Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Hot Snow HEART THROBS "Winter Meeting" & GIRLS" LOVE STORIES "That Special Moment"

 Here's a (Literally) Kool, Twice-Told Tale of the Flames of Love...

...kindled in the snow!







Appearing in DC's Heart Throbs #69 (1960-61), which came out in late autumn-early winter, the Tony Abruzzo & Bernard Sachs-illustrated story perfectly-captured the mood of the season!
When it was reprinted a decade later in DC's Girls' Love Stories #163 (1971), also in late autumn-early winter, it was "updated" with then-current hairstyles and fashions!
In addition, because the "Heart Throbs" header on each page was removed, the art was extended, resulting in some interesting layout reworking, like on the splash page!
But, unlike most "updated" reprints, some of this one's captions and dialogue balloons have been rewritten...








It's unknown why some of the dialogue and captions were re-written.
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Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Love in the Office YOUNG ROMANCE "I Love You, Frank Gerard"

 You think "mansplaining" is a new phenomenon?

Hardly.
It was happening at least as far back as 1948, when this tale appeared!
This never-reprinted story of business, love, and the business of love is from Prize's Young Romance #4 (1948).
Layouts by Jack Kirby, pencils by Jerry Robinson & Mort Meskin, inks by Joe Simon.
The writer is unknown, but believed to be Simon and/or Kirby.
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Wednesday, January 14, 2026

WOMEN IN LOVE "I Was a Greenwich Village Character"

...and the unknown writer of this tale seems very familiar with the workings of both the commercial art and fine art communities that mingled in The Village!
This never-reprinted tale from Ziff-Davis' 100-page one-shot Women in Love (1952) is incredibly-overwritten, as if it was a prose story that just happened to have illustrations!
Artist Gerald McCann had the unenviable task of trying to actually illustrate panels that are overflowing with captions and text!
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Wednesday, January 7, 2026

Anything BUT Archie! HOMER HOOPER "Twelve-Dollar Conundrum"

How Close Can You Come to Being an Archie Clone...without  Being Sued?
Atlas Comics sure gave it a shot with this series!
This typical tale from Atlas' Homer Hooper #3 (1953) was scripted by Stan Lee and illustrated by Hy Rosen.
Besides the blonde (who was well-off but not rich), the red-headed lead and the nasty frenemy, the series also featured a brunette, Homer's skinny best friend with a big nose, an athlete, brainy nerd, annoyed teachers and principal, etc.
Hy Rosen, who did a credible job as a Dan DeCarlo clone was one of the few artists working in the style who didn't end up at Archie Comics.
In the mid-1940s he added newspaper editorial cartooning to his already-busy schedule.
When comics almost died in the mid-1950s, Hy took on advertising storyboard work to take up the slack, creating the "White Tornado" ad campaign for Ajax Cleanser!
Hy's last work was for Harvey Comics in the early 1990s...on New Kids on the Block and Saved by the Bell comics!
Interestingly, his eulogy at his "home" newspaperThe Albany Times-Union, makes no mention of his comic book work!
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