The guy on it looks like he was inked by Burgos. Does anyone else think so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robot Man Posted January 17, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2019 A recent purchase from a cool boardie arrived today. I consider this a true romance rarity. I have never seen this unusual one shot ever. Point Five, PeterPark, SushiX and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 26 minutes ago, Robot Man said: A recent purchase from a cool boardie arrived today. I consider this a true romance rarity. I have never seen this unusual one shot ever. New one on me too RM, nice score! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 3 hours ago, Robot Man said: A recent purchase from a cool boardie arrived today. I consider this a true romance rarity. I have never seen this unusual one shot ever. Rare Romance Comic defined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post adamstrange Posted January 18, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 18, 2019 MrBedrock, comicnoir, SushiX and 6 others 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsp99 Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 6 minutes ago, adamstrange said: Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 13 minutes ago, Tsp99 said: Wow! Double Wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dr. Love Posted January 18, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 18, 2019 2 hours ago, adamstrange said: A beautiful copy! from the very small PL Publishing. "An American publisher who opted for printing its comics in Canada. However, they were compiled in USA, with American advertisements & were destined for the US market (distributed by Kable News). The editorial address was 30 Rockefeller Plaza, NYC, which was also used by another comic book publisher, D.S. Publishing." PL published its total comic output of 16 issues in 1951; two of those were romance, Co-Ed Romances 1 and Love Life 1. Interestingly, for all that they are indeed scarce and especially in grade, a slabbed copy does exist for each issue, a 7.0 and 6.0 respectively. There are two other publishers who had even less romance output, in this case meaning one issue from one title: MS Pub with the photocover My Love Secret 53, which is pretty common and has 7 graded copies, and the also rare Sterling's My Secret Confessions 1, a code book from Sept 1955. No census copies on this one. The Romance Explosion that occurred between 1949 and 1952 could serve as a case study of the comic industry and its reaction to emerging trends. Who was quick to compete to grab a piece of Crestwood's (Simon & Kirby) huge numbers (Goodman at Marvel), and who was very late to the party (Ajax). And one major publisher who decided to take a complete pass, that being Dell or course. MusterMark, SushiX, Scrooge and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 2 hours ago, Dr. Love said: A beautiful copy! I got it from a collector with impeccable taste and medical degree in L.O.V.E. This is the other romance book from PL. pmpknface and SushiX 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Dr. Love said: A beautiful copy! I got it from a collector with impeccable taste and medical degree in L.O.V.E. This is the other romance book from PL. Edited January 18, 2019 by adamstrange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicnoir Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 2 hours ago, adamstrange said: I got it from a collector with impeccable taste and medical degree in L.O.V.E. This is the other romance book from PL. Looks familiar. adamstrange, SushiX and pmpknface 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 16 hours ago, comicnoir said: Looks familiar. Good eye! There are some striking similarities between the couples sitting on the couch. Their hand positions are almost identical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1952 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 19 hours ago, comicnoir said: Looks familiar. It sure does, how many other Baker swipes to be discover!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sagii Posted January 19, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 19, 2019 14 minutes ago, kat123 said: It sure does, how many other Baker swipes to be discover!!! MB1952, szav, PeterPark and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inaflash Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 14 hours ago, sagii said: I prefer the Falling in Love cover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 3 minutes ago, Inaflash said: I prefer the Falling in Love cover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
