REACH FOR HAPPINESS "Episode 23" Part 2

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Movie producer B.W. has offered to make Karen a star, admitting his interest in doing so is to take her to his bed.

Karen, now indebted to him since she compeled the producer to re-hire director Barry Gordon (who had made her late husband a hot cinematic property and now lusts for her), accepts the deal.

But her lawyer (and yet another potential paramour) Scott Ward, is enraged when he sees Barry make a move on Karen...

On the cusp of stardom, will Karen be drawn from Hollywood back to Danville Corners?

This chapter of "Reach for Happiness" from Secret Hearts #132 (1968) was written by Jack Miller, but the art credits are becoming somewhat nebulous, as a variety of hands seem to be doing various things on different pages, so we're not going to offer an assessment as to who did what, except the splash/cover art is by Dick Giordano!

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REACH FOR HAPPINESS "Episode 23"

After skipping a month for Halloween...

..we're back in Hollywood for more soap opera-style serialized sleaziness!

Next Week:
The end of this cockfight and the explanation for the splash panel!

This chapter of "Reach for Happiness" from Secret Hearts #132 (1968) was written by Jack Miller, but the art credits are becoming somewhat nebulous, as a variety of hands seem to be doing various things on different pages, so we're not going to offer an assessment as to who did what, except the splash/cover art is by Dick Giordano!

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Countdown to Halloween 2016: ARCHIE COMICS "Halloween Hi-Jinx"

We end our contribution to the Countdown to Halloween 2016 blogathon as we began...

with a pop culture icon celebrating the holiday!

As you can see from the cover (which is actually from the issue before the one the story appears in (which had a Christmas cover) and contents page by Harry Sahle, the Dan DeCarlo-created "look" that defines the characters to this day hadn't yet been implemented!

Note the caption about an Archie radio show.

Despite lack of success in movies and live-action TV, Archie and his friends had a long-running (1943-1952) radio show on NBC Blue (which became ABC) and the Mutual Network. 

It started as a daily 15-minute broadcast but converted to a weekly half-hour.

(As a seasonal treat, HERE'S a Halloween-themed episode from 1948!)

Back to the matter at hand...This tale from MLJ's Archie Comics #6 (1944) was written and penciled by Harry Sahle and inked by Janice Valleau.
Sahle might have also written it, but we can't confirm that.

Next week:

The Return of Reach for Happiness...

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

(Things are really getting juicy...)

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Countdown to Halloween 2016: SPACE ADVENTURES "Imitation People" Part 2

Though it doesn't look like a love story...

...that's what this cover-featured tale from Charlton's Space Adventures V2N4 (1968) most definitely is!
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Scientist Warren Simms' human-looking robots populate Earth II, a planetoid on the edge of the Solar System that serves as a first line of defense against alien incursions.

Simms' robots are programmed to mimic human behavior and emotions...but some of them (his aide Clarissa, particularly) seem to be transcending their programming!

While meeting with Earth's Grand Council to acquire additional funding and resources, Clarissa makes a startling revelation...

Don't you just love a happy ending?

Since the Simms robot is, for all intents and purposes, Simms, we could say that love is eternal and transcends death.

But, what of his soul?

Writer Joe Gill and artist Jim Aparo don't address that matter in this never-reprinted tale.

But that doesn't mean we can't speculate about it, eh?

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Countdown to Halloween 2016: WEIRD THRILLERS "Princess of the Sea"

Though the cover may not look like it, this is a love story...

Art by Allen Anderson

...so it's a perfect post to add to our Countdown to Halloween!

Well, it sure ain't Little Mermaid, or even Splash!

Penciled by Dan Barry and inked by John Giunta, the writer of this tale of love beneath the waves from Ziff-Davis' Weird Thrillers #3 (1952) is, sadly, unknown.

Note: when the story was reprinted in the 1990s Eclipse Comics anthology Weird Romance, it was again given the cover...

...also by an artist named "Anderson", but in this case it was Brent (no relation to Allen) Anderson!
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We haven't decided yet what it'll be, but we can guarantee that...

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(Oh, you've heard that, eh?)

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