CONFESSIONS OF THE LOVELORN "Man in My Past!"

Warning: the story under this Ken Bald-illustrated cover is about an incurable disease...

...but it's not the incurable disease you'll think it is after the first few pages!

So he's not cured, but in remission, though the doctor says the operation was a "complete success"!

Written by editor Richard E Hughes and illustrated by Howard Alexander, this never-reprinted tale from ACG's Confessions of the LoveLorn #57 (1955) tries to make Alan honorable, even noble!

But instead of being honest with his wife, he all-but-abandoned her and then returned years later expecting her to take him back!

CONFESSIONS OF THE LOVELORN "Someone of My Own!"

Here's a never-reprinted tale that redefines "lovesick"...

...from ACG's Confessions of the LoveLorn #95 (1958)!

Writer Richard Hughes and illustrator Sam Citron add a new twist to the old "steal the doctor from the rich girl whose father is financing his research" plot so common in romance comics!

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Heart Throbs

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Halloween Hospital Horror MISTER MYSTERY "All, or Nothing at All!"

Mister Mystery was the host of his own self-titled horror anthology.

Though he looked like a jovial stage magician in a mask, his stories easily matched those of the Crypt Keeper and other ghoulish comics hosts..as you shall see!

For such an innocent-looking guy, Mister Mystery tells a nasty story, aided by illustrator Tom Feelings (yes, that's his real name) and an unknown author in this tale from Stanley Morse's Mister Mystery #14, (1953)!

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HI-SCHOOL ROMANCE "Unfaithful" & "My Answer"

It's amazing how many romance comic stories involve doctors, nurses, or both!

Case in point, this tale from Harvey's Hi-School Romance #10 (1951), which despite the book's title, has nothing to do with high school!

Illustrated by John Sink and illustrated by an unknown scripter, this is an entertaining, but moderately-improbable tale.

However, when it was reprinted in Harvey's Hi-School Romance #68 (1957), the newly-created Comics Code Authority demanded numerous changes in the story...beginning with the very first caption and the title...

Interesting how much re-writing was done, eh?

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Agonizing Love

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Valentine's Day in the Emergency Room SOUL LOVE "Dedicated Nurse"

This story is unique because it is presented from scans of the hand-drawn art...

...from Jack (King) Kirby's proposed 1970s b/w magazine Soul Love!

We would have presented pages from the printed comic/magazine the way we usually do...except it wasn't published...until very recently!

(We'll explain below!)

NSFW / NSFS note...it is somewhat "politically incorrect"...but not for the reason you might think!

(Hey, look! A "Kirby Quote"!)

You'll note pages 5 and 6 aren't as "clean" as the other pages, which are scanned from the actual original art!

They're scanned from photocopies, which are the only versions I could acquire, but they're legible enough to "fill out" the tale!
(Oh, man! More "Kirby Quotes"!)

Written/penciled/edited by Jack Kirby and inked by Vince Colletta, the story takes the typical attitude of the period about overweight women, though Aleda's not actually obese.

(In fact, I was involved with a woman who had a similar body type, which I found extremely-appealing!)

You can read about the Soul Love magazine project by clicking HERE.
The Soul Love tales were finally published as a full-color comic book-style insert in 2020's Dingbat Love hardcover book, which we conveniently linked-to below!

Thanks to Kracalactaka for the scans.

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LOVELORN "Helping Heart!"

Just when you thought they couldn't do anything else with a disease-themed romance tale...

...involving a doctor and nurse, this never-reprinted story from ACG's LoveLorn #3 (1949-50) comes along with a tale jam-packed with unexpected soap opera-style plot-twists!

Wow!

I'm exhausted!

So, jaded, manipulative girl loses handsome doctor to woman whose inherent innocence and purity of heart (and extreme work ethic) lures the MD to her...and she didn't even intend to do so!