HEART THROBS & BRIDES ROMANCES "I Hated Men!"

Sometimes, the disdain by a female for males is warranted...

...but can still be overcome when she meets a better quality he!

This story from Quality's Heart Throbs #9 (1952) had a couple of modifications when it was reprinted in Quality's Brides Romances #12 (1955) after the implementation of the Comics Code...

...but only on the first two pages!

The Code apparently had no problem with the near-sexual assault on Pages 6-7...which remained unaltered in the reprint!

"Boys will be boys!", I suppose...

Penciled by Reed Crandall, but the scripter and inker are unknown.

Next Week:

A New Theme as We Enter a New Month!

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

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Love on the Racks

A History of American Romance Comics

ROMANTIC HEARTS "I hated MEN" (That's the way the title reads...)

Continuing January's theme "I Hated Men!"...

...here's another, quite different (and never-reprinted), story from Master Comics' Romantic Hearts V2N6 (1954) with the same title!

Penciled by Bill Savage, inks by Dick Beck and scripted by an unknown writer, this tale, unlike our previous one, features a woman deliberately her sexuality as a weapon against the gender she believes wronged her!
It's not the last time we'll see such a tale!

Next Week:

Another, Radically-Different Story Entitled

"I Hated Men"!

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

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LOVE PROBLEMS AND ADVICE ILLUSTRATED "I Hated Men!"

For the rest of January, we're presenting several different tales with this title...

...because it's one of the most frequently-used headers for romance comic stories!

Illustrated (and possibly written) by Bob Powell, this (surprisingly) never-reprinted tale from McCombs' Love Problems and Advice Illustrated #1 (1949) is a classic example of male/female attitudes of the era!
Note: This year we're going to do a different theme each month.
Wait'll you see what we have planned...

Next Week:

Another, Radically-Different Story Entitled

"I Hated Men"!

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LOVE STORY PICTURE LIBRARY "Sweet Santa" Conclusion

We Have Already Seen...

...aspiring songwriter Gay Marne experiences a "meets cute" situation, encountering the charming and mysterious Denny Nichols, who proceeds to sweep her off her feet!

But the situation take a shocking turn when she discovers he has the copy of her sheet music that she believed was lost when she attempted to present it to the red-hot music group The Beatsters!

Was that his motivation for seducing her?

She storms out and...

Now tell me this isn't the very embodiment of a Hallmark Channel Christmas movie!
I dare ya!
BTW, For those old enough to remember, The Beatsters are based on The Beatles!
(This story was written and illustrated in 1964!)

Happy 100th Birthday Stan Lee...Romance Comics Writer!

Besides tales of the super-powered denizens of the "Marvel Universe"...

...centennial birthday boy Stan (the Man) Lee scripted hundreds of romance comics stories...

...some featuring experimental storytelling techniques...

...some featuring people you didn't usually see in romance comics up to that time...

...and some that featured controversial political and social themes!

You can see all of Stan Lee's work we've re-presented on this blog (including the ones shown above) by clicking HERE!

Next Week:

You'll see the postponed conclusion to our "Hallmark Christmas Movie"-style tale, Sweet Santa!

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Marvel Romance: the Trade Paperback!

Marvel's picked some of the best love comics from the 60s and 70s!

"It Happened at Woodstock," "My Heart Broke in Hollywood," "Love on the Rebound!"

Collects Love Romance #89 and #101-104; My Love #2, #14, #16 and #18-20; Teen-Age Romance #77 and #84, Our Love Story #5; and Patsy Walker #119.