Love and the Law POLICE TRAP "Masher!"

Riding the NYC subway can  be an adventure...

...like this atypical tale of lechery, love, and the law!

This tale of female empowerment from 1954 is from the first issue of Mainline's short-lived 1950s anthology Police Trap, illustrated (and probably written) by Bill Draut, who also did a lot of romance comics work in the 1950s-1970s, primarily for Harvey, Toby, and DC.
He continued producing material until the mid-1980s, ending up (like many other comic artists) working on animated tv series, where he was one of the primary designers for the original GI Joe cartoon.
And, please remember to be observant and careful when you ride public transportation!

Love IS Lunacy A MOON, A GIRL...ROMANCE "I Was Jilted and Had No Desire to Live!"

Sometimes, you just want a three-hankie tear-jerker...

...to cleanse your soul...and here it is!

I know, I know.

This being EC Comics, you half-expected her to take the poison, become zombified, and eat Gregg when he came to the door.

And, the story from EC's A Moon, a Girl...Romance #9 (1949) is so cliched that it might have inspired writer/illustrator Al Feldstein to think about doing exactly that when, a year later, EC began doing its' now-classic horror comics titles!
BTW, if the book's title seems a little...weird, it's due to Post Office regulations!
Really!
Back in the days of getting subscription magazines by mail, a publisher had to purchase a separate license for each one to get the low "second class" magazine mailing rate!
But that license would apply only to one periodical at a time!
If you launched a differently-titled periodical, you had to buy a separate license for that book!
Comic publishers were notoriously-stingy, so if a book wasn't selling, they'd reformat it, but try to keep the title as similar as possible to avoid buying a new mailing license!
This series started out as Moon Girl and the Prince, about a super-heroine and her consort.
With #2, it became just Moon Girl, as the Prince was downplayed in the stories.
But when violent 'true crime' stories were introdued as of #7, the series was retitled Moon Girl Fights Crime.

When that didn't boost sales, Moon Girl was dropped entirely, and, in #9, the book became a romance comic called A Moon, A Girl...Romance!
But sales still didn't improve, so it was revamped as of #13 into s sci-fi/fantasy book called Weird Fantasy, atnad after four issues the PO said "ENOUGH!" and forced EC to finally pay for a new second class mailing license!

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Advice d'Amour PERSONAL LOVE "Sob Sister's Scandal"

What Happens When a Love Advisor Gives You the Wrong  Advice...Deliberately?

This never-reprinted story from Eastern's Personal Love #10 (1951) give us the answer!









Bill (Sub-Mariner) Everett illustrated (and perhaps scripted) this titillating tale filled with twists and turns!

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Reel Romance LOVE DIARY "Movie Crazy!"

A Couple of Years Ago...

...we presented a Silver Age story about a young lady who was so obsessed with movies that it interfered with her social life!
Now here's how they handled a similar situation in the 1950s...

Written by Dorothy Woolfolk and illustrated by Eddie Robbins, this never-reprinted story from Orbit's Love Diary #4 (1950) featured two supporting characters (Sally and Rick) from an already-ongoing feature starring another couple (Nurse Victoria Sage and Doctor Jim Stanton) whose premiere tale we ran HERE during COVID!

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Psychedelic '60s Stories MOD LOVE "Shadow from His Past"

 Concluding Our Segue Back to the Swinging '60s...

...we present the last story from the comic magazine (not comic book) Mod Love!

It's the cover-featured narrative of a musician, the girl who loves him and a...

Published in 1967. all three of the comic stories in Western Publishing's Mod Love were written by Michael Lutin, and illustrated by already-established European fine artist Michael Quarez!

The only other comic-style work in the mag was a two-page spotlite feature about the trendy NYC fashion boutique called Tiger Morse's Teenie Weenie...

Next Week: We Return to an Anything Goes Format for March!

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Psychedelic '60s Stories MOD LOVE "As Long as I Win"

We Continue Our Segue to the Swinging '60s...

...with another time-lost, never-reprinted story from the one-shot comic magazine (not comic book), Mod Love!







The mag, published in 1967. was written by Michael Lutin, and illustrated by already-established fine artist Michael Quarez!
Next Week: the Final  Story from Mod Love !
You''ll Cry Your Eyes Out if You Miss It!