I Love You Forever

I Love You Forever

Original Vintage Art & Text

Inked by Dick Giordano. From the story “My Foolish Heart” in First Kiss #21, July 1961.Published by Charlton. The story begins on Page 27.

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SCENE: Woman in foreground sitting on the grass. In the background, a man looks away from us, off into the distance, lost in thought.

MAN: I know I said I’d love you forever! But that was yesterday!

CAPTION: Welcome to another exciting episode of...
Brief Attention Span Romances!

1961 Inks: Dick Giordano Color: Allen Freeman
ADHD Poster Boy: John Lustig

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Too Old for Romance

Too Old for Romance

For those of you who saw my message that the Last Kiss website was under maintenance, good news. We’re finished. So the comment feature is back!

Original Vintage Art & Text

Art by Al Bare from the story “I Was a Snob” in Love Life #1, Nov. 1951. P.L. Publishing.

Curious to see more? Click the link above to read the entire vintage comic book for free on ComicBookPlus.com’s presentation of the comic. The story begins on Page 3.

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SCENE: Two grande dames of society are talking. Both are wearing fur coats. One is wearing a tiara and the other is sporting a heavy bracelet and pearl necklace and is holding opera glasses.

WOMAN #1: You’re too old for romance! Act your age!

WOMAN: Oh, honey, I can act! But I absolutely refuse to be my age!

1951 Art: Al Bare Re-Create: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Too Young for This Joke: John Lustig

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Front Page Romance, Part 2

Front Page Romance, Part 2

A new Last Kiss by Tony Isabella & Diego Jourdan Pereira!

Original Vintage Art & Text

Art by Jack Keller (and probably story) from “Race Against Time” in Teenage Hotrodders #6, Feb. 1964. Published by Charlton.

Click the link above to read the entire vintage comic book for free on ComicBookPlus.com’s presentation of the comic. The story begins on Page 10.

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Part 2 of 2

SCENE: The stern-looking editor is talking to us.

EDITOR: Since we put romance on our front page...


EDITOR: ...our circulation is up 1000%!


EDITOR: Every day, we have hundreds of classifieds ads...


EDITOR: ...from people looking for a special someone.


EDITOR: And every d*mn divorce lawyer in the city...


EDITOR: ...is running big expensive ads with us!


EDITOR: Ain’t love grand!
1964 Art: Jack Keller Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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Front Page Romance, Part 1

Front Page Romance, Part 1

Love? Sex! Extra! Read all about it in this first installment of a two-parter by Tony Isabella & Diego Jourdan Pereira!

Original Vintage Art & Text

Art by Jack Keller (and probably story) from “Race Against Time” in Teenage Hotrodders #6, Feb. 1964. Published by Charlton.

Click the link above to read the entire vintage comic book for free on ComicBookPlus.com’s presentation of the comic. The story begins on Page 10.

 

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SCENE: The editor---an angry, older man---points his finger out at us as a stunned younger man looks on from the side of the panel.

EDITOR: I’m tired of putting politics on our front pages!


EDITOR: Somewhere out there, two people are meeting cute!


EDITOR: I want that story...and I want photos!


EDITOR: We’re going to revolutionize the press!


EDITOR: Eat our dust, New York Times!

CAPTION: Oh, my! Can feel-good stories of cute, sexy romance really replace reports of perverse, partisan politics?
Find out Wednesday in our exciting conclusion!

1964 Art: Jack Keller Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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Starry, Starry Night

Starry, Starry Night

A new Last Kiss by Tony Isabella & Diego Jourdan Pereira!

Original Vintage Art & Text

Art by L.B. Cole from the cover of True To Life Romances #22, July 1954. Star Publications.

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SCENE: A man and a woman are in their bathing suits at the beach, sitting by a fire with tall flames.

MAN (thinking): It’s so romantic being with her...on this starry night...by a roaring fire. I can almost forget she’s a mannequin...and that her knees are melting.

1954 Art: L.B. Cole Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella

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