Laugh at Love TRUER THAN TRUE ROMANCE "What Are You Saying?!" & YOUNG ROMANCE "Heartbreak"

Yep, we're taking a humorous look at romance during the month of Valentine's Day!

And we're starting it off with another of Jeannie Martinet's rewrites of an otherwise never-reprinted DC Silver Age tale!

Now that you've seen how this story was reconceived for the cynical 2000s in Watson-Guptill's Truer Than True Romance (2001), let's see what the unknown original writer of this Jack Sparling-penciled and Vince Colletta-inked tale from DC's Young Romance #161 (1969) had in mind...

Is that adorable, or what???

Note: I really didn't believe there were any Vietnam War romance comic stories until I found this one!

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Valentine's Day!!!

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Truer Than True Romance

Alex Toth Tales YOUNG ROMANCE "Searing Conclusion to Next Door to Love"

We Have Already Seen...

Coverart by Werner Roth (pencils), Vince Colletta (inks)

...actually, I'm going to let the writer do the synopsis!

BTW, if the story from DC's Young Romance #164 (1970) looks somewhat familiar to you, that's because we ran the re-edited, re-worked, re-titled reprint in DC's Young Love #114 (1975)

HERE!

Besides the usual "updating" modifications to hairstyles and fashions, two pages were cut from the story!

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We Don't Know Which Alex Toth Tale We'll Present...Yet!

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Treasures Retold
Lost Art of Alex Toth

Alex Toth Tales YOUNG ROMANCE "Next Door to Love" Part 1

Here's part one of a two-part tale with both parts cover-featured...

Cover art by Nick Cardy

...though neither of the covers was by penciler Alex Toth!

What does the future hold for Amy and Larry...if anything?

And, what of Carol and Jackie?

Will her injury keep them apart or bring them back together?

Will True Love prevail for either couple..or neither couple?

Yes, fans, it's a multi-part post!

Fear Not! 

You don't have to wait until next week!

The heart-tugging conclusion will be posted...

Tomorrow!

You'll cry your eyes out if you miss it!

BTW, if the story from DC's Young Romance #163 (1970) looks somewhat familiar to you, that's because we ran the re-edited, re-worked, re-titled reprint in DC's Young Love #114 (1975)

HERE!

Besides the usual "updating" modifications to hairstyles and fashions, two pages were cut from the story!

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Lost Art of Alex Toth

GIRLS' LOVE STORIES "Revenge!" & YOUNG ROMANCE "Take Me Back!"

We wind up February with this story...

...which, like the previous entries, didn't originally feature Black protagonists, as you'll see!

In our entry about Fawcett's 1950s title Negro Romance (HERE), we mentioned that the actual stories were rather generic, with the characters being illustrated as Black rather than White being the only difference.

This John Rosenberger-penciled and Win Mortimer-inked tale from DC's Girls' Love Stories #170 (1972) proves that point, since it's actually a visually-modified version of this story...

...from DC's Young Romance #151 (1967-68)!

BTW, the original tale was the cover feature!

While the fashions, hairstyles, and the leads' facial features were modified, the script stayed almost exactly the same!

Even the characters' names (Terry and Rich) were unchanged!
(Credit where credit is due: amazing romance comics historian Jacque Nodell pointed out the link between these two stories HERE!)

But the saga doesn't end there!

The story was re-presented one more time, in DC's Young Love #111 (1974)...

...this time with the usual "updating" of hairstyles and fashions...but very little modification of the original script and Terry and Rich stayed Caucasian!

Next Week:

We don't yet know what we'll present!

(But if you read last week's post, you'll see what we might run!)

No matter what, we can guarantee that...

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

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Sequential Crush presents

How to Go Steady

Timeless Dating Advice, Wisdom, and Lessons from Vintage Romance Comics

by

Jacque Nodell