HARVEY "Harvey and Duke"

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

...ask comics legend Stan Lee, who tried it...twice...and failed both times!

Stan "the Man" Lee will forever be enshrined in comics history as the co-creator of an astounding number of popular, long-running characters.
But Harvey wasn't one of them.
Despite taking all the established Archie tropes, reworking them slightly by making Harvey the "new kid in town", and adding Stan Goldberg's extremely Dan DeCarlo-esque art, Harvey was gone after only six issues from 1970-72!
At least it lasted longer than Stan's previous Archie clone, Homer Hooper, which went bye-bye after only four issues.

Next week:

The return of Tiffany Sinn: the "CIA Sweetheart" in a titanic tale of triumph and tragedy!

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

(Oh, you've heard that, eh?)

AMAZING ADVENTURES "Adonis 2-PX-89"

Our final Halloween entry is a weird combo of sci-fi and humor...

Art by Allen Anderson

...which was probably written by the man who created the Clark Kent/Superman/Lois Lane love/hate triangle...

This cover story from Ziff-Davis' Amazing Adventures #4 (1951) was illustrated by Henry Sharp who, during his decade in comics, illustrated only sci-fi or war stories!

Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel was the editor of the Ziff-Davis comics line, and wrote many of the stories that appeared in it, so it's not unreasonable to assume this tale, which contains many plot aspects common to those tales of Superman and Lois Lane, was scripted by the same writer

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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SINISTER HOUSE OF SECRET LOVE "Bride of the Falcon" Conclusion

When Last We Left Our Heroine...

...Kathy Harwood thought she found the man of her dreams.

He turned out to be a nightmarish control freak with an ominous secret she's about to discover...

Written by Frank Robbins and illustrated by Alex Toth and Frank Giacoia, 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.

Be here next Wednesday for our last Halloween-season entry!

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!

(Oh, you've heard that, eh?)

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SINISTER HOUSE OF SECRET LOVE "Bride of the Falcon" Part 4

When Last We Left Our Heroine...

Kathy Hammond's romantic dream-come-true is rapidly becoming a nightmare!

Count Lorenzo Di Falcone, the "man of her dreams" is showing himself to be a hot-tempered bully.

She finds her pet dog lying dead in the garden.

And when the handsome gondolier who ferried her to the castle shows up and tries to warn her of danger, he is attacked and apparently killed by the Count's falcon...

Will Kathy's now fully-functional senses enable her to make sense of the frightening goings-on at Castle Falcone?

Be here Friday for the fear-fraught finale...

Written by Frank Robbins and illustrated by Alex Toth and Frank Giacoia, 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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SINISTER HOUSE OF SECRET LOVE "Bride of the Falcon" Part 3

We Have Already Seen...

Kathy Harwood , who believed her deafness kept her from finding someone who would love rather than pity her, travelled halfway around the world to Venice to meet and marry a mysterious man whose poignant love letters wooed her across the ocean.

When she finally met Count Lorenzo Di Falco she discovered he too, had a handicap; the right side of his face was heavily-scarred from an accident with his pet falcon!

In addition, the Count is caring for his invalid mother, a quadriplegic who cannot speak.

Kathy and Lorenzo make plans to wed, but must wait until Mama Di Falco either gives her approval, or passes away.

Kathy begins nursing Lorenzo's mother in the hope of convincing her to allow them to wed, but the old woman seems immovable...

What is the secret Roberto may not live long enough to tell Kathy?

(And how does he even know about such a secret?)

The questions are piling up, and the answers are there...if you know where to look!

Be here Wednesday for both questions and answers...

Written by Frank Robbins and illustrated by Alex Toth and Frank Giacoia, 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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True Love Comics Tales™

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