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A Hunk, an Orange, and a Runaway Bride - "Perfect Match" from Girls' Love Stories #158 (April 1971)
A Hunk, an Orange, and a Runaway Bride - "Perfect Match" from Girls' Love Stories #158 (April 1971)
Stories, ThoughtsJacque NodellNovember 22, 20111970s, Girls' Love Stories, Runaway Brides, Sex, Comics Code Comments
Mad Mad Modes for Moderns Mondays - Examining Copy
Mad Mad Modes for Moderns Mondays - Examining Copy
FashionJacque NodellNovember 21, 2011Mad Mad Modes for Moderns, Tony Abruzzo, Fashion Comment
1963 Romance-Themed Wonder Woman House Ads
1963 Romance-Themed Wonder Woman House Ads
AdvertisingJacque NodellNovember 18, 2011House Ad, Superheroes Comments
Cautionary Tales - "Uptight" with Lee Elias and Win Mortimer
Cautionary Tales - "Uptight" with Lee Elias and Win Mortimer
Advice, StoriesJacque NodellNovember 14, 2011DC, Lee Elias, One-Pagers, Uptight, Winslow Mortimer, Cautionary Tales Comments
Celebrate Veterans Day with Career Girl Romances
Celebrate Veterans Day with Career Girl Romances
Social Relevancy, StoriesJacque NodellNovember 11, 2011Career Girl Romances, Charlton, Nurses, War Comments
Because You Demanded It! Doormat for Love!
Because You Demanded It! Doormat for Love!
StoriesJacque NodellNovember 9, 2011Girls' Love Stories, High School, Nick Cardy, Reader Requests, Winslow Mortimer Comments
Mad Mad Modes for Moderns Mondays - Coats and Slacks - Ever So Wow!
Mad Mad Modes for Moderns Mondays - Coats and Slacks - Ever So Wow!
FashionJacque NodellNovember 7, 2011Mad Mad Modes for Moderns, Tony Abruzzo, FashionComment
Friday Favorites - The Romance Comic Covers of Nick Cardy
Friday Favorites - The Romance Comic Covers of Nick Cardy
Artists, CoversJacque NodellNovember 4, 2011Covers, DC, Friday Favorites, Nick Cardy Comments
Selling Romance - Zolatron Simulated Diamond Ring!
Selling Romance - Zolatron Simulated Diamond Ring!
AdvertisingJacque NodellNovember 2, 2011Ads, Romance Comics, Selling Romance Comments
Charlton Gothic Romance Comic Story - "Sleep, My Love..." Haunted Love #6 (October 1974)
Charlton Gothic Romance Comic Story - "Sleep, My Love..." Haunted Love #6 (October 1974)
StoriesJacque NodellOctober 31, 2011Charlton, George Wildman, Gothic Romance Comics, Haunted Love, Joe Gill, Holidays Comments
"To Wed the Devil" - The Sinister House of Secret Love #2 (December 1971/January 1972)
"To Wed the Devil" - The Sinister House of Secret Love #2 (December 1971/January 1972)
StoriesJacque NodellOctober 28, 2011Gothic Romance Comics, Jeffrey Catherine Jones, Joe Orlando, Len Wein, The Sinister House of Secret Love, Tony DeZuniga, Holidays Comments
Time Travel Tuesdays - "Out to Show Me Up" from Real Love #35 (January 1951)
Time Travel Tuesdays - "Out to Show Me Up" from Real Love #35 (January 1951)
History, Social Relevancy, Stories, ThoughtsJacque NodellOctober 25, 20111950s, Ace, Real Love, Time Travel Tuesdays, Housewives, Comics CodeComment
Happy United Nations Day from Teen-Age Love!
Happy United Nations Day from Teen-Age Love!
CoversJacque NodellOctober 24, 2011Charlton, Covers, Settings for Romance, Teen-Age Love, United Nations Comments
My First Visit to a Danish Comic Book Store!
My First Visit to a Danish Comic Book Store!
Blogging, MiscellaneousJacque NodellOctober 20, 2011Comic Book Store Adventures, Denmark, Tony Isabella Comments
The Gallery of Regrettable Fashion AKA Your Next Halloween Costume!
The Gallery of Regrettable Fashion AKA Your Next Halloween Costume!
Fashion, PanelsJacque NodellOctober 18, 2011Don Perlin, Enrique Nieto, George Tuska, John Romita, John Rosenberger, Luis Avila, Romance Comics, Tony Abruzzo, Vince Colletta, Vincent Alascia, Fashion, Holidays Comments
Love (or lack thereof) in El Barrio - Young Romance's "The Wall Between Us"
Love (or lack thereof) in El Barrio - Young Romance's "The Wall Between Us"
Social Relevancy, StoriesJacque NodellOctober 12, 2011Art Saaf, Diversity, Hispanic Characters, Hispanic Heritage Month, Interracial Romance, Vince Colletta, Young Romance Comments
Mad Mad Modes for Moderns Mondays - Imitation of Batman!!
Mad Mad Modes for Moderns Mondays - Imitation of Batman!!
FashionJacque NodellOctober 10, 2011Announcements, Heart Throbs, Jay Scott Pike, Mad Mad Modes for Moderns, Fashion, SuperheroesComment
Selling Romance - The Debutante Pin!
Selling Romance - The Debutante Pin!
Advertising, FashionJacque NodellOctober 6, 2011Ads, Romance Comics, Selling RomanceComment
Brad and Maria - From Different Sides of the Tracks in "Strangers in Love!"
Brad and Maria - From Different Sides of the Tracks in "Strangers in Love!"
Social Relevancy, StoriesJacque NodellOctober 4, 2011Dick Giordano, Diversity, Don Heck, Hispanic Characters, Hispanic Heritage Month, Interracial Romance, John Romita, Young Romance Comments
1972 Romance Comic Book Contest - "The Woman I Want To Be!" from DC's Falling in Love
1972 Romance Comic Book Contest - "The Woman I Want To Be!" from DC's Falling in Love
Advice, Filler, History, Social RelevancyJacque NodellSeptember 30, 2011Contests, DC, Demographics, Falling in Love, Historical Documents, Romance Comics, Women's Movement Comments
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