Popular Post adamstrange Posted January 18, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 18, 2019 SushiX, comicnoir, RareHighGrade 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. SushiX, Bumble Kitty, szav 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. pmpknface, SushiX and adamstrange 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!!! szav, MB1952, 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...
MB1952 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 I suspect this could be another Baker swipe!! Beautiful cover 1948. The hands look a lot like Baker hands and pose. comicjack, comicnoir and sagii 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hap Hazard Posted January 19, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 19, 2019 (edited) I may have shown this before but a great cover. Romantic Hearts # 9 Edited January 19, 2019 by Hap Hazard mustang33guy, 29dukedog, pmpknface and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 29dukedog Posted January 19, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 19, 2019 There's been talk of this one, recently, but nobody's posted a scan... (and I've been dyin' to see it again. So...) Behold, the orange guy and his harem. pmpknface, sagii, SushiX and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 29dukedog Posted January 19, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 19, 2019 This one has been heating up, too... Yorick, sagii, comicjack and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Nice to see the Romance Thread heating up again! Here's one i'm quite fond of. Almost blends the Romance genre with the Crime genre, but hey it is a Gleason specimen Dr. Love and pmpknface 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hap Hazard Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 On 1/17/2019 at 12:07 PM, 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. here's mine SushiX, Dr. Love and pmpknface 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hap Hazard Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 On 1/17/2019 at 10:05 PM, 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. My copy Dr. Love 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hap Hazard Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 On 1/17/2019 at 7:51 PM, Dr. Love 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. Sterling's one romance book. Dr. Love, pmpknface and 29dukedog 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...