Art from First Kiss #5, 1958.

Art from First Kiss #5, 1958.

The story “The Sea Green Eyes” in First Kiss #5 features a talented young poet and an assistant editor at a publishing firm. She discovers his work in the firm’s slush pile and gets him published. A match made in heaven? You bet…until he becomes famous and ditches her two pages later.

Fortunately, on the following page, his career goes to hell and he comes running back to her.

↓ Transcript
MAN: But, Babe, why do I need a job? You’ve got credit cards!

Gosh, Sweetie! Why do I need a boyfriend? I’ve got a vibrator!