BangZoom Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Hey BZ, what a pleasant surprise to see you here! Romance buyers - They Walk Among Us. The Wartime Romances, followed with a couple of DC post code?! What else is waiting in those stacks that you've forgotten about? I checked the "L" stack and came up with these examples. I've tried to acquire at lease one or two issues of all the different titles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Here's the Ace Romance output for March 1952 (no surprise here). You'll see that those Glamorous and Real Love covers are really special and well worth presenting here so thanks Dr. Love for showcasing your beautiful copies. The single female headshot is really winning on those covers for its simplicity unlike the "couple" covers seen below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 The last three for the month - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 (edited) That was a good month! Thanks Scrooge, that's a very cool set. I like the whole Ace line (279 issues) - they mixed it up with photos (55%), line drawn (20%), and painted covers (25%). Only Lev Gleason did the same. Well, maybe a case could be made for Avon, too - but they were predominately painted covers. Ace's painted covers were reprints of their pulp line, specifically the romance titles. Avon's were too, but I think it was their crime titles, from their paperback series? Gleason had original work from Fujitani and Tauss. I'll get to them a little later. Scrooge was right - every photo and line drawn have the same theme - the embrace. Repeated over and over in fascinating variety. Passion is the main thing. But the painted covers showcase a sole woman, with many moods on display, from sultry vamp to girl next door. Here's another great cover - essentially Complete Love #1, though it's not numbered as such. Edited June 18, 2015 by Dr. Love 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 (edited) Here's the Real-Life Secrets #1 that Sagii referred to. It is a bit different in that it is a painted cover featuring a couple. Embracing, of course! Out of the 66 painted covers, only 9 had a couple shot. Here are two of them. I particularly like the Love Experiences #6. It's got that great pulp glow, I don't know how else to describe that particularly warm palette. Edited June 18, 2015 by Dr. Love 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Gorgeous... I really like those covers, Doc! Me too Steve. Such a relief from all the horror! I'd love to relieve you of your horror "The horror! The horror!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 I'm just loving these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Well OK then! 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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comicjack Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Very nice Yes, very! (thumbs u 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 I'm seeing Lana Turner on this one..... 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
