SINISTER HOUSE OF SECRET LOVE "Bride of the Falcon" Part 1

Here's a gothic romance in one of the most romantic cities in the world...

...and set during the (then-contemporary) Swinging '70s!

Actually, it'll be continued Friday...

Written by Frank Robbins and illustrated by Alex Toth and Frank Giacoia (with the first 12 pages inked by an uncredited Doug Wildey), this book-length tale from DC's Sinister House of Secret Love #3 (1972) is considered by many to be one of the high points of the title's all-too brief run.

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THRILLER "Haunted Honeymoon"

Long before Michael Jackson, Thriller was a spooky anthology TV series (and comic)...

...hosted by (and occasionally starring) horror movie legend Boris Karloff.

Illustrated by long-time artist Tom Gill (who specialized in Westerns), this tale from Gold Key's Thriller #1 (1962) is a light-hearted romp told with gentle whimsey.

Interestingly, the couple are shown in a queen-size bed at a time when movies and tv shows had their married couples in double beds!

BTW, the weird "color bar" effect between the panels was an experiment Gold Key did for several months, eventually discarding it when they received complaints the gimmick was too distracting.

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HAUNTED LOVE "House of Fear!"

As October begins, we return to the dark underside of romance...

...with a gothic tale set in a decaying manor with evil ghosts and noble Victorian heroes and heroines.

Illustrated by the talented Enrique Nieto (who did only romance, horror, or gothic romance tales), this story from Haunted Love #7 (1975) is a superb example of his mixture of then-contemporary and classical styles.

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A MOON, A GIRL...ROMANCE! "I Was a Flirt"

Before EC Comics became (in)famous for doing horror comics...

...they covered every genre in comics, including romance!

They just didn't do all of them as well as horror...

Illustrated by "Ghastly" Graham Ingels, this tawdry tale from EC's A Moon, A Girl...Romance #9 (1949) is, perhaps, the perfect example of why EC is not known for its' romance comics.

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TIPPY TEEN "Fashions from Our Readers" & "Mad Fads"

Besides stories, comics run features...

...like this page featuring contributions from the readers (redrawn by the comic's artists), and the two-pager below, that I'm not sure was legit, or just the middle-aged male editor's idea of what teen girls were thinking...

All three pages from Tower's Tippy Teen #15 (196x).

The art looks like Doug Crane.

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