LOVE MYSTERY "Death Take All" Part 1

Romance has been combined with many genres in comics...

...like westerns, war...even horror and the supernatural!

But only once did comics combine romance with mystery, in the appropriately-named Love Mystery!

Who's lurking outside?

Be here next week for the thrilling conclusion!

This tale of love and legal matters from Fawcett's Love Mystery #3 (1950) was illustrated by Bob Powell, an ideal choice since he was expert at both romance and crime tales!

The scripter is unknown.

Fawcett tried things no one else would attempt including this title and Negro Romance, hoping to find untapped markets.

Unfortunately, in both cases, the audience never materialized, and both books were cancelled after only three issues.

HOMER HOOPER "Twelve-Dollar Conundrum"

How close can you come to doing an Archie "imitator" without being sued?

Atlas Comics gave it a shot with this series!

This typical tale from Homer Hooper #3 (1953) was scripted by Stan Lee and illustrated by Hy Rosen.

Besides the blonde (who was well-off but not rich), the red-headed lead and the nasty frenemy, the series also featured a brunette, Homer's skinny best friend with a big nose, an athlete, brainy nerd, annoyed teachers and principal, etc.

Hy Rosen, who did a credible job as a Dan DeCarlo clone was one of the few artists working in the style who didn't end up at Archie Comics.

In the mid-1940s he added newspaper editorial cartooning to his already-busy schedule.

When comics almost died in the mid-1950s, Hy took on advertising storyboard work to take up the slack, creating the "White Tornado" ad campaign for Ajax Cleanser!

Hy's last work was for Harvey Comics in the early 1990s...on New Kids on the Block and Saved by the Bell comics!

Interestingly, his eulogy at his "home" newspaper, The Albany Times-Union, makes no mention of his comic book work!

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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MOD LOVE "Shadow from His Past"

Here's the final tale from the HTF 1967 one-shot Mod Love...

...a magazine-sized periodical that used unusual printing techniques to achive a unique "look".

Written by Michael Lutin, the story (and the entire issue of Western's Mod Love) is illustrated by noted French pop artist Michel Quarez.

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HEART & SOUL "Too Late to Love"

What happens when a torch singer ends up carrying a torch?

This never-reprinted story from MikeRoss' Heart & Soul #2 (1954) tells the tawdry tale...

Both the writer and penciler are unknown, but the layouts look like Carmine Infantino's work.
The inker is Bernard Sachs.

Next week:

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GIRLS' ROMANCES "It's Over -- All Over!"

They're the last words anyone wants to hear from a loved one...

...as presented in this lead tale from DC's Girls' Romances #139 (1969)

When the story was reprinted and updated with modified hairstyles and clothing in Young Romance #203 (1975), it was retitled "Come to My Wedding!"

Though the writer is unknown, the art is credited to Tony Abruzzo, who specialized in romance stories and covers from 1954 to arond 1973, exclusively for DC!

He was one of the artists whose work Roy Lichtenstein "appropriated" for his Pop Art paintings.

Lichtenstein's "Sleeping Girl", based on an Abruzzo panel, recently went for a record $45 million!

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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