Advice d'Amour DEAR BEATRICE FAIRFAX "Heck of a Thing for a Man to be Doing!"

Before Dear Abby...
Before Ann Landers...
(and I'll bet no reader under 40 knows who they are!)...

Cover by Alex Schomburg

...she was the original "Miss Lonely Hearts" newspaper columnist!

From 1898...

...to the 1960s, several writers using the Fairfax pseudonym offered advice to people at every stage of romantic entanglement from first dates to marriage to widowhood and divorce.

The column's popularity resulted in a radio show, an action-packed silent movie serial where "Beatrice" herself intervened personally in matters both romantic and criminal (Girls have always loved "bad boys"!), and this short-lived 1950-51 comic which dramatized some of her columns!

Now on with today's never-reprinted tale from Standard's Dear Beatrice Fairfax #5 (1950)!

Don't ya just love a happy ending?

Though the scripter (who may have been a King Features Syndicate writer assigned to the project) is unknown, the artist was Vernon Greene, whose work we've already seen HERE.

Next Week:

Another Story Hosted by Someone Who Believes He/She is Qualified to Solve Other People's Problems!

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Ladies Now and Then

by

Beatrice Fairfax

Asian Amour JON JUAN "World's Greatest Lover"

The guy who co-created Superman and Lois Lane...

...has some rather "old fashioned" ideas about love and romance as illustrated by Alex Schomburg for Toby's Jon Juan #1 (1950)

Is it just me, or does anyone else need a shower to feel clean after reading this?

To be fair, Jon Juan is an equal-opportunity misogynist, whether the woman is European, African, or Asian/Pacific Islander!
"I'll give her Smile Number Three...the one I reserve for emergencies! It never fails!"
"Can I help it if their neglected women cast lovelorn glances in my direction? Can I be blamed if my nimble tongue sought out the proper words to solace thwarted femininity?"
Women are foolish and easily manipulated, according to this story.
"Like a thousand women before her...and a thousands yet to come...she surrendered!"
Note that in this origin tale, Jon wears Superman's color scheme!
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JON JUAN "World's Greatest Lover"

As promised, here's Jerry Siegel's concept of a romantic leading man...

...as illustrated by Alex Schomburg for Toby's Jon Juan #1 (1950)

Is it just me, or does anyone else need a shower to help themselves feel clean after reading this?
"I'll give her Smile Number Three...the one I reserve for emergencies! It never fails!"
"Can I help it if their neglected women cast lovelorn glances in my direction? Can I be blamed if my nimble tongue sought out the proper words to solace thwarted femininity?"
Women are foolish and easily manipulated, according to this story.
"Like a thousand women before her...and a thousands yet to come...she surrendered!"
Note that in the origin tale, Jon wears Superman's color scheme!
Do you want to see the rest of Jon's extemely-brief run?
Post your response in the comments...

Next Week:

We don't know yet what we'll present, but we can guarantee...

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The Co-Creator of Superman Presents the World's Greatest Lover...JON JUAN!

Yeah, I know it's hard to believe...

...but the guy who co-created the most dysfunctional male-female relationship in fiction (Superman/Lois Lane/Clark Kent) thought he knew how to write a romance comic!

Does Jerry know how to write a romance comic?

Be here next week and find out!

Note: the cover artist is the guy who illustrated the interior pages, Alex Schomburg, using the pen-name "Al Reid" for this and the title page, the only time he ever used that particular alias!

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Be here for the origin story (yes, an origin story) of "immortal superlover" Jon Juan!
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