Thursday, July 11, 2019

Beach Read: GOTHIC TALES OF LOVE "Legend of the Seventh Virgin" Conclusion

According to legend, six novices living in a Cornish convent strayed from their vows and were turned to stone. 
The seventh faced quite a different fate. 
Years later when the convent became the family mansion of the St. Larnston family, fate beckoned to another young virgin.
Kerensa Carlee was only a cottage girl, but she possessed great ambition and greater beauty -- and she knew how to use them both.
Working in the legend-haunted mansion as a lady's maid, Kerensa began her perilous journey into womanhood.
She stirred old memories and mysteries, and brought to that quiet corner of Victorian Cornwall moonlight madness and an ancient vengeance . . . .
By the time this premiere issue of Marvel's Gothic Tales of Love appeared in 1975, Legend... was a certified best-seller and considered a classic of the genre...
So, presenting a condensed version of the novel was a clever marketing tool to boost sales of the new magazine.
Unfortunately, Gothic Tales of Love only lasted for three issues before disappearing into the mists of time...
Note: With over two hundred books credited to her various pen-names, Eleanor never published a single book under her married name, though she had numerous stand-alone novels and several novel series under her maiden name, Eleanor Burford (all of which were written after she married)!
Next week:
Starting Monday, we celebrate our return with a daily presentation of a multi-part Gothic graphic novel...perfect for a "beach read"!
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Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Beach Read: GOTHIC TALES OF LOVE "Legend of the Seventh Virgin" Part 1


Here's the perfect novelette for your iPad or eReader on the beach...
...from the HTF first issue of Marvel's Gothic Tales of Love (1975)!
 But you'll only have to wait until tomorrow for the thrilling conclusion!
Legend of the Seventh Virgin by Victoria Holt (pseudonym of writer Eleanor Hibbert) was initially-published in 1964.
It was the fourth in a series of thirty-two stand-alone Gothic novels by the prolific author.
By the time this premiere issue of Marvel's Gothic Tales of Love appeared in 1975, Legend... was a certified best-seller and considered a classic of the genre...
So, presenting a condensed version of the novel was a clever marketing tool to boost sales of the new magazine.
Note: With over two hundred books credited to her various pen-names, Eleanor never published a single book under her married name, though she had numerous stand-alone novels and several novel series under her maiden name, Eleanor Burford (all of which were written after she married)!
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Wednesday, February 13, 2019

DEBBI'S DATES "Buddy in 'Ah--Sweet Valentine's Day!' "

Until the 1970s, there were numerous competitors with Archie Comics for the teen humor comics market...
...and here's a Valentine's Day story from one of the last titles to appear!
Written by Steve Skeates, and illustrated by Henry Scarpelli with assists by Win Mortimer and Bob Oksner, this never-reprinted tale from DC's Debbi's Dates #1 (1969) is, oddly one of the few romantic (albeit humorous) comics tales I could find with "Valentine" in the title!
Most of them involve the famous St Valentine's Day Massacre!
Both Debbi's Dates and the "sister" title Date with Debbi disappeared from the newsstands by late 1972, along with almost all DC's romance titles!
Next Week:
We Don't Yet Know What We'll Present, but...
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Wednesday, December 5, 2018

TEEN-AGERS INGENUE "Susie's Theory of Relativity...or How to Live with Relatives at Christmas"

It's strangely-hard to find Christmas-themed romance comics...
...but teen magazines like this Dell's Teen-Agers Ingenue from the early 1960s help fill the void!
Susan Perl also contributed to Harvey Kurtman's HELP!, as well as hundreds of children's books (and some adlut stuff too!)!
Next Week:
another Christmas Tale...
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Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Like "Gift of the Magi"? We have TWO versions of it...

...each with their own particular charms!
and
O Henry's classic Christmas story of True Love has been adapted into every media format imaginable, sometimes as a period piece, sometimes updated to the present, and, in a couple of cases, projected into the future!
Next Week:
another Christmas Tale...
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