Showing posts with label 1950s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1950s. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Love and the Law POLICE TRAP "Masher!"

Riding the NYC subway can  be an adventure...
...like this atypical tale of lechery, love, and the law!
This tale of female empowerment from 1954 is from the first issue of Mainline's short-lived 1950s anthology Police Trap, illustrated (and probably written) by Bill Draut, who also did a lot of romance comics work in the 1950s-1970s, primarily for Harvey, Toby, and DC.
He continued producing material until the mid-1980s, ending up (like many other comic artists) working on animated tv series, where he was one of the primary designers for the original GI Joe cartoon.
And, please remember to be observant and careful when you ride public transportation!

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Business Before Love? YOUNG MARRIAGE "Everything But Love"

It is Said "All's Fair in Love and War"!
It is also said "Business is War"!
So, a logical extrapolation of the two is "All is Fair in Business and Love"!
To answer the obvious question, there was never a sequel to this never-reprinted story of Cupid and cupidity from Fawcett's Young Marriage #1 (1950), created by artist Bob Powell and an unknown scripter...who could have been Powell himself or editor Roy Ald!
Pre-Comics Code tales tended to be more "adult" in their subject matter than the later books which had less-sophisticated stories!
And a surprising number have rather depressing endings...

Next Week:
We don't know yet what we'll present, but we can guarantee...
You'll Cry Your Eyes Out if You Miss It!
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Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Love in 3-D (sort of) LOVELORN "Come Back My Love!" in TrueVision!

You won't need red/blue 3-D glasses to read this  3-D comic story...
...behind this Ogden Whitney cover, because it's not red/blue 3-D, but an idea to simulate 3-D called...
While other companies were doing actual 3-D, ACG decided to save a few bucks and also tout the fact their "3-D" was still FULL color!
And now, on with the story...

It's a clever concept, but I can see how it would become irritating on an ongoing basis.
The big problem is that the cheap "newsprint" paper was never meant to have so much solid black ink on the pages, resulting in blotchy backgrounds!
Art on this never-reprinted story from ACG's Lovelorn #51 (1954) was by Edmond Good, who worked in various genres for DC, Fox, Nedor/Standard, Fawcett, and ACG, among others.
He left comics to become the Art Director for Tupperware from the mid-1950s until his retirement in the mid-1970s!
Next Week:
We don't know yet what we'll present, but we can guarantee...
You'll Cry Your Eyes Out if You Miss It!
And now a word from our sponsor...
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Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Advice d'Amour PERSONAL LOVE "Sob Sister's Scandal"

What Happens When a Love Advisor Gives You the Wrong  Advice...Deliberately?

This never-reprinted story from Eastern's Personal Love #10 (1951) give us the answer!









Bill (Sub-Mariner) Everett illustrated (and perhaps scripted) this titillating tale filled with twists and turns!

Next Week:
We Have No Idea What Story We're Going to Run...Yet!
But We Guarantee...
You'll Cry Your Eyes Out If You Miss It!
And now a word from our sponsor...
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Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Reel Romance LOVE DIARY "Movie Crazy!"

A Couple of Years Ago...

...we presented a Silver Age story about a young lady who was so obsessed with movies that it interfered with her social life!
Now here's how they handled a similar situation in the 1950s...





Written by Dorothy Woolfolk and illustrated by Eddie Robbins, this never-reprinted story from Orbit's Love Diary #4 (1950) featured two supporting characters (Sally and Rick) from an already-ongoing feature starring another couple (Nurse Victoria Sage and Doctor Jim Stanton) whose premiere tale we ran HERE during COVID!
Next Week...
We Have No  Idea What We'll Run Next Week...Yet!
But We Guarantee...
You'll Cry Your Eyes Out If You Miss It!
And now a word from our sponsor...
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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!
Next Week:
We're Not Sure Exactly What We'll Present!
But...
You'll Cry Your Eyes Out if You Miss It!
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