LOVELORN "My Heart Went Astray!"

It's amazing how few Christmas-themed American romance comic stories there are...

...so we're going with this tale of greed and vanity set during a winter vacation!
(Hey, I'm working on finding more Yuletide romances!)

So, everything works out hunky-dory...except for poor Fallon!

Poor guy just can't catch a break...

This never-reprinted tale of love (of money) appeared in ACG's LoveLorn #4 (1950) and is typical of the era with its' "woman who must be shown the error of her ways before she can find true love" plotline.

Though both the writer and artist are unknown, it's fair to guess that Editor Richard E Hughes plotted and/or scripted the tale.

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Love in the Time of Covid-19 LOVELORN "Helping Heart!"

Just when you thought they couldn't do anything else with a disease-themed romance tale...

...this never-reprinted story from ACG's LoveLorn #3 (1949-50) comes along with a tale jam-packed with unexpected soap opera-style plot-twists!

Wow!

I'm exhausted!

So, jaded, manipulative girl loses handsome doctor to woman whose inherent innocence and purity of heart (and extreme work ethic) lures the MD to her...and she didn't even intend to do so!

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Another Tale of Disease, Debilitating Conditions and Desire!

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The Golden Age of Romance Comics

LOVELORN "Come Back My Love!" in TrueVision!

You won't need red/blue 3-D glasses to read the 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!

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LOVELORN "World's Most Dangerous Game!"

While the Polar Vortex freezes all it sweeps over...

...lovers know how to keep things hot..Hot..HOT with indoor games by the fireplace!
BTW, though the logo says "Confessions of the Lovelorn", the book's title was officially just "Lovelorn"...until the next issue and for the remainder of the book's run!

BTW, 1956, when ACG's Lovelorn #75, was published, was an Olympic year!

Regrettably, both the writer and artist are unknown, but I'd conjecture that editor Richard Hughes is the scripter and Curt Swan was the penciler (and possibly inker).

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3-D: LOVELORN "Moment to Remember"

You won't need the red/blue 3-D glasses to read this 3-D comic story...

...because it's not red/blue 3-D, but an idea to simulate 3-D called...

And now, on with the story...

It's a clever idea, but I can see how it would become irritating on an ongoing basis.
Art by Harry Lazarus, one of a trio of siblings (including Sid and Leon) who all ended up writing and/or illustrating comic books during the 1940s-1960s.
(They are not related to Mell Lazarus, writer/artist of the comic strips Miss Peach and Momma, who also worked in comic books in the 1950s.
Small world, ain't it?)

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It's Valentine's Day, so we're presenting a special tale by the guys who created the romance comic, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby...

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