Dr. Love Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 (edited) 1st takes it PayPal please within 3 days Shipping is $10 per book for CONTUS - $15 to our Canadian friends. More than one book, actual shipping will apply. Returns within 7 days of receipt, shipping back on you unless I miss something No HOSies or Probies Edited January 8, 2018 by Dr. Love FoggyNelson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted January 6, 2018 Author Share Posted January 6, 2018 (edited) Reserved for recap Cowboy Love #29 SOLD to Comcav First Romance #24 SOLD to PopKulture Girls' Love #19 SOLD to Comcav Great Lover Romances #18 SOLD to Bumble Kitty Pictorial Romances #19 SOLD to Comcav Teen-Age Diary Secrets #4 SOLD to Comcav Secret Loves #1 SOLD to Comcav Young Love #39 SOLD to Bumble Kitty Secret Hearts #7 SOLD to goldust40 Romance Tales #9 PULLED THANK YOU - this thread is closed. Please PM if you have any interest in the following books that are left. Love Tales #50 VG/F $125 $85 -- great Hartley cover, signed Everett story Lovers #35 G $25 $15 -- signed Maneely cover, one of only three Romance Diary #2 VF- $100 -- early Marvel photocover, low issue number Sweethearts #120 VF+ $75 -- start of Charlton bronze age romance, hippy tie dye Peter Max Sweetheart Diary #41 VG $25 $15 -- one of the few Charlton 68 page .15 cent books thank you! this thread ends tonight around 11 pst. Edited January 8, 2018 by Dr. Love FoggyNelson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted January 6, 2018 Author Share Posted January 6, 2018 (edited) Cowboy Love #29 (Charlton, 4/55) VG+ Supple and tight $45 SOLD Barely silver, with the big code box that is kinda cool. Of course for a title like this, going Code didn't really make a whole lot of difference! Cowboy Love was one of the titles that Charlton acquired from Fawcett as they went down. Fawcett had it for 11 photocover (Fawcett only did photocovers for romance) issues from '49-'51, then Charlton gave it 4 issues in '55. The cover here is inspired work by Ted Galindo (pencils) and Ray Osrin (inks). Osrin is a great inker who did a lot of work with Baker. Simply and beautifully composed, with a subtle sky color fade into fantastic shading work in the foreground. It is a peaceful, romantic moment. When I see it I always think of the James Taylor song, "Sweet Baby James". I have hunted and have never found even a mid-grade copy over 25 years. I love it so much I finally got a VG copy that I gave to Matt Nelson to restore to a lovely condition. It's one of my Burning House books - one of those you'd run out with or maybe even back in for. Additionally it has some GREAT art inside. Which, believe me, is not always the case with romance books. Steranko once remarked that romance is incredibly hard to draw well. Some were masters, others merely filling the pages. I imagine it was not seen as a plum assignment. Marc Swayze was a Fawcett house guy who worked on Whiz and Wow and moved over to Charlton with the Fawcett inventory. He only did a handful of covers, but his panel work really shone. He really came into his own artistically in the mid '50s. "Outlaw Girl", a 7 page story, is a great example of his fine work. Edited January 7, 2018 by Dr. Love comicjack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted January 6, 2018 Author Share Posted January 6, 2018 (edited) First Romance #24 (Fawcett, 10/53). Fine ish, ding/tear bottom left fc. Inside covers lightly toned, LT-OW pages, as often with Harvey. Supple and tight. $25 SOLD Love the cover on this book, one of the semi-violent Harvey covers, or maybe the category called "not willing". Always a buy for this kind of image. Interior is great, too with stories by Andru and Powell. Edited January 7, 2018 by Dr. Love Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comcav Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 1 minute ago, Dr. Love said: Cowboy Love #29 (Charlton, 4/55) VG+ Supple and tight $45 Barely silver, with the big code box that is kinda cool. Of course for a title like this, going Code didn't really make a whole lot of difference! Cowboy Love was one of the titles that Charlton acquired from Fawcett as they went down. Fawcett had it for 11 photocover (Fawcett only did photocovers for romance) issues from '49-'51, then Charlton gave it 4 issues in '55. The cover here is inspired work by Ted Galindo (pencils) and Ray Osrin (inks). Osrin is a great inker who did a lot of work with Baker. Simply and beautifully composed, with a subtle sky color fade into fantastic shading work in the foreground. It is a peaceful, romantic moment. When I see it I always think of the James Taylor song, "Sweet Baby James". I have hunted and have never found even a mid-grade copy over 25 years. I love it so much I finally got a VG copy that I gave to Matt Nelson to restore to a lovely condition. It's one of my Burning House books - one of those you'd run out with or maybe even back in for. Additionally it has some GREAT art inside. Which, believe me, is not always the case with romance books. Steranko once remarked that romance is incredibly hard to draw well. Some were masters, others merely filling the pages. I imagine it was not seen as a plum assignment. Marc Swayze was a Fawcett house guy who worked on Whiz and Wow and moved over to Charlton with the Fawcett inventory. He only did a handful of covers, but his panel work really shone. He really came into his own artistically in the mid '50s. "Outlaw Girl", a 7 page story, is a great example of his fine work. take Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted January 6, 2018 Author Share Posted January 6, 2018 (edited) Girls' Love #19 (DC, 9-10/52) Fineish, double cover, supple and tight $100 SOLD Early DC's are very hard to find in condition, black covers even more so. Some great interior art, and an unbelievable back inside cover and back cover as well. The double cover on this copy makes it possible to see the two against each other - it's divine. Edited January 7, 2018 by