Countdown to Halloween 2020 HAUNTED LOVE "Eternal Love"

It's almost Halloween, and, sadly, it's time for our final Haunted Love presentation!

But, there are no monsters, ghouls, or mysticism here...

Yes, they died.

But they died happy...with each other...and left art that expressed that love!

Can anybody think of a better ending?

I can't!

Written by Joe Gill and illustrated by Enrique Nieto, this never-reprinted story from Charlton's Haunted Love #10 (1975) doesn't really fit the book's concept, unless you consider their souls together until the end of time, as "ghosts"!

I'm willing to go with that...

Next Week:

We Don't Yet Know What We'll Present, But We Guarantee...

You'll Cry Your Eyes Out If You Miss It!

This Halloween, we featured the best of the rarely-reprinted 1970s Charlton gothic romance book Haunted Love!
Hope you enjoyed the blogathon...

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Countdown to Halloween 2020 HAUNTED LOVE "Until We Meet Again"

Though he did few romance stories in his over half a century in comics...

...Steve (Doctor Strange) Ditko had quite a bit of experience with mystical mood!

Is this man a corpse possessed by the spirit/soul of Gerald, or some sort of regeneration of Gerald's deceased form?

I don't think Sheila cares, and this never-reprinted Joe Gill-scripted, Steve Ditko-illustrated tale from Charlton's Haunted Love #5 (1973) never makes it clear...
BTW, the inking on this story looks more like Joe Staton than Ditko himself!
Is it?
We may never know...

Next Week...

The Final Spooky Story of Love Eternal for the Countdown to Halloween 2020 Blogathon!

You'll Cry Your Eyes Out If You Miss It!

This year, we're featuring the best of the rarely-reprinted 1970s Charlton gothic romance book Haunted Love!

And now, a word from our sponsor...

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Countdown to Halloween 2020 HAUNTED LOVE "Curse of the Byrnyres"

A romance story doesn't get more Gothic than this...

...thunderstorms, creepy old house, heroine in peril, spooky people, cryptic warnings, an ancient curse, and, oh yes, monsters!

Writer Nicola Cuti and illustrator Joe Staton certainly know their Gothic romance tropes...and use them to superb effect in this tale from Charlton's Haunted Love #5 (1973)!
You can see Staton's current work daily (and Sunday) on the Dick Tracy newspaper comic strip!

Next Week...

Another Sinister Story!

You'll Cry Your Eyes Out If You Miss It!

This year, we're featuring the best of the rarely-reprinted 1970s Charlton gothic romance book Haunted Love!

And now, a word from our sponsor...

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Contdown to Halloween 2020 HAUNTED LOVE "Eye Of Beauty"

For centuries, beautiful women have been muses for artists who truly loved them...

...as this never-reprinted story from Charlton's Haunted Love #7 (1975) demonstrates!

It's odd to see panel pages in that art style in full-color, isn't it?

We're used to seeing manga and manhwa in b/w or two-color!

Sanho Kim (or Kim San-ho) was already an acclaimed writer/artist in South Korea before coming to the US in 1966.

Illustrating a wide variety of genres including romance, horror, war, and martial arts, Sanho worked primarily for Charlton (who published this tale in Haunted Love #9 in 1975), with occasional work for Warren (where he also wrote the stories he illustrated), Marvel, and Skywald, totaling over several hundred stories.

Sanho returned to South Korea in 1996 and continues to write and illustrate to this day.

He received the Order of Cultural Merit (much like the Kennedy Center Honors in America) in 2008.

Next Week...

Another Sinister Story!

You'll Cry Your Eyes Out If You Miss It!

This year, we're featuring the best of the rarely-reprinted 1970s Charlton gothic romance book Haunted Love!

And now, a word from our sponsor...

Please Support True Love Comics Tales
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Countdown to Halloween HAUNTED LOVE "Kiss to Save Him from the Grave!" Conclusion

We Have Already Seen...

...(technically, we haven't seen this...yet!)

Nurse Lucille Burton, in order to be closer to hunky Doctor Wayne Thornton, joins him in caring for elderly (and rich) Trevor Galt in his country mansion.

The nurse she's replacing warns her of danger, but Lucille doesn't believe her...until something unseen disturbs her...

A happy ending...or is it?

This story, by writer-artist Tom Sutton, was originally published in Charlton's Haunted Love #1 (1973).
Here's an early Halloween treat (no trick)...the original art for the cover!

Next Week...

Another Sinister Story!

You'll Cry Your Eyes Out If You Miss It!

This year, we're featuring the best of the rarely-reprinted 1970s Charlton gothic romance book Haunted Love!

And now, a word from our sponsor...

Please Support True Love Comics Tales
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Countdown to Halloween HAUNTED LOVE "Kiss to Save Him from the Grave!" Part 1

 We're a day early, but we couldn't wait to begin...

...our weekly entries in the annual Countdown to Halloween blogathon!

Sleep Tight, Lucille...until..

TOMORROW!
You'll Cry Your Eyes Out If You Miss It!

This year, we're featuring the best of the rarely-reprinted 1970s Charlton gothic romance book Haunted Love!

This particular story, by writer-artist Tom Sutton, was originally published in #1 (1973).

Please Support True Love Comics Tales

Visit Amazon and Order...

Gothic Tales of Haunted Love