WARTIME ROMANCES "Road to Disgrace"

Before 1973, serving in the military, whether voluntary or conscripted (the "draft")...

...used to be a part of almost every American man's life.

So, it seemed logical that there would be romance comics based around something that affected almost all young (18-25), eligible males, and the women who loved them!

The illustrator of this story from St John's WarTime Romances #4 (1952) is legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker, but the writer is unknown.

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ADVENTURES IN ROMANCE "It's Co-old Outside"

With a winter storm sweeping through the country...

...it's time to go skiing in a bikini!

(Tess isn't cold!

She's wearing gloves and earmuffs!)

Of course, any artist will tell you that a blank canvas is almost always white/off-white, so he/she only needs white paint for touch-up or mixing with other colors to lighten them!
So, running out of white paint is the least-likely situation an artist would experience!

This otherwise entertaining little tale from St John's Adventures in Romance #2 (1950) was illustrated by the versatile Frank Bolle, who's still active in the field today!

The scripter is unknown.

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MOD LOVE "As Long as I Win"

The previous Mod Love story was our most-viewed post ever...

...so who am I to argue with my pop art-loving audience?

Written by Michael Lutin, the story (and the entire issue of Western's 1967 Mod Love one-shot magazine-sized comic book) is illustrated by noted French pop artist Michel Quarez.

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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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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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