INTIMATE LOVE "Desirable!"

Some of the best romance comics of the 1940s-50s came from small companies...

...as this never-reprinted tale from Standard's Intimate Love #28 (1954) proves!

All a simple misunderstanding!

Love the 1950s touches like the idea everyone in Greenwich Village is a poor bohemian/artist (our streets are filled with rich lawyers and hedge fund managers now) and the involvement of Communists!

Penciled by Art Saff and inked by Mike Peppe, the story's author is, sadly, unknown.

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REACH FOR HAPPINESS Episode 18 Part 2

When Last We Visited Danville Corners...

...Greg finally chose Rita, so Karen packed her bags and headed back to Hollywood...

But that's next month!

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This chapter of "Reach for Happiness" from Secret Hearts #127 (1968) was written by Jack Miller, with layouts and pencils by Jay Scott Pike, inks by George Roussos, and assists from Mike Sekowsky and Dick Giordano.

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REACH FOR HAPPINESS Episode 18

Once more, we return to Danville Corners, where we join those souls who...

Let's see what's going on...

It looks like we've seen the last of Danville Corners for awhile!

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Karen's Return to Hollywood!
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You'll Cry Your Eyes Out if You Miss It!

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This chapter of "Reach for Happiness" from Secret Hearts #127 (1968) was written by Jack Miller, with layouts and pencils by Jay Scott Pike, inks by George Roussos, and assists from Dick Giordano.

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Celebrate Shakespeare's 400th Anniversary with His GREATEST Tale in Comic Form: Romeo & Juliet!

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Yeah, his anniversary was on the 23rd, but we publish on Wednesday!

HEART AND SOUL "Second Love"

There are lots of stories about "first love", but few about the second time around.

Why is that?

While the writer of this never-reprinted tale from MikeRoss' Heart and Soul #1 (1954) is unknown, the art is by Ross Andru (pencils) & Mike Esposito (inks) on the first page and Mike Sekowsky (pencils) & Jack Abel (inks) on the rest of the story.

It's fair to assume that Andru and Esposito, as the editor and art director, did the first page of each story to give the other creatives a story "springboard" as well as model imagery for the primary characters.

Clever idea.

Too bad their publishing company was so short-lived.

Trivia: the company produced only four titles...three romance books (two of which were 3-D) and a MAD-style humor comic!

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