NEGRO ROMANCE "Love's Decoy"

Happy Valentine's Day to all!

To celebrate, here's the last tale from Fawcett's incredibly hard-to-find Negro Romance #2 (1950)!

Fascinatingly, except for skin color, this could be a tale in ANY romance comic of the period, which makes sense, since writer Roy Ald was also the editor (and occasional writer) of the Fawcett romance comics line including Sweethearts, Love Memories, Romantic Western, Love Mystery, and True Confidences, so he knew his stuff.

Artist Alvin Hollingsworth was one of the few Black comic artists of the 1940s-1950s, illustrating every genre from Westerns to horror to sci-fi to romance.Like many Golden Age comics artists, he went on to do commercial art as well as becoming a noted fine art painter with numerous gallery exhibitions.

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

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NEGRO ROMANCE "Forever Yours"

It's said that Love is blind.

In comics, at least, it's also color-blind.

Looks like a "happily ever after" scenario?

But, you know there's going to be potholes in the road to happiness!

This tale from Fawcett's Negro Romance #2 (1950) doesn't feature either a miracle cure or a "whoops, wrong diagnosis" ending, as so many of these tales often do!

It was written by Roy Ald (who was also the book's Editor) and illustrated by Rudy Palais, an artist with over 300 stories and covers during his long career from 1941 to 1957.

Tomorrow, a Valentine's Day BONUS

Another torrid tale from Negro Romances!

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Whatever Happened to Jill Jerold?

Jill Jerold became one of the Millie the Model ensemble...

...appearing in most stories (such as this one) as well as in pin-up pages, both with the other models...

...and solo pages.

But, when Millie transformed from soap opera to Archie-style humor...

...Jill disappeared from the series!

From 1967 to 2009 (32 years), Jill was nowhere to be seen in the Marvel Universe, not even a cameo!

In 2009, the Models, Inc. mini-series revived the Millie ensemble (including Jill), this time firmly-set in the Universe itself...

 ...and even gave Jill some play with Johnny (Human Torch) Storm!

Let's see if she'll pop up somwhere during Marvel NOW!...

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MODELING WITH MILLIE "Crisis at the Hanover Agency!"

When Last We Left Our SuperModels...

Returning to New York from a trip to London, fashion models Millie Collins and Chili Storm run into British model Jill Jerold (whom they had just met in London) at the airport.

They introduce her to their boss, Howard Hanover, who immediately offers Jill work!

But the English model's first day proves eventful when a scandal rears it's ugly head...

Don't ya just love a happy ending?

So, after this auscpious debut, whatever happened to Jill Jerold?

Be here tomorrow for the answer!

BTW, this never-reprinted tale from Marvel's Modeling with Millie #48 (1966) was created by Denny O'Neil (writer) and Stan Goldberg (artist) with inking assists from Jim Mooney and Jack Abel.

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Jill Jerold: Marvel's FIRST Black Woman!

Before Ororo Munroe was Storm...

Before Misty Knight was a Daughter of the Dragon...

...there was Jill Jerold, Marvel's first ongoing Black woman and third ongoing Black character*!

Debuting in Millie the Model #141 (1966), the British model reflected the fact that European fashion houses were already using Black and Asian models while mainstream American fashion shows didn't, at least until the end of the 1960s.

Created by Denny O'Neil and Stan Goldberg, Jill's first appearance had to have a special notation on the original art...

...as seen on the right side of the panel below...

...to indicate her coloring.

You'll note it's not quite right. It should be a combination of magenta, cyan, and yellow, but the color separator left out the yellow, giving her a grayish/violet skin tone.

When she next appeared, in Modeling with Millie #48...

...the separators got it right (at least on the cover)!

Inside the book, it was another story...

...as we join Millie and Chili returing from London, where they first met Jill...

Wow, Jill's having one hell of a first day, eh?

Be here tomorrow to see how things develop!

*The other two ongoing Black characters were Gabe Jones (in Sgt Fury and His Howling Commandos and Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.) and Prince T'Challa, the Black Panther (in Fantastic Four).

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