Showing posts with label comic books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label comic books. Show all posts

Thursday, October 22, 2026

Haunted HeartBreak HAUNTED LOVE "Reunion" Conclusion

Daniel and Cleo were the perfect couple, but shortly before their wedding, tragedy befell as Cleo drowned during a sudden storm.
For months, Daniel obsessed over his lost love.
Anton and Nadia, a pair of con-artists pretending to be psychics, offered Daniel the chance to speak to Cleo's restless spirit...
Written by Joe Gill, a longtime comics writer who penned tales in every genre from romance to sci-fi.
Illustrated by Joe Staton, who recently helped revive the Dick Tracy newspaper comic strip!
Next Week: Our Final  Haunted HeartBreak Story for 2026!
You'll cry your eyes out if you miss it!
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Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Halloween HeartBreak HAUNTED LOVE "Reunion" Part 1

"Gothic romances" were one of the last  genres to make it to comic books...
and once they arrived, didn't last very long.
This story is from the longest-lasting title, Charlton's Haunted Love.
Will Anton and Nadia "put one over" on Daniel, or is Nadia actually psychic?
Will Daniel and Cleo be reunited?
And if so, how?
Will True Love prevail?
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!
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Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Halloween HeartBreak WEIRD THRILLERS "SandFlower of Venus"

Alien Worlds May  Have Potentially-Lethal Flora and Fauna...
...but every spacer knows the most dangerous creature in the Universe is...Man!
Or is it?
I take it back.
The most dangerous creature in the Universe is Woman!
This never-reprinted tale from Ziff-Davis' Weird Thrillers #1 (1951) was probably illustrated by a round-robin of Dan & Sy Barry, Murphy Anderson, and Frank Giacoia.
The writer is unknown, but may well be the editor, Jerry Siegel, who forever affected how pre-pubescent males thought of women with his creation of  Lois Lane, the nosy reporter who was always trying to either expose Superman's secret identity or trick the Man of Steel into marrying her!
Next Week:
We Don't Yet Know What We'll Present, But We Guarantee That...
You'll Cry Your Eyes Out If You Miss It!
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Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Amorous Education CO-ED ROMANCES "Education for Love"

Cupid returns to the classroom...

...as we spend the rest of September with hormonally-driven college and high school students!



Art by Al Camy.
The writer is unknown.
PL's Co-Ed Romances
 (and its' "sister book" Love Life) only had a single issue each in 1951.
PL Publishing is noted as the only comics company with more than a single title to last only 6 months before going belly-up!
They published eight books, ranging from romance to sci-fi to Western to crime to jungle heroine to horror!
None ran more than three issues.
Next Week:
We Continue with Stories Combining School and Sex!
And Yes, You'll Cry Your Eyes Out If You Miss It!
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Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane
Volume 1: Super Crush

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Wednesday, September 2, 2026

It's the Season for Lovin' ADVENTURES IN ROMANCE "September Squall"

Now that it's September...

...let's tell a seasonally-appropriate, never-reprinted, cover-featured story that really fits the concept of a "beach read'!

The painted cover art (by the story's artist, Warren King) was based on the final panel.
While other comics publishers used painted covers on their romance comics, most of those were re-used pulp or paperback paintings which were unrelated to the interior stories!
You've likely noted a couple of two-page spreads at the beginning of the story and at the conclusion.
St John's Adventures in Romance #1 (1949), experimented with doing double-page spreads in each story to establish a distinctive "look".
Sadly, the series only lasted two issues.  ;-(
Artist Warren King spent several years in comic books doing everything from superheroes to horror to romance, before moving into newspaper cartooning, becoming the in-house editorial cartoonist at the NY Daily News and winning the National Cartoonists Society Best Editorial Cartoonist Award in 1968.
He passed away in 1978.

Next week:
We haven't decided yet what it'll be, but we can guarantee that...
You'll Cry Your Eyes Out if You Miss It!
(Oh, you've heard that, eh?)
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Romance Without Tears
featuring comics stories written by Dana Dutch! 
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Wednesday, August 19, 2026

It's the Season for Lovin' SECRETS OF YOUNG BRIDES "Can This Be Love?"

Though It's the Middle of August, Let's Take One Last Summer Fling...
...with a '70s tale from Charlton's Secrets of Young Brides #3 (1975)
Man, dig those crazy fashions and hairstyles!
Illustrated by the talented Enrique Nieto (who did only romance, horror, or gothic romance tales)
Next week:
We haven't yet decided what it'll be, but we can guarantee that...
You'll Cry Your Eyes Out if You Miss It!
(Oh, you've heard that, eh?)
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Best of DC Romance Comics
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Some of the best Marvel love comics from the 60s and 70s!
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