Wednesday, November 7, 2018

YOUNG ROMANCE "My Father, My Love!"

If that titilating title didn't grab your attention...
...then you're reading the wrong blog!
(Just keep in mind this is a Comics Code-approved story...)
Written and penciled by Ric Estrada and inked by Vince Colletta, this scintiliating story from DC's Young Romance #163 (1969/1970) was not the cover-featured tale for that issue!
(If I was the editor, it sure as hell would have been!)
When the tale was reprinted several years later, it was not only "updated" by redrawing the women's hair and clothing, but the title and opening page were rewritten as well!
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You'll Cry Your Eyes Out If You Miss It!
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Wednesday, October 31, 2018

PHANTOM WITCH DOCTOR "Death Came Dancing"

As a Halloween treat (no trick), here's a tale about true love from beyond the grave...
...as presented in a classic 1950s horror comic!
This tale appeared in the 1952 one-shot comic anthology Phantom Witch Doctor by Avon Comics.
Both the writer and artist are unknown and the story has never been reprinted.
 Happy Halloween, everyone!
Next week:
We haven't decided yet which tale 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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Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Halloween HeartBreak GHOSTLY TALES "Promise" Conclusion

Pursued by Japanese invaders, a wounded Korean soldier comes upon a house inhabited by two sisters who agree to aid him upon condition that he marry one of them.
He does so, and when the Japanese squad arrives, the sisters reveal themselves to be expert swordswomen who kill the entire squad...
The phrase "Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned!" apparently applies to women in all cultures.
Here's writer/artist Sanho Kim explaining the basis of this type of tale...
Next Week:
It's Halloween!
Wait 'Til You See What We Have For You!
You'll cry your eyes out if you miss it!
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(an anthology which digitally-remasters and re-presents this tale!)

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Halloween HeartBreak GHOSTLY TALES "Promise" Part 1

Though Haunted Love was Charlton's Gothic romance title...
...ghostly love stories like this unique bi-lingual tale could pop up anywhere in the publisher's comic line!
Based on a classic Korean folk tale, this fascinating tale, scripted and illustrated by Sanho Kim was an experiment that, unfortunately, was never repeated.
You'll cry your eyes out if you miss it!
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(which digitally-remasters and re-presents this tale!)

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

TOMB OF TERROR "What D'You Know, Joe?" / WEIRD "Gruesome Shock"

Here's a tale that's so NOT nice...
...that it was told twice, by two different publishers...using the same script!
The first version, illustrated by Jack Sparling, is from Harvey's Tomb of Terror #13 (1954).
Because it was considered too gruesome (even with heavy editing) to be reprinted, it was never printed in Comics Code-approved color comics.
But, the script, by an unknown writer, was re-used verbatim in a re-drawn version for Eerie Publications' b/w magazine Weird V9N1 (1969) with Cirilo Munoz providing the expanded (6 pages compared to 5 in the original) story's art!
Which version do you prefer, reader?
Next Week:
More Halloween-season romance!
You'll cry your eyes out if you miss it!
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