Dr. Love Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comcav Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Just now, Dr. Love said: Girls' Love #19 (DC, 9-10/52) Fineish, double cover, supple and tight $100 Early DC's are very hard to find in condition, black covers even more so. Some great interior art, and an unbelievable back inside cover and back cover as well. The double cover on this copy makes it possible to see the two against each other - it's divine. take Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted January 6, 2018 Author Share Posted January 6, 2018 (edited) Great Lover Romances #18 (Toby, 10/54) VF/VF- Supple and tight $75 SOLD Toby books in any genre are hard to find in condition, romance even more so. Nice photocover of a movie couple in a faces-pressed-on-each-other clinch. Richard Egan and Beverly Michaels from a '53 film noir, "Wicked Woman". The inside cover fronts to a page 1 which is ads, as compared to content - this is unusual and different for the period. I like it. Also one of the stories has a great half splash, very Cole-ish. Very pronounced crying one tear from one eye - very 50's atomic romance! Edited January 7, 2018 by Dr. Love Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted January 6, 2018 Author Share Posted January 6, 2018 (edited) Love Tales #50 (Marvel, 1/52) VG/F Supple and nice and tight (staples just slightly off the spine helps that), lots of shiny gloss ATLAS GLOBE $125 NOW $85 GA Marvel romance are a buy these days - well, always for me. I usually don't go for books in this shape, but the Everett stories, especially the signed ones, are a definite niche within the genre. "When A WOMAN Fights Back!" features a great cat fight, including hair pulling and a classic Everett southpaw haymaker. For this panel alone, worth buying. Fantastic Hartley cover - Hartley alone is exploding in teen and his romance covers from this period are always interesting and worth buying. These interior shots are downloaded from the Timely-Atlas-Comics site - the page from my book has no ink smudging. Edited January 7, 2018 by Dr. Love FoggyNelson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopKulture Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 4 minutes ago, Dr. Love said: First Romance #24 (Fawcett, 10/53). Fine ish, ding/tear bottom left fc. Inside covers lightly toned, LT-OW pages, as often with Harvey. Supple and tight. $25 Love the cover on this book, one of the semi-violent Harvey covers, or maybe the category called "not willing". Always a buy for this kind of image. Interior is great, too with stories by Andru and Powell. take comicjack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted January 6, 2018 Author Share Posted January 6, 2018 (edited) Lovers #35 (Marvel, 9/51) G-ish large water stain, transfer stain, signed Maneely cover $25 NOW $15 This book has some issues. But I bought it, even so, because it is the heads and shoulders best of the only three signed Maneely romance covers. Being a native New Yorker, Scarsdale is a home town inside baseball reference. Philandering suburbians! Also, the three side cover panels are terrific, especially the finger pointing bottom one. Finger pointing covers (also splashes) are a Dr. Love sanctioned romance sub-genre, very worth going after! Edited January 7, 2018 by Dr. Love FoggyNelson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFifthHorseman Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Just now, PopKulture said: take Beat me to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted January 6, 2018 Author Share Posted January 6, 2018 Romance Diary #2 (Marvel, 3/50 ) VF- Supple and tight, transfer on covers/inside covers, common for the period $100 Low issue number Marvel romance, between #1-3, are very collectible. Matte photocover are the bomb. "A LOVERS magazine" logo are the ones you most want - grown men fight over them at conventions. Well, me and Michelle Nolan! Marvel GA has great bullpen artists, unattributed but constantly good, especially on the half splashes. I actually have less of a problem with transfer "staining" when it tones the complete text block and leaves the outside edges white white in comparison. It's a cool look. At least, that's what I tell myself after a few stiff drinks! FoggyNelson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted January 6, 2018 Author Share Posted January 6, 2018 (edited) Romance Tales #9 (Marvel, 4/50) F, supple and tight, transfer on covers/inside covers, little dot of staple juice on top staple, little stain top mid fc PULLED Same deal on this one as the one above. Except this one is a fat 52 pages! These books in this structural shape never come around. Trust me - why would I lie? Edited January 7, 2018 by Dr. Love FoggyNelson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted January 6, 2018 Author Share Posted January 6, 2018 That's it for the moment, gents. A thread takes me forever. More coming later this evening - more SA though. Maybe some slabs once the raw is posted. Maybe some Baker. Who knows? comicjack, FoggyNelson and toto 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopKulture Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 4 minutes ago, TheFifthHorseman said: Beat me to it! And to think I hesitated... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricksneatstuff Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Baker baker baker I can buy and sell at the same Time. TheFifthHorseman and 1950's war comics 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFifthHorseman Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Just now, PopKulture said: And to think I hesitated... That's always my problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comcav Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Just now, Ricksneatstuff said: Baker baker baker I can buy and sell at the same Time. Hope you are slow again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 thanks for the romance comic sale and tutorial........... FoggyNelson and Lucky Baru 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
