Over at Atomic Junk Shop, as I mentioned Friday, we’re currently unable to load photos. As I got too tired Friday to write my usual book review post, I decided what the heck, l’ll use one of the posts I was working on there for today instead.
I didn’t read love comics as a kid. I assume it was about 50 percent them being “mushy girl stuff” but it was 75 percent (yes, I know that doesn’t add up) that I didn’t read anything in the Silver Age but superhero stuff, even manly things like Our Army At War. I didn’t even flip through the non-superhero books on the stand until I was several years older.
If I were sent back in time, however, these covers from the end of 1969 would definitely inspire me to at least flip through an issue and see the story. This Vincent Colletta story, for instance —
— let’s just say I had enough insecurity in my teen years to sympathize with the girl. And I really hope the guy suffers for being such a jerk.
I had a lot of shyness too, which makes me feel a connection with this Heart Throbs cover (Ric Estrada art)
And I’m curious what the dark secret of this Nick Cardy cover girl is.
What does it say that older covers don’t intrigue me as much, good as John Romita’s art is.
Is it that the late-sixties covers have girls who look more like the ones I hung out with and often crushed on? Or that the older DC books seemed to have older characters too? I doubt I’ll ever figure it out.
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