Dr. Love Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 On 4/11/2019 at 6:02 PM, sacentaur said: So where would you place Fox in the Romance hierarchy (St. John/Baker, Atlas, DC, Superior, L. B. Cole, Harvey, Ace, etc.)? St. John and Star would be #1 and 2 based on the strength of Baker and Cole and then Fox follows up in #3 with the violent/sleazy/bad girl point of view. Generally speaking. Personal preference kicks in after that. Point Five and 1950's war comics 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dr. Love Posted April 27, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 27, 2019 thanks to a generous boardie this is one heck of a sweet romita, done right before his move to marvel pmpknface, Arkadin, comicjack and 9 others 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post comicnoir Posted May 2, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted May 2, 2019 Just picked up this. Invoking similar colour scheme as the Young Love, this is John Buscema 12 years before his arrival at Marvel. wolverine180, Dr. Love, comicjack and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 On 4/21/2019 at 10:06 PM, Dr. Love said: St. John and Star would be #1 and 2 based on the strength of Baker and Cole and then Fox follows up in #3 with the violent/sleazy/bad girl point of view. Generally speaking. Personal preference kicks in after that. I would rate St John #1 followed by EC (Feldstein) and maybe Star third. There are a few real spectacular ones but a lot of them leave me a little cold. Heck, I think I like Cole’s funny animal work better than his romance work as a whole. Now his other work... Just my 2cents... sacentaur 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 On 4/17/2019 at 10:38 AM, sagii said: @pmpknface I think Comiclink just sold one in their last auction (don't know how much it bought). It and #4 are the toughest of the 4 issue run. The series was one of the earlier romance runs on the radar (due to the series name(title), the nicely designed logo, pretty women gracing the cover and 'rumored' scarcity. Issue one is considered a classic cover by Overstreet. I agree on that. I have a 1, 2, and 4, but no 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 On 4/17/2019 at 2:53 PM, pmpknface said: Yeah, these boards are rife for ideas and things to want. AKA: drains on the wallet! Those 2 are classic. If you haven't seen Rebecca (his only best picture Oscar winner) it's great, and Rope is awesome. Short flick, it's shot like a play all taken in I believe 3 shots and all on 1 stage like setting. I know this is a romance thread, but hey! These movies have romance! Just often with a bit a murder mixed in.... Now, back to our regularly scheduled program... The Birds gets my vote. Never been a Rope fan. How the heck did those masterminds expect to get the body out of their apartment? Iirc, Hitchcock wanted to film it all in one long take, but the technicolor cameras of the day had to have film reloaded every 8 (or maybe 12?) mins. So at those marks, he would focus on the back of a dark suit or something that disguised the transition between takes. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 On 4/11/2019 at 9:02 PM, sacentaur said: Fox Romance books present an interesting dilemma in that their covers often aren’t very good, the stories can be clumsily written, not to mention interior artwork that usually seems mediocre at best. And because their rebound (4 comics) ‘fatties’ may contain issues where the first page of each story is missing (having appeared inside the front cover of the original edition), it’s been difficult for me to reconcile the collectability of these books. Yet Fox Romance seems scarce and can command some pretty high prices in comparison to other generic romance. They have an oddball appeal that can be tough to resist. So where would you place Fox in the Romance hierarchy (St. John/Baker, Atlas, DC, Superior, L. B. Cole, Harvey, Ace, etc.)? Pretty much agree with you about Fox although some of the covers are pretty good. St John would, of course!, be first with me. Colletta Atlas has really grown on me, so I might rank them second. Big fan of just about anything by Alice Kirkpatrick and Louise Altson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sqeggs Posted May 3, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted May 3, 2019 Speaking of Louise, I rarely hang on to multiple copies of a book, but I have to admit that I have four copies of this one. szav, pmpknface, 1950's war comics and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 As I'm sure most people have noticed, Heritage has been auctioning off quite a few Fox romance books. One group were high grade (often census toppers) but bad pq -- including LT and SB. They went for pretty strong prices, despite the pq, and I didn't win any of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post comicnoir Posted May 3, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted May 3, 2019 On 4/17/2019 at 10:48 AM, pmpknface said: @sagii Thanks for the info. I found the listing, it was a CGC 5.5 that went for $300, and according to the listing is 1 of 2 graded - so you have the highest graded copy! Congrats! The more I play around on the boards the more I find stuff I want. I've started a list. I'm mainly an LB Cole cover guy, but there are so few I need and with the prices of his stuff going through the roof I need other books to hunt down. Maybe a pulp here and there (they are really peaking my interest) or some cool GGA covers. I also like the trashy digest pulps from the 40's - 60's, which I just snagged one of for $6. My prior last pickup was a REAL LOVE #3, love a smokin' redhead! Oh, I'm also a big Hitchcock fan, so that's really why this book appeals to me. I'm sitting in a room at home with 4 framed HItch flick posters on the wall. I love Hitch. Especially Vertigo. Got a framed half sheet in my living room. Just picked up a Frenzy one sheet off Ha movie poster weekly. Just studied his movies. Here is my pencil drawing of the master I did out of art school. 1950's war comics, Robot Man, pmpknface and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sqeggs Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 2 minutes ago, comicnoir said: I love Hitch. Especially Vertigo. Got a framed half sheet in my living room. Just picked up a Frenzy one sheet off Ha movie poster weekly. Just studied his movies. Here is my pencil drawing of the master I did out of art school. That's just superb! I watched Vertigo a couple of weeks ago. Had the same reaction I had when I first saw it years ago: More interesting than entertaining. I know, though, it's gradually climbed up the "Best Films" lists. Some people have it in their top 10. 1950's war comics and comicnoir 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 On 4/22/2019 at 1:06 AM, Dr. Love said: St. John and Star would be #1 and 2 based on the strength of Baker and Cole and then Fox follows up in #3 with the violent/sleazy/bad girl point of view. Generally speaking. Personal preference kicks in after that. Just got this one back. Thought it might grade higher. She's choosing between two, but there are three guys shown. I wonder if she's contagious and the guy in bed is the same as the kisser at the bottom? sagii, pmpknface and Point Five 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 10 minutes ago, Robot Man said: One of the better Fox covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 Pretty sure I posted this one before, but I sure do like Alice Kirkpatrick. sacentaur, sagii and pmpknface 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 Definitely a bridely bride. Unfortunately, this slab has Newton rings up the yim yam. comicjack, Point Five and pmpknface 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 6 minutes ago, Sqeggs said: Definitely a bridely bride. Unfortunately, this slab has Newton rings up the yim yam. Who needs Netflix? We have SqeegsPIX Nice one (and the others too). I think Ajax picked up some of Comic Media's Romance titles? A lot of the Ajax covers are crudely drawn across genres, but it enhances their unique house style. Great posts today everyone (..oh, and 'North by Northwest' would be my favorite Hitchcock movie) 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 11 hours ago, Sqeggs said: Pretty much agree with you about Fox although some of the covers are pretty good. St John would, of course!, be first with me. Colletta Atlas has really grown on me, so I might rank them second. Big fan of just about anything by Alice Kirkpatrick and Louise Altson. ….. this one is a favorite Colletta …. not easy to find in higher grades..... anybody with an 8.0, how's about hook a brother up ? GOD BLESS..... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) pmpknface and comicjack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 On 4/27/2019 at 12:10 AM, Dr. Love said: thanks to a generous boardie this is one heck of a sweet romita, done right before his move to marvel Awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...