Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Dick Giordano from Love Diary #29, Sept. 1963. Curious about the original vintage comic book? Click the link to read the entire issue for free.
In case the cover text is hard to read: “Lew’s lips gently brushed mine as he whispered “I love you.”…I wanted desperately to respond, to tell him I adored him…But a specter from the past installed…”Terror in My Heart”
Transcript:
SCENE: A man and woman are in pouring rain. The man has the woman’s face cradled in his hands and appears about to kiss her. The woman has her eyes closed in obvious pleasure.
MAN: Too wet?
WOMAN: Never!
1963 Art: Dick Giordano Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: John Lustig
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SCENE: A man and woman are in pouring rain. The man has the woman's face cradled in his hands and appears about to kiss her. The woman has her eyes closed in obvious pleasure.
MAN: Too wet?
WOMAN: Never!
1963 Art: Dick Giordano Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: John Lustig
DJP.lk574
MAN: Too wet?
WOMAN: Never!
1963 Art: Dick Giordano Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: John Lustig
DJP.lk574
What Lew’s thinking right now: “Jeez! Why is she all floppy? Does she not have any bones in her body? It’s like that time I made out with that Stretch Armstrong doll.”
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Lew: “Yeah. Now that I’m looking at you close up, you are wearing way too much eye shadow.”
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What Lew’s thinking right now: “Okay. Either I’m much, much taller than I thought I was or this chick is really, really short. It’s like that time I banged the extra off the set of the Wizard of Oz.
“Well. Extras. Those guys from the Lollipop Guild danced in on us and…”
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You must not marry!…You must never marry!..
This haunting brought to you by Bonomo Turkish Taffy. Bonomo!
(cheesy music)
Give it a smack (Bonomo)
Give it a crack (Bonomo)
Then lift up the flap, strip off the wrap
And hey, away we go!
Bonomo Turkish Taffy! Not nearly as pornographic as our jingle makes us out to be!
Now back to your haunting, already in progress!
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What Lew’s thinking right now: “Oh great. That weird old lady in the clouds is watching me get it on again.
“I wouldn’t mind it so much if she would at least photoshop the tattoo of Mighty Mouse off my butt before she posted the video online.”
A Bonomo Turkish Taffy reference—plus the theme song lyrics?!!
Fine Jams, I didn’t think my appreciation for your wit could be any higher. But it just jumped up a couple of notches—that I didn’t know existed—after reading that. Bravo. Funny stuff!