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Highest Graded Copies of Marvel's My Own Romance, up for Auction

Jack Kirby, Russ Heath, Matt Baker, John Romita Sr and many other familliar names contributed to flagship Marvel romance My Own Romance.

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About a year after Joe Simon and Jack Kirby launched the comic book romance genre with Young Romance #1 in 1947, Marvel/Atlas publisher Martin Goodman debuted Marvel's first romance title, My Romance.  The title was quickly altered to My Own Romance with issue #4 to make room for a non-comics Atlas magazine called My Romance, and Marvel was off to the races in the romance genre.  Within two years, the publisher had launched a staggering 31 romance titles, with most of them quickly failing.  But this flagship romance series remained one of the Marvel success stories of the period, lasting 76 issues 1948-1960.  There are a number of highest-graded CGC copies of My Own Romance as well as a number of other copies of the series up for auction in the 2023 October 26 – 27 Romance Comics Featuring L. B. Cole Showcase Auction #40224 at Heritage Auctions.

#42 (Atlas, 1955)
#42 (Atlas, 1955)

The series featured a number of familiar stand-out Marvel artists of the era, along with a few surprises.  John Romita, Jay Scott Pike, Mike Sekowsky, Russ Heath, and Jack Kirby were all contributors to issues available here.  Romance and good girl comics legend Matt Baker contributed to a few issues of the series as well.  An underappreciated Marvel title of the 1940s-1960s, there are a number of highest-graded CGC copies of My Own Romance as well as a number of other copies of the series up for auction in the 2023 October 26 – 27 Romance Comics Featuring L. B. Cole Showcase Auction #40224 at Heritage Auctions.

 

#22 (Atlas, 1952) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Off-white to white pages. Al Hartley cover. Jay Scott Pike and Mike Sekowsky art. Overstreet 2023 VG 4.0 value = $30; FN 6.0 value = $45. CGC census 10/23: 1 in 5.0, none higher.

#39 (Marvel, 1954) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white pages. Vince Colletta cover. Al Hartley and Jay Scott Pike art. Overstreet 2023 FN 6.0 value = $45; VF 8.0 value = $85. CGC census 10/23: 1 in 7.0, none higher.

#42 (Atlas, 1955) CGC FN 6.0 Off-white pages. Vince Colletta cover and art. Jay Scott Pike art. Overstreet 2023 FN 6.0 value = $45. CGC census 10/23: 1 in 6.0, none higher.

#45 (Atlas, 1955) CGC FN- 5.5 Cream to off-white pages. Vince Colletta cover and art. Jay Scott Pike and Bob Brown art. The first copy we've ever offered. Overstreet 2023 FN 6.0 value = $24. CGC census 9/23: 1 in 5.5, none higher.

#52 (Atlas, 1956) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white to white pages. Vince Colletta cover and art. Jay Scott Pike art. Overstreet 2023 VF 8.0 value = $56. CGC census 10/23: 1 in 7.5, none higher.

My Own Romance #72 (Atlas, 1959) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages. Jack Kirby and Vince Colletta cover. Coletta, Matt Baker, John Forte, Jay Scott Pike, and Paul Reinman art. Overstreet 2023 NM- 9.2 value = $150. CGC census 10/23: 1 in 9.2, none higher.

 

 

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Co-founder and Creative director of Bleeding Cool parent company Avatar Press since 1996. Bleeding Cool Managing Editor, tech and data wrangler, and has been with Bleeding Cool since its 2009 beginnings. Wrote extensively about the comic book industry for Wizard Magazine 1992-1996. At Avatar Press, has helped publish works by Alan Moore, George R.R. Martin, Garth Ennis, and others. Vintage paper collector, advisor to the Overstreet Price Guide Update 1991-1995.
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