CAMPUS LOVES "My Shameless Deception"

Think the catty schemers of Gossip Girl and Pretty Little Liars are innovative?

...well, such machinations were a common plot element when your parents (or even grandparents) were in class and the school paper was the Internet of it's time!

Ripped from the pages of Quality's Campus Loves #4 (1950), this tale of truth and tattletales doesn't have any credits and even the experts at the Grand Comics Database are stumped as to the identities of the writer and artist!

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HEART & SOUL "Losing Game"

For a change, a tale told from the guy's point-of-view...

...but, it's a guy with an attitude right out of AMC's MadMen TV series!

The writer for this tale from MikeRoss' Heart & Soul #2 (1954) is unknown!

The nicely-done art is by Carmine Infantino (pencils) and Bernard Sachs (inks), with several panels redrawn by Mike Sekowsky.

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GIRLS' LOVE STORIES "Someone to Love"

It's a new year, but some things never change...

Art by Dick Giordano, Werner Roth, and Vince Colletta

...such as what happens between bffs when bfs enter...and exit...the scene!

Illustrated by veterans Werner Roth (pencils) and Vince Colletta (inks), this cover-featured story from DC's Girls' Love Stories #159 (1971) was written by long-time comics scripter Robert Kanigher.

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O Henry's "Gift of the Magi"

With the last weekend before Christmas approaching...

...let's look at how True Love and Christmas shopping can go hand-in-hand!

This straightforward adaptation of O Henry's Christmas classic appeared in Pendulm Press' Best of O Henry (1977) digest-sized comic.
Written by John Fago (whose father, longtime comic artist/editor Vince Fago packaged the series) and illustrated by Anton Caravana, it was part of a series of Classics Illustrated-type publications released like the Scholastic Book Club, directly to students and school libraries.

BTW, this is our 100th entry.

We're taking a week off and will be back after New Year's Day.

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REALISTIC ROMANCES "The Shame is Mine"

Why is it good girls love "bad boys"?

I guess when the endorphins are flowing, "better judgement" goes out the window, even for the most innocent of us.

This story from Avon's Realistic Romances #16 (1954) was part of a growing sub-genre known as crime romances.

Though not as popular another concepts that mixed genres (Western or military romances), it generated enough interest that one book, Fawcett's Love Mystery, was devoted only to tales that combined romance and criminal activities (usually commited by the guy in the relationship)!

Trivia:

This story was from the second run of Realistic Romances which ran #15-#17.

The first series ran from #1-#8.

A third series from another publisher ran #1, then #8-#9!

So if you're looking to collect this title, there's no #10-#14, but there are two #1s and #8s!

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