Contdown to Halloween 2020 HAUNTED LOVE "Eye Of Beauty"

For centuries, beautiful women have been muses for artists who truly loved them...

...as this never-reprinted story from Charlton's Haunted Love #7 (1975) demonstrates!

It's odd to see panel pages in that art style in full-color, isn't it?

We're used to seeing manga and manhwa in b/w or two-color!

Sanho Kim (or Kim San-ho) was already an acclaimed writer/artist in South Korea before coming to the US in 1966.

Illustrating a wide variety of genres including romance, horror, war, and martial arts, Sanho worked primarily for Charlton (who published this tale in Haunted Love #9 in 1975), with occasional work for Warren (where he also wrote the stories he illustrated), Marvel, and Skywald, totaling over several hundred stories.

Sanho returned to South Korea in 1996 and continues to write and illustrate to this day.

He received the Order of Cultural Merit (much like the Kennedy Center Honors in America) in 2008.

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Another Sinister Story!

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

This year, we're featuring the best of the rarely-reprinted 1970s Charlton gothic romance book Haunted Love!

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Countdown to Halloween HAUNTED LOVE "Kiss to Save Him from the Grave!" Conclusion

We Have Already Seen...

...(technically, we haven't seen this...yet!)

Nurse Lucille Burton, in order to be closer to hunky Doctor Wayne Thornton, joins him in caring for elderly (and rich) Trevor Galt in his country mansion.

The nurse she's replacing warns her of danger, but Lucille doesn't believe her...until something unseen disturbs her...

A happy ending...or is it?

This story, by writer-artist Tom Sutton, was originally published in Charlton's Haunted Love #1 (1973).
Here's an early Halloween treat (no trick)...the original art for the cover!

Next Week...

Another Sinister Story!

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

This year, we're featuring the best of the rarely-reprinted 1970s Charlton gothic romance book Haunted Love!

And now, a word from our sponsor...

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Countdown to Halloween HAUNTED LOVE "Kiss to Save Him from the Grave!" Part 1

 We're a day early, but we couldn't wait to begin...

...our weekly entries in the annual Countdown to Halloween blogathon!

Sleep Tight, Lucille...until..

TOMORROW!
You'll Cry Your Eyes Out If You Miss It!

This year, we're featuring the best of the rarely-reprinted 1970s Charlton gothic romance book Haunted Love!

This particular story, by writer-artist Tom Sutton, was originally published in #1 (1973).

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Love in the Time of Covid-19 MY TRUE LOVE THRILLING CONFESSION STORIES "Week-End Romance"

 Nothing like a good old-fashioned romantic triangle...

...this time involving a trio of medical personnel!

This never-reprinted tale from Fox's My True Love Thrilling Confession Stories #66 (1949) shows not only true love, but ethics and morals (something currently lacking in many, both in government and civilians), triumphing in the end!

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Another Tale of Disease, Debilitating Conditions and Desire!

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

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The Golden Age of Romance Comics

Love in the Time of Covid-19 ROMANTIC MARRIAGE "There's Room for Three"

 Not every triangle between two women and a man involves romance...

...as this never-reprinted tale from Ziff-Davis' Romantic Marriage #9 (1952) proves...

What did you think was going to develop here?

It's the 1950s, you dirty-minded readers!

Though the scripter is unknown, the art is by penciler Alice Kirkpatrick and inker Bernard Sachs.

Alice Kirkpatrick was one of the unsung heroines of Golden Age comics.

She started illustrating pulp magazines in 1937, but when the field slowly died after World War II, she switched to comic books, co-creating Sally O'Neill : Policewoman for Quality's National Comics and taking over Betty Bates: Lady at Law (a hands-on, kick-ass District Attorney) in Quality's Hit Comics!

But, within a year, her bread-and-butter became romance comics, with over 150 stories to her credit!

She left the business after the "Seduction of the Innocent" purge in the mid-1950s almost wiped out comics, and her post-comics life is a mystery.

BTW, you may notice a slightly-different look to the blog, especially in the way the text is breaking. This is due to Blogger changing their interface, and eliminating single-space breaks between sentences.

We're working to adjust the html to compensate.

Next Week...

Another Tale of Disease, Debilitating Conditions and Desire!

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

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Agonizing Love

The Golden Age of Romance Comics

(Which reprints another of Alice's romance comics tales)