Wednesday, August 29, 2012

JETTA OF THE 21st CENTURY "Man Trouble"

To help ease your return to school or work...MORE fun with Dan DeCarlo's Jetta!
...in this case, her very first apperance from Jetta of the 21st Century #5 (1952), which was actually the first issue.
(Issues 1-4 were a romance comic called Today's Romance!)
Written and penciled by the legendary Dan DeCarlo, but may not have been inked by him.

Next week:
We haven't decided yet what it'll be, but we can guarantee that...
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

YOUNG ROMANCE "It's a Girl!"

After hearing about Todd Akin, it's no wonder that the worst thing a Republican can hear is...
...and that Republican men in 2012 haven't progressed from the mind-set shown in this 58-year-old tale from Young Romance #65 (1954)!
To be fair, women as portrayed in this story aren't much better.
Lois is a doormat ("...we'll keep him happy! Isn't that what a man's womenfolk are for, after all?"), and JD seems rather butch, as if she had to be as manly as the males around her simply to be competent.
And you'll note JD's (gasp) not married!
It's scary that this seems to be the image of America that Republicans want to return to.

Sorry to vent, but after reading about sheer idiocy like Akins' comments, I feel the need to do so or GO MAD!  
MAD!
MAD!

DO YOUR HEAR???
Story probably by Joe Simon and/or Jack Kirby.
Layouts by Jack Kirby.
Pencils/inks by John Prentice
Next week:
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Wednesday, August 15, 2012

GIRLS' LOVE STORIES "Love a la Mode"

Is it truly love when it's based on a lie?
Judge for yourself in this story from DC's Girls' Love #160 (1971)
Y'know, I liked her poncho/floppy hat look!
Illustrated by George Tuska (pencils) and Vince Colletta (inks), the scripter is unknown even to the Grand Comics Database.

Next week:
We haven't decided yet what it'll be, but we can guarantee that...
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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

DARLING LOVE "I Lied for Love"

How many of us could say "I Lied for Love"?
Too damn many, I suspect.
And, how many would admit it freely?
Too few, I suspect...
As you might have guessed, this title was used for numerous stories by different publishers from the 1940s to the 1970s.
This particular one, which has never been reprinted, is from the first issue of Archie Comics' entry into the romance comics genre, Darling Love (1949).
The art looks a lot like Katy Keene artist Bill Woggon or one of the other artists who worked on the character, which makes sense since Archie published Katy Keene as well!
Next week:
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Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Liana

Here's a tale of future love published exactly 40 years ago...
...Nestled none too securely in the grim world of the future, Liana longs for the miracle that will end the pain of her lonely existence!
But, miracles can have dangerous side-effects, as Liana will soon find out!
This tale originally appeared in The Monster Times #14 (July 31, 1972), written and illustrated by Bruce Jones, who went on to do writing and illustration (but rarely both at the same time) for DC and Marvel.
Next week:
We haven't decided yet what it'll be, but we can guarantee that...
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