Alex Toth Tales SECRET HEARTS "20 Miles to Heartbreak" Part 2

When Last We Left Our Heroine...

Cover art by penciler Bill Draut and inker Vince Colletta.

...conveniently, writer Barbara Friedlander is going to provide a synopsis of what previously occurred...

Though, Oddly, Part 3 Will Appear in the Next Issue of Secret Hearts, instead of Young Love...

...You Won't Have to Wait a Month to Read It, Since It'll be Here on Friday!
But, You Will Cry Your Eyes Out If You Miss It!

This second chapter (out of four) from DC's Secret Hearts #141 (1970) was penciled and lettered by Alex Toth and inked by Vince Colletta.

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Treasures Retold

Lost Art of Alex Toth

YOUNG ROMANCE "Love Me, Love Me Not!"

What do you do when the one you love falls for someone else?

Art by Bill Draut

But, at the same time, something happens to you, as shown in the cover story from Young Romance #168 (1970)...

This titillating tale of heartbreak, horniness, and hypocrisy, was written by Jack Miller, and illustrated by Don Heck, who did a lot of romance work from the 1950s to the late 1970s, penciling or inking in conjunction with others, or doing his own complete art (like this tale)!

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CINDERELLA LOVE "A Record-Breaking Affair"

Though technology changes, the human heart remains the same...

...as this tale, set long before iPods and digital music, demonstrates!

 

This story of workplace romance in a (then) high-tech setting was published in Cinderella Love #27 (1955).

If you don't know what "lp records" or "mimeographing" or "filing cards" are, ask your parents (or grandparents).

Trivia: There had been a previous series named Cinderella Love, which was canceled at #15.

At the same time as Cinderella Love, another comic from the same company, called Romantic Marriage, began publishing, continued to #24, then changed it's name to Cinderella Love, ending it's run with #29.

Thus, collectors of romance comics should note that Cinderella Love ran #1-15, then 25-29, with no issues 16-24!

Neither Cinderella Love or Romantic Marriages has been used as the title of a comic book since!

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Love on the Racks

A History of American Romance Comics

TRUER THAN TRUE ROMANCE "Too Dumb for Love" / SECRET HEARTS "Summer Heart"

Long after romance titles disappeared from the comics racks...

...a snarky one-shot took classic DC Comics tales and re-wrote them!

Already-successful author Jeanne Martinet decided to rewrite a number of existing romance comics tales (all written by men) with a female-oriented (and humorous) slant.

Here's the original version from DC's Secret Hearts #45 (1958)...

Art for both versions by Bill Draut.

Several years later, Marvel did a whole mini-series along the same premise.

But that's a tale for another time...

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Truer Than True Romance

REACH FOR HAPPINESS "Episode 28" Part 2

We Have Already Seen...

Rita has come out of her coma and, realizing she doesn't really love him, broken her engagement with Greg.
But, most of the people of Danville Corners think Karen has stolen Greg from Rita!
Meanwhile, Karen receives some rare good news from teenager Joanie who was considering getting married while still in high school...

Yes!

You read it right!

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Don't Miss It!

This chapter of "Reach for Happiness" from Secret Hearts #137 (1969) was written by Jack Miller, penciled by Jay Scott Pike, and inked by George Roussos (except for the cover which Bill Draut penciled and editor Dick Giordano inked).

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