Love in the Time of Covid-19 LOVE DIARY "I was Branded a Flirt, a Nurse Confesses..."

For our final (for now) disease-themed story...

...we present an intense, never-reprinted one from Orbit's Love Diary #1 (1949) which takes a twist you probably don't expect!!

That "life together" continued for five more issues of Love Diary, along with a two-story spinoff featuring supporting character Sally Weeks!

Vicky didn't end up with the wholesome "boy next door" doctor as you might expect, but the glamourous, slightly-arrogant studmuffin!

But, that doesn't mean the course of true love is without some rough patches, as you'll see when we continue this series in our "brother" RetroBlog Medical Comics and Stories!

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...Never-Reprinted Romances of Supergirl!

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Love in the Time of Covid-19 TRUE LOVE PROBLEMS AND ADVICE ILLUSTRATED "Was It Love or Pity?"

You've read this basic plot before...but there's several twists you haven't seen...

Oddly, our tale, though listed second in the table of contents, appeared in the back of the book!

Dr Mathews doesn't think much of his own daughter...

This never-reprinted tale from Harvey's True Love Problems and Advice Illustrated #2 (1949) was illustrated by comics workhorse Bob Powell.

The scripter is unknown, but could have been Powell himself.

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Another Tale of Disease, Debilitating Conditions and Desire!

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Love in the Time of Covid-19 SWEETHEARTS "My Last Chance for Love"

Last week, we told you the later, shorter version of this tale... 

...now here's the earlier, longer (and sassier) version, beginning with the second page!

Now we return to the story we re-presented last week...

Why were five pages from this tale from Fawcett's SweetHearts #83(1950) cut from the reprint we showed you last week?

Did the Comics Code Authority (which didn't exist when this story was first published) insist on the alterations?

And, if so...why?

We'll never know the answers!

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Another Tale of Disease, Debilitating Conditions and Desire!

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Love in the Time of Covid-19 MY SECRET LIFE "My Last Chance for Love"

Think only we humans suffer during pandemics and epidemics?

Here's a tale involving doctors and patients you've never seen before on this blog!

Is this what passed for "true love" back in the 1950s?

This story from Charlton's My Secret Life #19 (1957) seems to think so!

But there's a kicker to this!

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The Original Version of This Tale of Disease, Debilitating Conditions and Desire!

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Love in the Time of Covid-19 TRUE LOVE CONFESSIONS "Fool's Gold..."

Why is it that most stories involving two medical personnel in love show the woman as a nurse?

And that she's in the profession only to find a doctor to marry?

This never-reprinted tale from Premier's True Love Confessions #8 (1955) features not one but two studly doctors for the nurse to choose from!

The story, illustrated by Hy Fleishman, also gives Lila a third guy (rich, older, but non-medical) to choose from!

But in the end, she opts for the poor, but dedicated, Roc!

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