True Love Comics Tales: Win Mortimer

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Friday, August 15, 2025

Super-Love WONDER WOMAN (and SUPERGIRL) "Fight to the Death!"

When Last We Left Our Heroines...

Cover art by Carmine Infantino and Irv Novick

The cover pretty much says it all.

Prepare for a classic Silver Age catfight!

Grok has never appeared again, not even in the many reboots that have occurred since Crisis on Infinite Earths...
Written by Bill Finger, penciled by Win Mortimer, and inked by Jack Abel, this tale has never been reprinted in color since it's first appearance in DC's Wonder Woman #177 (1969).
You may wonder about the tag line..."Turn the page for the real END!"
This is the page...

Art by Mike Sekowsky and Dick Giordano

...and the series was about to do the wildest reboot any comic had ever done up to that point!
My blog-buddy, Rip Jagger, can fill you in on that fascinating story, starting HERE!

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Thursday, August 14, 2025

Super-Love WONDER WOMAN (and SUPERGIRL) "Captive Queens"

We Have Already Seen...

Interplanetary conqueror Klamos wants a super-powered bride!

His troops have been sent to every corner of the universe to round up worthy candidates!
Having captured a de-powered Supergirl by temporarily making Earth's sun red instead of yellow, they now make their move on Wonder Woman...

"...such loyal friends?"

Except for a previous Brave & Bold tale (where they were hardly the best of friends), the two of them never met!

Either way, the mayhem concludes tomorrow!

Don't miss it!
You'll Cry Your Eyes Out if You Do!

This Bill Finger-scripted, Win Mortimer-penciled, and Jack Abel-inked tale, was totally-different from any of the previously-published Wonder Woman stories!
Not surprising, since none of these creatives had worked on her tales before!
Ironically, this story apparently served as a try-out for Mortimer and Abel, who became regular artists (along with already-established illustrator Kurt Schaffenberger) on Supergirl's two tales-per-issue run in Adventure Comics in 1969!

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Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Super-Love WONDER WOMAN "and Supergirl vs the Planetary Conqueror"

Love Takes Many Strange Forms as We See in this Tale...

...which has never been reprinted in color since its' first appearance in 1968!

A surprise you'll see...tomorrow!
You're Cry Your Eyes Out if You Miss It!

This tale from DC's Wonder Woman #177 (1968) is atypical for a number of reasons.

None of the supporting cast for either heroine appears!

Neither heroine appears in her secret identity!

In fact, neither heroine even shows up until page 5!

Plus, writer Bill Finger, penciler Win Mortimer, and inker Jack Abel weren't the regular creative staff for the book!

(That would be writer Robert Kanigher, penciler Irv Novick and inker Mike Esposito.)

It appears this was a "fill-in" meant to be used for either a blown deadline or (as it turned out in this case) a "space-saver" before a reboot involving a totally-new creative team!

We'll go into that matter at the end of the tale...

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Thursday, July 25, 2024

Super-Love Redux with SUPERGIRL "Heroine Haters" Conclusion

When Last We Left Our Heroine...

...depressed over her Stanhope College classmates finding boyfriends using computer dating, Kara uses the Fortress of Solitude's Super-Computer to find the perfect mate for her.

While it indicates that Volar of the planet Torma is perfect for her, the Girl of Steel's cousin (you-know-who) warns her against unrealistic expectations.

Supergirl travels to Torma and discovers that women there are treated as 2nd-class citizens, and that she's considered an amusing freak!
But will love for the handsome and dynamic Volar, whose respect and admiration for her is far different from any of the other men of Torma, enable her to overcome such blatant prejudice?
BTW, note that Volar looks totally-different on the cover by penciler Curt Swan and inker Murphy Anderson!

Too bad DC never followed-up on the saga of the first transvestite super-heroine.

BTW, why couldn't Volar's genius scientist father synthesize the chemicals needed to utilize the mask?
Just askin'...
Also, since Superman programs his Super-Computer, why didn't he add the information on Volar's disguise to the database?
Or did the computer deliberately leave out that info when responding to Suprgirl's query?
Note: There was a transvestite super-hero in the 1940s...the original Cat-Man!

Written by Cary Bates, penciled by Win Mortimer and inked by Jack Abel, this cover-featured tale from DC's Adventure Comics #384 (1969) would probably have a much different ending if created today!

There are now numerous main and supporting gay and bisexual characters in comics and comics-oriented media, so the idea of two heroines (or heroes) being involved would hardly be shocking to the audience...

Next Week...

Yet More Super-Love!
Will It be a Marvel or DC Character?
Or Somebody from Neither Publisher?
All We Can Tell You is...
You'll Cry Your Eyes Out if You Miss It!

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Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Super-Love Redux with SUPERGIRL "Heroine Haters" Part 1

We re-present...

...a never-reprinted Silver Age romance of Kara Zor-El aka Linda Danvers aka Supergirl!

This particular one involves both Artificial Intelligence misleading a user and a romance that would be handled quite differently if this story was done today!

Actually, you'll have to tune in tomorrow, when we present the conclusion of this...unique...relationship!

Written by Cary Bates, penciled by Win Mortimer and inked by Jack Abel, this cover-featured tale from DC's Adventure Comics #384 (1969) would probably have a much different ending if it was created today!

Curious?

As we said, be back TOMORROW!

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

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