Beach Read CURSE OF THE MacINTYRES "Chapter III: The Madman"

When Last We Left Our Innocent Ingenue...

...Rachel has discovered a secret laboratory/operating room where Blair and a pair of previously-unseen assistants are about to perform an operation on his sister, Adrienne!

She flees in terror...

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Beach Read CURSE OF THE MacINTYRES "Chapter II 1/2: The Monster Within"

We Have Already Seen...

...moving to the MacIntyres' ancestral castle in Scotland after her father's death, young innocent Rachel has experienced one frightening even after another!

Her handsome and charming cousin, Blair, whom she's falling for, displays alarming mood swings, gentle and loving one minute...angry and almost savage the next!

Is she safe?

What is Blair doing to Adrienne, his sister?

Have we stepped over the line from Gothic romance into Gothic horror?

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Beach Read CURSE OF THE MacINTYRES "Chapter II: Twisted Love"

When Last We Left Our Heroine...

...after her elderly father passed away with his last words being a cryptic "hide the journal" and "MacIntyre Curse", Rachel MacIntyre is offered a new home at the family's ancestral castle in Scotland by her handsome, rich, widower cousin Blair.

When she arrives in Scotland from London, Rachel is warned by local townspeople that MacIntyre Castle is dangerous and only by paying double the usual fee can she find someone willing to take her and her luggage there.
She meets Blair's extremely-bright son Jamie and another cousin, Alfie, an eccentric dwarf as well as a surly, elderly couple who serve as housekeeper and handyman.
That night, she falls into an uneasy sleep, where she dreams of Blair kissing her!
But the kiss is intense, cutting off her breathing and she jolts awake to find someone trying to smother her with a pillow...

Cousin Blair is extremely...mercurial!

Is it possible he was the one who assulted Rachel...but doesn't remember doing so?
Is that the "MacIntyre Curse"?

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Beach Read CURSE OF THE MacINTYRES "Chapter I: The Secret of the Castle"

Stretch out on your beach blanket under the umbrella, get a cool drink, and dive into...

...the premiere issue of DC's second gothic romance comic, The Sinister House of Secret Love #1 (1971)





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This terrifying tale was written by Mary Skrenes and illustrated by Don Heck.

As we mentioned earlier, it was preceded the month before by another gothic romance comic, Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love.
The two books were published on alternate months, providing eight monthly doses in a row of Gothic romance.
Sadly, sales on both were poor, and the books became standard horror titles with their fifth issues, though both included Gothic romances in those #5 issues since they had already been created and paid for before the decision to change format was made!

Bonus: The original art for the first page of the story.

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Divorce American Style GIRLS' LOVE STORIES "Child of Divorce"

We End the Month with a Case of a Product of a Broken Marriage... 

Cover art by Art Saaf & Vince Colletta
...and how it may affect the now-grown daughter's future!

Art for this never-reprinted story from DC's Girls' Love Stories #163 (1971) is by Tony DeZuniga.

The writer is unknown.

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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.

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Romance Trilogy

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Yesterday, We Met...

..an advocate of the "free love" movement, who an engaged woman thought was trying to steal her fiancee!

(She wasn't!)

At the end of that story, Lily was seen riding off in someone's car...

Sadly, there was no "next chapter"!

After this two-story premiere in DC's Young Romance #170 (1971), Lily Martin never graced the pages of another comic book...not even in reprint!

Since editor Dick Giordano left the book after this issue, replaced by Dorothy Woolfolk, I suspect she was responsible for not continuing a series that didn't fit her editorial vision.
Usually, DC's editors would find a way to reuse already-purchased material, but a cursory examination of Woolfolk's run doesn't show any stories that could've been reworked versions of already-written/illustrated tales!

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