Wednesday, October 17, 2012

SPACE ADVENTURES "All for Love"

Most sci-fi fans believe love can exist between any sentient beings...
...and, yes, we're referring to hot 'n heavy "getting it on" love, not the "love thy neighbor" type.
I'm sure you were expecting some sort of "Twilight Zone-twist" ending, but weren't sure exactly what it would be.
Luckily, readers of this blog hadn't seen the cover to Charlton's Space Adventures #8 (1953) the way readers who picked up the comic from a drugstore or newsstand saw it, before reading the story...
Art by Dick Giordano
...because it gives away the plot twist!
Illustrated by Dick Giordano (pencils) and Art Cappello (inks).
The writer is unknown.
Next week:
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

BLACK MAGIC "Romantic Souls"

This is a ghostly love story, but not a "breathless romance" tale...
Art by Jack Kirby
...instead, it's a story of enduring love from the creators of the romance comic genre!
This gentle, never-reprinted tale from Prize's Black Magic #25 (1953) was laid out by Jack Kirby and penciled/inked by Al Eadeh.
The Simon & Kirby team edited/art directed the book, and wrote most of the stories, so one or both of them probably scripted this one.

Next week:
We haven't decided yet what it'll be, but we can guarantee that...
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Wednesday, October 3, 2012

HAUNTED LOVE "Mother's Boy"

It's October and we're starting off with the greatest horror of all...
...an evil mother-in-law who will never let her son go!
Written by Joe Gill and illustrated by Tom Sutton, this story from Haunted Love #6 (1974) gives me the creeps in a way I would expect from a pre-Comics Code story, when almost anything was published!

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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

SECRETS OF YOUNG BRIDES "Can This Be Love?"

As the weather turns cooler, 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 decided yet what it'll be, but we can guarantee that...
You'll Cry Your Eyes Out if You Miss It!
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

LOST WORLDS "Worlds Apart"

"Submitted for your approval, a romantic triangle with unequal sides..."
"...because one point of this scalene triangle is firmly entrenched...in the Twilight Zone!"
(It works if you read it in a Rod Serlingesque voice.)
Cue Twilight Zone theme music...
While the writer for this story from Standard's sci-fi anthology title Lost Worlds #5 (1952) is unknown, the art is by Nick Cardy, who began his career in the Golden Age and still does the occasional comics cover today at the age of 91!
Next week:
We haven't decided yet what it'll be, but we can guarantee that...
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