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20MarMarch 20, 2010

Comics I Love Even Though I’ve Only Seen the Covers #11: My Life / My Desire

Matt Bird2010-03-20T21:07:00+00:00

As I mentioned yesterday, I'm running out of material for these, so today I'm going to pair up two very similar titles published by Fox Features Syndicate in the late '40s. Both specialized in ladies who were a wee bit blasé about love.



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13MarMarch 13, 2010

Comics I Love Even Though I’ve Only Seen the Covers #10: Diary Secrets

Matt Bird2010-03-13T21:31:00+00:00
Finally, the comic that dares to reveal what men wish women were thinking!



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06MarMarch 6, 2010

Comics I Love Even Though I’ve Only Seen the Covers #9: Boy Loves Girl

Matt Bird2010-03-06T20:59:00+00:00
But that love, alas, is not exactly reciprocated...



Isn't romance sweet?
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27FebFebruary 27, 2010

Comics I Love Even Though I’ve Only Seen the Covers #8: My Love

Matt Bird2010-02-27T22:09:00+00:00
Romance: '70s-style!


The title of this post is a lie, because I have in fact read this next story, here. Alas, it's pretty condescending to the whole affair. They even get the year wrong ("in that summer of '68"), despite the fact that the comic came out only two years after Woodstock. Great art, though.
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20FebFebruary 20, 2010

Comics I Love Even Though I’ve Only Seen the Covers #7: Career Girl Romances

Matt Bird2010-02-20T22:44:00+00:00



And finally: an example of what happens when you let a comic-book artist create a cover right after he's been dumped for a slicker guy:

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13FebFebruary 13, 2010

Comics I Love Even Though I’ve Only Seen the Covers #6: Wings

Matt Bird2010-02-13T18:28:00+00:00
You ladies are the most daring pilots America has, so you should look your best! From now on, we expect you to wear 4-inch heels while smashing America's enemies. Will that be a problem?



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06FebFebruary 6, 2010

Comics I Love Even Though I’ve Only Seen the Covers #5: My Secret Marriage

Matt Bird2010-02-06T22:26:00+00:00
Here at My Secret Marriage, our goal is simple: we want to be the best damn adultery comic book on the market. Is that so much to ask?



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30JanJanuary 30, 2010

Comics I Love Even Though I’ve Only Seen the Covers #4: Baffling!

Matt Bird2010-01-30T15:07:00+00:00



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23JanJanuary 23, 2010

Comics I Love Even Though I’ve Only Seen the Covers #3: Mystic

Matt Bird2010-01-23T23:33:00+00:00
Challenge: One of these covers contains a hidden metaphor for the existential dread of Americans in the 1950s. Can you guess which one?




Answer: Nope, no subtext here, folks-- everything's fine!
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16JanJanuary 16, 2010

Comics I Love Even Though I’ve Only Seen the Covers #2: Space Western Comics

Matt Bird2010-01-16T22:29:00+00:00

Okay, they've apparently exhausted both the "space" and "western" genres-- "Hmm, We'd better throw some Nazis in there, too":
And, just to be safe, a vampire:

(Like many bloggers, I give myself the gift of "Low-Content Saturdays." Thanks to goldenagecomicbookstories.com and comics.org for the covers)
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