Pictorial Romances #18 - Matt Baker art & cover

Matt Baker

Pictorial Romances v1 #18, 1953 - In addition to his troubling cover, Matt Baker illustrates three tales in this giant edition. A struggling artist finds fame but loses his girl in "I Loved a Goddess", while a young woman disdains her sister's farmer husband in "A Will of My Own". All three stories are sumptuously drawn and artfully laid out. "My Hidden Past" stands out a tad more perhaps due to its longer page count. At 17 pages, it's among Baker's lengthier works from this period. Credit also goes to Ray Osrin, whose inks add significant polish to the drawings. Other artists in this issue include Violet Barclay. NOTE: copies may exist where this cover was combined with previously published St. John romance comics instead of the contents below. Other artists in this golden age comic include Hy Rosen. This is 15 of 21 Pictorial Romances issues by Baker.
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Baker cover pencils and inks = ***
"My Hidden Past" Baker story pencils (Ray Osrin inks) 17 pages = ****
"A Will of My Own" Baker story pencils (Ray Osrin inks) 8 pages = ****
"I Loved a Goddess" Baker story pencils (Ray Osrin inks) 8 pages = ****

Matt Baker

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