Love in the Time of Covid-19 DIARY LOVES and WEDDING BELLS "Summer Serenade"

Can being stuck in quarantine with someone lead to True Love?

According to this story from Quality's Diary Loves #27 (1952), the answer is yes!

So the "quarantine" was a fake, since no mention of it is made to John when he pulls up in the limo!

(Admittedly, the timeline after Jan is told about measles is nebulous.

Was she there a day...a week...or longer, before John shows up?)

This story initially appeared in Quality's Diary Loves #27 (1962) and seems pretty innocuous.
However, when the story was reprinted in Quality's Wedding Bells #13 (1956), the newly-implemented Comics Code Authority insisted on some weird changes:
Jan's already-tasteful clothing now covers more of her!
Both Brent and John have been de-aged from early/mid 30s to early 20s!
The hand-scripted "diary entries" have been changed to standard comic book lettering..and the final "diary entry" has been re-written!

Either way, it's a happy ending!

Next Week...

Another Tale of Disease, Debilitating Conditions and Desire!

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LOVE STORY PICTURE LIBRARY "Dream Christmas" Conclusion

In the tradition of Hallmark Channel Christmas movies...

...it appears Ann has screwed-up her Yuletide romance with the studly (and rich) Chris due to a misunderstanding on her part!

Can she correct her mistake?

Will this tale have a happy ending?

What do you think?

...and they lived happily ever after!💕

We hope you've enjoyed our Christmas movie-length presentation.

We'll be back after New Year's Day with more happiness and heartbreak.

LOVE STORY PICTURE LIBRARY "Dream Christmas" Part 3

When Last We Left Our Lovelorn Protagonist, Ann...

Big city girl Ann, unable to find a romantic partner, journeys to the countryside to spend Christmas with relatives!

Once there, she meets Chris, a guy whom she had briefly (and klutzilly) encountered back in the city!

Note: he's the very image of a potential lover she had been dreaming about for months! (hence the story's title)
Is it fate that they encounter each other again?
When Chris invites her to a Christmas Day gala at his home, Ann's concerned that she has nothing to wear.
But, while she's shopping on Christmas Eve with her niece and nephew, she sees the perfect dress...which is amazingly-expensive.
Depressed about her lack of funds, she spills her heart out to the store Santa Claus...who takes an interest in her...

OOPS!
Has Ann's misplaced pride caused her to blow her chance at happiness with Chris?

Find Out Next Wednesday!

For Christmas this year, we're doing things a little differently.

Instead of a bunch of unrelated Christmas/winter season tales, we're presenting a movie-length "graphic novel" from England that reads like the script for a Hallmark Channel Christmas movie.

Sadly, the writer-artist credits for this story from IPC's Love Story Picture Library 1031 (1973) are unknown.

BTW, this title ran over 1600 issues by doing a half-dozen issues per month covering everything from holiday tales, to period pieces involving swashbuckers, to wartime sagas to contemporary stories!

They were as popular among British teen and young adult girls as Harlequin Romances were among Americans!

LOVE STORY PICTURE LIBRARY "Dream Christmas" Part 2

We Have Already Seen...

Big city girl Ann, unable to find a romantic partner, journeys to the countryside to spend Christmas with relatives!

Once there, she meets Chris, a guy whom she had briefly (and klutzilly) encountered back in the city!

Note: he's the very image of a potential lover she had been dreaming about for months! (hence the story's title)

Is it fate that they encounter each other?

Was there something...odd...about Father Christmas?

He seemed rather...insightful...about Ann's need for the dress!

Find Out Next Wednesday!

At least we have a fairly-logical explanation as to why Chris appeared in Ann's dream!
For Christmas this year, we're doing things a little differently.

Instead of a bunch of unrelated Christmas/winter season tales, we're presenting a movie-length "graphic novel" from England that reads like the script for a Hallmark Channel Christmas movie.

Sadly, the writer-artist credits for this story from IPC's Love Story Picture Library 1031 (1973) are unknown.

BTW, this title ran over 1600 issues by doing a half-dozen issues per month covering everything from holiday tales, to period pieces involving swashbuckers, to wartime sagas to contemporary stories!

They were as popular among British teen and young adult girls as Harlequin Romances were among Americans!