| Release: | Mar 1950 |
| Cover: | Mar 1950 |
| Release: | Mar 1950 |
| Cover: | Mar 1950 |
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| Index | 18556 |
| Added Date | Jan 20, 2020 19:57:45 |
| Modified Date | Oct 10, 2025 09:29:27 |
| Cover Price | $ 0.10 |
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| Grade and value | 6.5 Fine + ($ 550.00) |
| Grade status | Slabbed and graded by CGC Rst. 6.5 |
| Slab Certification Number | CGC Rst. 6.5 - 4010025001 |
| Grader Notes | CGC Cert # 4010025001 Title Forbidden Love Issue 1 Issue Date 3/50 Issue Year 1950 Publisher Quality Comics Grade 6.5 Page Quality OFF-WHITE TO WHITE Grade Date 11/01/2022 Grade Category B-2 Label Text Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover. Art Comments Reed Crandall art Key Comments Hazel Brooks photo cover. Grader Notes staple detached top of 2nd wrap staple detached top of centerfold foxing to cover small amount of color touch on left center & left bottom front cover spine stress lines to cover Gerber Scarcity Index: "SCARCE" (24 TOTAL GRADED IN 2022) |
| Key | Minor |
| Purchased | Jan 19, 2020 for $ 200.00 at ha.com |
Forbidden Love #1 (Quality, 1950) Condition: Apparent FN. Classic photo cover. Overstreet lists as "scarce". Currently #10 on Overstreet's Top Ten Romance Comics list. Reed Crandall supplies the interior art. Restoration includes color touch on the cover. Overstreet 2019 GD 2.0 value = $123; VG 4.0 value = $246; FN 6.0 value = $369.
Forbidden Love # 1 (Quality 1950). Listed as a 6 in the Gerber Photo Journal, meaning that Mr. Gerber estimates there are 50-200 copies of this issue remaining. Meanwhile, Mr. Overstreet lists this book as "scarce" in his Price Guide, meaning that he estimates 20-100 copies of this book are still around. Contains lots of lingerie panels and other good girl art mainstays. One story is by the preeminent Reed Crandall.