Showing posts with label ACG. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ACG. Show all posts

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!
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Wednesday, November 26, 2025

COOKIE "Turkey Meets Jerky"

I couldn't find a single romance comic with a Thanksgiving theme...
...but, thankfully (pun intended), teen humor comics have a number of them!
Note, there is a romantic sub-plot involving Cookie's girlfriend AngelPuss!
Curiously, this tale, written and illustrated by Dan Gordon, is from the same issue our previous Cookie holiday tale appeared in, ACG's Cookie #10 (1947)!
Dan Gordon was a writer-animator-director for the Fleischer Studios (Superman, Popeye), then went into comics, finally returning to animation at Hanna-Barbera where he co-created (among others) The Flintstones!
Next Week:
We don't know what we'll publish...yet!
But, You'll Cry Your Eyes Out If You Miss It!
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Thursday, October 30, 2025

Halloween HeartBreak FORBIDDEN WORLDS "Timeless Tribe!" Conclusion

Art by Kurt Shaffenberger
Rod Merritt travelled to South America to investigate claims of an ancient civilization of immortals!
He discovers people who can metamorph into various forms including statuary, but seem to have a particular talent for transforming into animals including lions, jaguars, and rhinos!
While the rest of the expedition is slaughtered, Rod is kept alive at the behest of Leona, one of the leaders of the hidden people, who is attracted to him...
So, what did you expect?
A happy ending?
Not what writer/editor Richard Hughes and artist Ken Landau had in mind for this story from ACG's Forbidden Worlds #145 (1967).
Note: Despite his being "repulsed" at seeing Leona's true form, Rod accepts death as long as it's at her side.
BTW, here's the original art for that page...
Was Leona originally-conceived as being even more alien-appearing?
Did the Comics Code Authority make them tone it down?
We'll never know...
Next Week: a Special Treat: a Follow-Up to One of Our Earlier Tales...but We're Not  Telling You Which One!
And Yes, You'll Cry Your Eyes Out If You Miss It!
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Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Halloween HeartBreak FORBIDDEN WORLDS "Timeless Tribe!" Part 1

The SubText of This Year's Halloween HeartBreak  has been "Not  What They Seem"!
And nowhere is that more accurate than in this two-part Halloween blogathon finale!
Impossible?
A human and were-cat in love is impossible?
Haven't we seen humans and vampires, humans and werewolves, humans and ghosts, even humans and ghouls/zombies all happily "getting busy"?
What could possibly prevent this kool coupling?
Or is there something else we haven't yet learned?
You'll know the startling truth only if you're here...tomorrow!
And Yes, You'll Cry Your Eyes Out If You Miss It!
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Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Amorous Education SEARCH FOR LOVE "Atomic Amour!"

With all the current talk about Russkie deceit and deception...
...we forget they were masters of such things during the Cold War!
Since the story begins in high school, we thought we could list it under the subhead "Amorous Education".
As hard as it is to believe, this tale appeared in a romance comic, specifically, ACG's Search for Love #2 (1950).
Similar tales had appeared in crime/espionage titles, but their audience was radically-different from romance series' readers!
Regrettably, both the writer and illustrator(s) are unknown, so we can't blame anybody in particular for their stereotyped attitudes towards intelligent women.
Next Week:
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