Friday, October 18, 2013

SINISTER HOUSE OF SECRET LOVE "Bride of the Falcon" Part 2

...she was about to finally meet the man whose love letters compelled her to travel halfway around the world!
Will Kathy Harwood do "anything" to keep the happiness she seems to have found?
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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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

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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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

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.
Be here next Wednesday for more Halloween-season fun!
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Wednesday, October 2, 2013

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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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

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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