DARLING LOVE "I Lied for Love"

How many of us could say "I Lied for Love"?

Too damn many, I suspect.

And, how many would admit it freely?

Too few, I suspect...

As you might have guessed, this title was used for numerous stories by different publishers from the 1940s to the 1970s.

This particular one, which has never been reprinted, is from the first issue of Archie Comics' entry into the romance comics genre, Darling Love (1949).

The art looks a lot like Katy Keene artist Bill Woggon or one of the other artists who worked on the character, which makes sense since Archie published Katy Keene as well!

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Liana

Here's a tale of future love published exactly 40 years ago...

...Nestled none too securely in the grim world of the future, Liana longs for the miracle that will end the pain of her lonely existence!
But, miracles can have dangerous side-effects, as Liana will soon find out!

This tale originally appeared in The Monster Times #14 (July 31, 1972), written and illustrated by Bruce Jones, who went on to do writing and illustration (but rarely both at the same time) for DC and Marvel.

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TIPPY TEEN "Wheel of Misfortune"

It's been a while since we ran some "teen humor", so let's look in on Tippy Teen...

...doing Archie-esque things with her Archie-esque cast in an Archie-esque tale from Tippy Teen #14 (1967).

Art by Doug Crane, who was the only artist to sign his art, probably because he was the only Tippy illustrator (besides artist/editor Samm Schwartz) who wasn't moonlighting from Archie Comics...at that point.

After Tower Comics went out of business, Doug worked on DC Comics' teen humor line including Swing with Scooter, Date with Debbie and Binky's Buddies.

From 1989-2005, he was a mainstay of Archie Comics' art staff, working on almost every title they published, even Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!

The writer is unknown.

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BEACH BLANKET BINGO Part 2

No, you didn't miss a post...

...the first part appeared in our "brother" blog, Secret Sanctum of Captain Video™!

To catch up, check it out HERE, then continue with the story.

Or, you could just continue from this point, since the story doesn't really make a lot of sense, anyway...

Well, now's as good a place as any to say...

To Be Concluded...

...tomorrow at

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where we'll also be presenting some kool background info and pix!

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SINISTER HOUSE OF SECRET LOVE "Will I Ever See You Again?"

Before we present a longer (20 pages+) Gothic Romance prose tale...

...we wanted to gauge reaction to this shorter piece from Sinister House of Secret Love #3 (1972)!

Are you comfortable with text this size?
Is it readable?
Should it be larger?
Let us know, because we have a much longer story that has to be prepped for Halloween, and we want to be sure we do it right!
Illustrations by Jack Sparling.
The writer is unknown.

We hope you've enjoyed a solid week of romance comics, but we'll be returning to our weekly format for the foreseeable future.
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