Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Love in the Time of Covid-19 TALES TO ASTONISH "Scheme!"

Most romance comics tales about disease involve nobility and sacrifice...
...but not this one (which, technically, isn't a romance comic tale)!
BTW, since numerous others (including her servants) were in close physical contact with Anne and didn't catch the disease, the only way it could be transmitted was via (ahem) "marital relations"!
(Fine, no more euphemisms...sexual intercourse!)
Pretty kinky for a Silver Age Comics Code-approved tale, eh?
Plotter Stan Lee, writer Larry Lieber, penciler Gene Colan, and inker Dick Ayers all had experience in romance genre comics, but this particular story appeared in Atlas' Tales to Astonish #28 (1962)...a sci-fi anthology...just as Atlas was transitioning into Marvel Comics!
(Trivia: the previous issue of Astonish featured the first appearance of Hank (Ant-Man) Pym!)
I can't help but wonder what the target audience of 8-to-15 year old boys thought of this particular tale...
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Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Love in the Time of Covid-19 UNTAMED LOVE "Man Trap"

Oddly, romance and disease seem to go hand-in-hand...
...and this particular tale adds industrial espionage into the mix!
This never-reprinted story from Quality's Untamed Love #2 (1950) shows us idealism, nobility and true love winning out!
Unfortunately, in our cynical times, such a tale couldn't be told with a straight face.
Think about that...

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Wednesday, March 4, 2020

IT'S LOVE, LOVE, LOVE "Unwanted"

Talk about a title that screams the book's subject matter...
...but the story's title and content and title seem to reflect just the opposite!
The only creative credit we have for this tale from the second (and last) issue of this short-lived St John comic from 1958 is penciler Bill Molno, who drew the entire issue except the cover.
However, editor Al Fago moved to Charlton when St John folded a couple of months after this book was published. bringing many of his creatives (including Molno) with him!
Molno continued to work steadily in numerous genres besides romance until Charlton went all-reprint in the late 1970s.
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Wednesday, February 26, 2020

AGAR-AGAR "Harem of Bacchus"

...well that's really all you need to know about the plot...such as it is!
Rescued by a handsome centaur!
Considering the fascination some women have for horses...nope!
I'm going to stop before I get in trouble...
This story from New England Library's Dracula #6 (1971) was written by Luis Gasca under the pen-name Sadko  and illustrated in a Peter Max-esque style by Alberto Solsona.
It's the last of three that were published in the Warren trade paperback that reprinted the first six issues of this bi-weekly British magazine.
The remaining stories have been unseen by American audiences, but will be posted here over the next few months.
It'll be a groovy trip, baby!
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Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Marvel's Disappearing Black Woman!

Hey, Marvelites, remember Jill Jerold?
Before Ororo Munroe was Storm...
Before Misty Knight was a Daughter of the Dragon...
After this brief appearance by Johnny in Marvel's Models, Inc #1 (2009), the relationship was never mentioned again, and Jill disappeared into limbo once more!
Pity...
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