jimjum12 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Nice pickups Sqeggs! and Croc on the Falling in Love 1! That is a tough book for sure. I've never seen it in really high grade. While DC's formula was heartbreak, Atlas mixed it up. We'll never know the specifics but I think that when Colletta got control of artistic direction he took it to a place more consistent with his temperment: upbeat and optimistic. Reaching for the brass ring. "wonderful things happen...when you fall in love!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrocHntr Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Great books from Doc and Sqeggs, eh?!!! Yes, absolutely amazing. I've just started to gain some interest in Romance books, and am shocked at all the good titles and long runs out there. There are some beautiful books in this thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Great books from Doc and Sqeggs, eh?!!! Yes, absolutely amazing. I've just started to gain some interest in Romance books, and am shocked at all the good titles and long runs out there. There are some beautiful books in this thread! .... just make sure you don't look at the Baker thread in the GA Forum...... or you'll never save another dime again. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 My hat's off to whoever preserved all these Silver Age DC romance books in such nice condition. They weren't "preserved", they just weren't opened! Incredible condition on them! Great books from Doc and Sqeggs, eh?!!! I think it may show that by the late 1960s there were at least a few people who were saving (unread!) every book that came out. When Heritage auctioned the Don and Maggie books, were there romance books included? I don't recall seeing them, so I think not. They did have some not-widely collected books -- like Sugar and Spike -- but I think even they drew the line at romance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Great books from Doc and Sqeggs, eh?!!! Yes, absolutely amazing. I've just started to gain some interest in Romance books, and am shocked at all the good titles and long runs out there. There are some beautiful books in this thread! Yeah, it's very interesting that some time in the early 1970s (I think Dr Love has identified the last romance book published, but I forget which it was) this genre just came to a complete stop after a 25 year run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 These books were (I assume) on the stands in the heart of my comic buying mania as a kid, yet I honestly don't recall having ever seen them. Maybe they were kept with the teen mags? Or maybe they were there with the other comics but I didn't pay any attention to them. I'm pretty sure romance comics were invisible if you were a 12 year old boy. In my own memory I recall going from reading nothing but Harvey until I was nine, to never seeing them again. That's probably it. I can remember going carefully through the racks looking for oddball titles -- like the erratically issued Gold Key M.A.R.S. Patrol -- but I just don't remember seeing romance books. But I probably looked past them like they weren't there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 This was too cheap to pass up. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Awesome...even though I don't collect SA romance... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Awesome...even though I don't collect SA romance... Well, why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Roberts Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dr. Love Posted January 23, 2016 Author Share Posted January 23, 2016 Had to buy one or two of those HA books myself. Always loved the Abruzzo cover - the color purple! and the classic Adams - RED RUM 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Had to buy one or two of those HA books myself. Always loved the Abruzzo cover - the color purple! and the classic Adams - RED RUM ...that's a pretty hard edge to that Adams cover.... never saw that one before... GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rjpb Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 ...that's a pretty hard edge to that Adams cover.... never saw that one before... GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Very cool cover. I imagine the next one won't be nearly as cheap now that it just went on a couple dozen want lists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted January 24, 2016 Author Share Posted January 24, 2016 Very cool cover. I imagine the next one won't be nearly as cheap now that it just went on a couple dozen want lists. Yeh, the HA prices were kinda low for some of these books. Especially this one. It has long been considered a big get for Adams fans who are into romance - but I guess all three of them were doing something else that night! HA can be real hit or miss for romance. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Those are some sweet romance books! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
