Amorous Education JETTA OF THE 21st CENTURY "Act Your Age!"

The more things change, the more they stay the same...

...as this tale of 21st Century teen-agers from 1953 proves!

I'm positive writer/penciler Dan DeCarlo re-used this concept for an Archie story using Dilton Dooley as the creator of the aging/de-aging device!

I know I've seen a story with younger versions of Principal Weatherbee and Miss Grundy almost becoming a couple, before reverting to their present-day older selves.

Anybody know what my failing memory vaguely recalls?

It's a shame this was from the final issue of Standard's Jetta of the 21st Century (#7 in 1953).

(Despite that issue number, there were only three issues, #s 5 to 7!)

Guess the concept was too "far out" for early 1950s readers!

BTW, we'd like to extend our thanks to the amazing Kracalactaka, heroic and voluminous contributor to both the Digital Comic Museum and ComicBookPlus, for these Jetta scans!
It's people like him who assure that comic book art will be appreciated for generations to come!
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Amorous Education JETTA OF THE 21st CENTURY "Jet Jaunt"

It's almost springtime...and more importantly, it's almost PROM time!

But, in teen humor comic books (even comics set in the future), things never go smoothly!

 

OK, maybe it's just as well that we of the real 21st Century still don't have flying cars...

As you might have guessed, Archie artist Dan DeCarlo was the illustrator for this tale from Standard Comics' Jetta of the 21st Century #5 (1952), which was actually her first issue!

(Issues 1-4 were a romance comic called Today's Romance!)

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Weird Halloween Romances LOST WORLDS "Worlds Apart"

"Submitted for your approval, a romantic triangle with unequal sides..."

"...because one point of this scalene triangle is firmly entrenched...in the Twilight Zone!"

(It works if you read it in a Rod Serling-esque voice.)

Cue Twilight Zone theme music...

While the writer for this story from Standard's sci-fi anthology title Lost Worlds #5 (1952) is unknown, the art is by Nick Cardy, who began his career in the Golden Age and kept working up until his passing in 2013!

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Our Final Tale of ♥True Love♥...with a Horrifying Halloween Twist!

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THRILLING ROMANCES "Impatient Hearts"

What's the best way to get married?

A big ceremony with months of planning? A quick elopement? Something in-between?

For Ron and Jeannie, as shown by artist Art Saff and an unknown writer in this never-reprinted tale from Standard's Thrilling Romances #25 (1954), a traditional family-sized wedding was the solution!

Your mileage may vary!

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A History of American Romance Comics

INTIMATE LOVE "Desirable!"

Some of the best romance comics of the 1940s-50s came from small companies...

...as this never-reprinted tale from Standard's Intimate Love #28 (1954) proves!

All a simple misunderstanding!

Love the 1950s touches like the idea everyone in Greenwich Village is a poor bohemian/artist (our streets are filled with rich lawyers and hedge fund managers now) and the involvement of Communists!

Penciled by Art Saff and inked by Mike Peppe, the story's author is, sadly, unknown.

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INTIMATE LOVE "Kissing Tells"

Is it better to be a "good" or "bad" girl?

See, this never-reprinted feature from Standard's Intimate Love #21 (1953) proves good girls who occasionally neck get more guys than bad girls who let them get to "first base" (or more)!

Writer/artist Vernon Greene did a number of stories and one-page features for romance titles at both Standard and Atlas (later Marvel) in 1952-53 before returning to full-time work on various syndicated newspaper comic strips.

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JETTA OF THE 21st CENTURY: Zoomer "Time Out for Trouble"

Like Archie's crowd, Jetta's supporting cast got occasional solo stories...

...like Zoomer and Atomica, a pair of "typical" teen-agers who would've fit in nicely in Riverdale, though 20th Century tech will give them problems, as you'll see...

This 60-year old tale of time and two teens from Standard's Jetta of the 21st Century #6 (1953) was written and penciled by the legendary Dan DeCarlo, and inked by Fred Eng.

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JETTA OF THE 21st CENTURY "Man Trouble"

To help ease your return to school or work...MORE fun with Dan DeCarlo's Jetta!

...in this case, her very first apperance from Jetta of the 21st Century #5 (1952), which was actually the first issue.

(Issues 1-4 were a romance comic called Today's Romance!)

Written and penciled by the legendary Dan DeCarlo, but may not have been inked by him.

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