Sqeggs Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Lot of Crowley/file copies up last night on HA. I imagine Dr. Love may have paid a few house calls. I nabbed a few, including this one. Gradually started collecting ACG romance books and I don't think you see RA 1 very often. I'm a little dubious about the VF grade that HA assigned (and they didn't bother with a bc scan), but I'll see when it comes. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpknface Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Nice pickup. I look forward to see what the Dr. picked up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Sqeggs, nice nab of the Romantic Adventures 1! You're right, this book doesn't come around too often. I have a copy in the same grade range as yours, which for this book is a solid buy. Beautiful pallette - as shown to great effect in adamstrange's sweet copy in the Green thread. As for the books last night, I was a pass. I got most of the slabbed Crowley Fawcetts when they came out. The seller held back the Marilyn Sweethearts from the deal. I wanted the collection so bad I didn't even try and run a bluff that I would walk behind that. Still hasn't stopped me from holding a grudge about it though, 10 years or so later. Comics come and go. Grudges can be keepers. Minty! 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damonwad Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 A couple recent pick-ups. Sorry the Teen-Age Romance #81 isn't Golden Age but I liked the combo of the black and white Colletta covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Not sure if these are scarce or not, but I liked the covers, condition and low prices, so I grabbed them off the Bay recently. I couldn't find any major dealers that had them in stock. Are they scarce? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 All Love 26, May 1949 - first issue for this title, second issue for Ace in their entry for the genre (Real Love 25, April 1949 was the first for Ace). Arguably one of the prettier Ace line drawn covers. The "fireplace embrace" is a time honored motif, the proportions and perspective are well done, and the palette is ambitious. Risky, actually - that quantity of orange is hard to contain, and never the color of choice for a love book. The purple and blue manage to balance it out though, with the added help of an artistic device that shouldn't work but does - a stark white back to a fireplace. Generally, all romance books are hard to come by in this shape. But a first issue from 1949? Eyes wide open, Brian, nicely done! (thumbs u And again, a very nice 10 cent Atlas - Love Romances 69. Signed Colletta. Classic red/yellow palette balanced by the dark grey stone wall. Bonus - the Colletta trademark - billowy white cumulus cloud. Not terribly scarce, but imho one of the nicer of the Colletta covers in a title that had a very large run. I see the romance is growing on you sir. Finding nice books at a decent price on ebay is pretty labor intensive. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine48 Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Porcupine drive hi bye! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Porky 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 So I done a good thing, huh? Good. Thanks. There are very few non-Baker books I like, and the list just got shorter. There were 3 people "watching" one of those books, so I messaged the seller and proposed a 25% discount for both ($60). He countered with $65 for both. I took it. I figured I couldn't go wrong, especially since I liked the covers a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 So I done a good thing, huh? Good. Thanks. There are very few non-Baker books I like, and the list just got shorter. There were 3 people "watching" one of those books, so I messaged the seller and proposed a 25% discount for both ($60). He countered with $65 for both. I took it. I figured I couldn't go wrong, especially since I liked the covers a lot. You done good, kid, you done good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catrick339 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Couple of early Marvel/Atlas #1's. First time I've seen either of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Couple of good ones. (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Who's the woman in the back seat? Is that guy a polygamist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damonwad Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Who's the woman in the back seat? Is that guy a polygamist? I think the woman in back is just dating one of those "little men" you see on some romance covers. You just can't see him sitting on the seat. Or maybe he's in her handkerchief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Was that in ref. to a book in my sig line? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damonwad Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Was that in ref. to a book in my sig line? Protective of those little guys aren't you? Besides your Diary Secrets #30, I also had in mind the little guys from Love Diary #16 and Young Romance #12. Any one of those guys would feel uncomfortable being wrung in a handkerchief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 why should the Cole thread have all the fun 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpknface Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Those are easily the best copies of those books I've seen. That#1 never comes around either. Love them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkdrawer Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Bumpin' this thread cause it kick azz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 These are for you my friend. Cause I know you like the ladies. Some of these I've posted before, but wtf. No such thing as too much cowbell. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
