Showing posts with label I Hated Men. Show all posts
Showing posts with label I Hated Men. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 29, 2024

WE Hated Men! SAVAGE TALES "Fury of the Femizons"

You'd think nothing says "I Hated Men!" like a woman running a sword through a man's heart...
...except in the case presented in this Women's Lib-era story from the b/w magazine Savage Tales #1 (1971)!
(Was it really over a half-century ago?
Lord, I feel so old...)

Written by Stan Lee and illustrated by John Romita, Sr,  this tale had an unusual genesis, as detailed on the editorial page by editor Roy Thomas...

Women's liberation.
It's all around us, be we male or female.
marches, intellectual treatises, picketing, bra-burning, some four-letter forensics, and more burnings–not always of bras.
"Women are the equals of men every day, in every way!'
Men are beginning to believe it.
Women always knew it.
So what happens if maybe we come the full circle in, say the next hundred years or so?
What if women turn the rascals out–and we do mean out!
What would we have then?
A better world? Perhaps.
A gentler world? Could be.
different world? Believe it.
Stan Lee got to wondering-and, by and by, he set imaginative artist Johnny Romita to wondering along with him.
The result is, perhaps, something just a wee bit new under the sun.
Not quite sword-and-sorcery–certainly not science-fiction–and not exactly a political polemic.
Robin Morgan clobbers Buck Rogers in the 25th century!
Kate Millett zaps both Flash Gordon and Ming the Merciless–then takes over Mongo for good measure!
The hand that rocks the cradle really rules the world!
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Wednesday, May 22, 2024

SUGAR BOWL COMICS "Ginny in 'I Hate Men!' "

Why can't hating men be fun?
This never-reprinted entry in the teen humor genre from Eastern Color's Sugar Bowl Comics #2 (1948) answers the question!
Ginny Lambert was the comic's lead character, and disappeared when the book was cancelled after only five issues!
None of the title's stories have ever been reprinted, and we intend to correct that oversight in the future.
Illustrated by Gerald "Jerry" Fasano, who worked in the business from 1949 to 1959, then disappeared.
Whether he passed away or simply switched to another profession is unknown, as is the scripter of this tale.

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Wednesday, May 15, 2024

INTIMATE LOVE "I Hated Men"

Sometimes there are valid reasons for women to be cautious about men...

...but rarely are there situations that require not just distrust, but hatred of the other gender!
We don't know who scripted or illustrated this never-reprinted story from Standard's Intimate Love #13 (1951), but this tale is a classic example of unrealistic plotting and scripting, even by comic book standards!

Next Week...
Another Story About a Woman Who Proclaims...
"I HATED MEN!!!"
You'll Cry Your Eyes Out If You Miss It!
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Wednesday, May 8, 2024

LOVE SECRETS "I Hated Men"

Could there possibly be an innocent explanation for this scene?
Cover art by Matt Baker
If so, what could it be?
Ah, the old "She's my sister!" trope!
The unknown scripter of this never-reprinted story from Quality's Love Secrets #40 (1954) overplays the plot device...which could've been resolved a couple of pages earlier if the idiot guy had simply opened his phone call with "She's my sister and she's getting married and I'm her fiance's best man!" instead of a long, drawn-out explanation!
Though not identified by the Grand Comics Database, the art appears to be by Reed Crandall.

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Another Tale of Mistrust Between the Sexes!
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Wednesday, May 1, 2024

LOVE DIARY "I Hated Men"

For a romance comics blog, our I Hated Men month's posts were among our most popular!
And we believe in giving the audience what it wants!
So...
This never-reprinted story from Orbit's Love Diary #4 (1950) was illustrated by Mort Lawrence, but the writer is, sadly, unknown!
Note: I found it amazing how many romance comic stories have "hate" or "hated" in the titles.
Next Week...
Another Story About a Woman Who Proclaims...
"I HATED MEN!!!"
You'll Cry Your Eyes Out If You Miss It!
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Wednesday, January 25, 2023

HEART THROBS & BRIDES ROMANCES "I Hated Men!"

Sometimes, the disdain by a female for males is warranted...

...but can still be overcome when she meets a better quality he!
This story from Quality's Heart Throbs #9 (1952) had a couple of modifications when it was reprinted in Quality's Brides Romances #12 (1955) after the implementation of the Comics Code...
...but only on the first two pages!
The Code apparently had no problem with the near-sexual assault on Pages 6-7...which remained unaltered in the reprint!
"Boys will be boys!", I suppose...
Penciled by Reed Crandall, but the scripter and inker are unknown.

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A New Theme as We Enter a New Month!
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