Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Divorce, American-Style BRIDES IN LOVE "Day of Divorce!"

June is the Month for Weddings, Right?

Art by Dick Giordano
Not here, it ain't!
According to myth, marrying between June 1st and June 20th would lead to everlasting love, since the Roman goddess Juno (Queen of the Gods) celebrated her festival during this time!
Normally, we'd do happy wedding tales in June.
But this year, we're feeling cranky and contrary!
So, let the never-reprinted recriminations begin...
Will other stories this month end as happily as this one by writer Joe Gill, penciler Joe Sinnott, and inker Vince Colletta from Charlton's Brides in Love #36 (1963)?
You really believe we're going to tell you?
Not with three more posts about divorce from the 40s to the 70s to go this month!

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Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Prom Night: Dream or Nightmare? YOUNG ROMANCE "Price i$ Right!"

We started the month with Young Romance in the Golden Age (1940s)...

...and we end with it in the Bronze Age (1970s)!



Written by Irene Vartanoff and illustrated by Jack Abel, this never-reprinted story from DC's Young Romance #182 (1972) is a morality tale more than a romance, but it's told sincerely and effectively.
Next Week:
Normally, We'd Do Wedding Stories in June...
But Not This Year!
It's Gonna be Different!
And You'll Cry Your Eyes Out if You Miss It!
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Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Prom Night: Dream or Nightmare? JETTA OF THE 21st CENTURY "Jet Jaunt"

It's Prime Time for Prom time...Even If It's in the Future...as Seen from the 1950s!
(We didn't skip the 1950s, just moved it down the line)
But, in teen humor comic books (even set in the future), things never go smoothly!
 
OK, maybe it's just as well that we of the real 21st Century still don't have flying cars...
As you might have guessed, Archie artist Dan DeCarlo was the illustrator for this tale from Standard Comics' Jetta of the 21st Century #5 (1952), which was actually her first issue!
(Issues 1-4 were a romance comic called Today's Romance!)
Next week:
Our Final Prom Story, Set in the Swinging '70s! And we can guarantee that...
You'll Cry Your Eyes Out if You Miss It!
(Oh, you've heard that, eh?)
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Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Prom Night: Dream or Nightmare? TEEN-AGE ROMANCE "When a Teen-Ager Falls in Love!"

It's Said That Girls Mature Emotionally Faster than Boys...

...so how does a 15 year-old sophomore get the attention of an 18 year-old senior?
(And yes, the prom is an integral part of this story!)




As you can see, a prom does play a critical part in this tale!
We know this never-reprinted story from Atlas' Teen-Age Romance #78 (1960) was penciled by Dick Giordano and inked by Vince Colletta.
But, the plotter/scripter is, sadly, unknown.
We speculate that the book's editor, Stan Lee, plotted it, with his brother, Larry Lieber the likely scripter!
And, you'll note that last week's tale was from the 1940s, with this one from the 1960s!
Did we leave out the 1950s?
Heck and gosh, no!
The 1950s prom tale will appear next week, with the 1970s tale winding up the month the week after!
Why aren't we running them in chronological order?
Be here next week to find out!

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Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Prom Night: Dream or Nightmare? YOUNG ROMANCE "Campus Outcast"

It's May, the month of the annual high school/college ritual known as "The Prom"!

Will it be a fond memory...or something best forgotten?




We're starting the month off with a story from the guys who created the romance comics genre, Joe Simon & Jack Kirby in a never-reprinted tale from Prize's Young Romance #3 (1948)!
Though penciled and inked by long-time Simon & Kirby Studio artist Bill Draut, it's obvious the layouts are by Jack Kirby.
And, though no scripter can be traced, it's more than likely that, with that melancholy ending, Kirby and/or editor Joe Simon penned the story.
Note: We're beginning with a Young Romance story from the 1940s, and we'll end the month with a Young Romance story from the 1970s!
In between we'll look at proms in the 1950s, 60s, and even the future!
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Saturday, May 3, 2025

Romance on the Range I MET A HANDSOME COWBOY Conclusion

It's All Come Down to This...

...the long-feuding Kilgores and Considines are now united against a common foe, who threatens the current generation of both families...

Let's rejoin the action as Martha Kilgore searches for the captured Slade Considine...











The final page was on the inside back cover of the comic, so it's in black & white, like the character intro above, which is from the inside front cover!
BTW, that final page would've been the final page of the paperback version of this project!
If you look at the pages, you can see how the panels were designed for this format, then cut-and-pasted into standard comic book format.
Each comic book page contains what would've been four pages of paperback comics!
Who says comics ain't educational?
Be Here Next Week as We Present a New Theme for the Month of May!
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