Wedding Bliss AGONIZING LOVE & "Hurry Up Marriage!"

This absolutely wonderful trade paperback about romance comics...

... features a crying bride on the cover from a cover illustrated by the legendary Jack Kirby from the groundbreaking comic he co-created with Joe Simon, Young Romance!

But here's the kicker...there's no story inside to go with the cover!

Simon and Kirby often would do a cover concept first, then do a story based on it!

Sometimes they'd come up with a cover idea...but then couldn't expand it into a tale they were creatively-satisfied with!

But, the cover was pretty good, and they didn't want it to go to waste, so they'd use it anyway!
This situation existed with all three of the Simon & Kirby Prize Comics romance titles; Young Romance, Young Love, and Young Brides!

Here's another cover involving a bride and groom that didn't have a story attached...

Here's a generic one that could've been (and was) used on any of the series...

And here's one that did have a related story in the issue...

BTW, note the differences, including the fact there's no gruff Old West-style sheriff in the tale below!

Cover art is by John Prentice, and the story art is by Bob McCarty, both working from Jack Kirby layouts!

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We return to Super-Love with a special look at the soap opera-style Mighty Thor/Jane Foster romance!

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The Golden Age of Romance Comics

Wedding Bliss STORIES OF ROMANCE "A Man to Marry"

They look like the perfect couple, don't they?

Wait until the end of this never-reprinted tale from Atlas' Stories of Romance #12 (1957), dear reader!

Didn't see that one coming, did you?
The scripter is unknown, the inker is Vince Colletta, and the unknown ghost-penciler appears to be Joe Sinnott!

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The Golden Age of Romance Comics
(Next week, we're presenting the comic cover that illustration is taken from!)

Wedding Bliss GIRLS' LOVE STORIES "Marriage without LOVE!"

The course of True Love is rarely smooth...

...especially in romance comics!

Illustrated by romance comics regulars Jay Scott Pike and Win Mortimer, this tale from DC's Girls' Love Stories #121 (1966) combined almost all of the reasons I can imagine for a bride having "cold feet"!
(Note, my niece's wedding last Saturday went off perfectly!
No "cold feet"!)
Sadly, the scripter of this tale is unknown, but the odds are the writer was male.
(There were very few female comic book scribes in the Silver Age.)

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The Golden Age of Romance Comics
(BTW, note she's wearing a wedding dress!)

Wedding Bliss WEDDING BELLS "Deferred Bride"

For those of you who had to postpone nuptuals due to Covid (as my niece did)...

...this is a story title and concept (though not the particular reason for the delay) that you can relate to!

Sadly, neither we nor the Grand Comics Database can figure out who created this never-reprinted tale from Quality's Wedding Bells #5 (1954).

Quality sold its' properties to DC Comics in 1956, and only Blackhawk, GI Combat, and Heart Throbs were continued without a break in publication.

Though other titles and characters such as Plastic Man have been revived since, none of the other romance titles have ever returned to print.

💗BTW, my niece is finally getting married this weekend!💗

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The Golden Age of Romance Comics
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Amorous Education/Wedding Bliss OUR LOVE STORY "A Boy to Marry!"

Our final Amorous Education entry until September...

...involves graduation and the choices made after it, as this cover by John Buscema and inker John Verpoorten shows!

Written by Stan Lee, penciled by Gene Colan and inked by Dick Ayers, this tale from Marvel's Our Love Story #8 (1970) shows not going to college has its' benefits...perhaps not the message Stan meant to send...

It's also a perfect segue into our theme for June...Wedding Bliss, all about the actual ceremony when two souls are bonded into one..but in romance comics it doesn't always go smoothly, as you'll see starting next week!

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Agonizing Love
The Golden Age of Romance Comics
(BTW, note she's wearing a wedding dress!)