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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Wild west woman sheriff (or deputy) close up.
SHERIFF: Dang!
Thet Sabrina Carpenter is one cute little filly! Shame I got to go and arrest her…...fer stealing muh heart!
CAPTION: Wild West Romance...as you like it!
1949 Pencils: King Ward? Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Jenny Blake
Original Art: From the story
“Sheriff Sal’s Last Stand” in Western Love Trails #7.
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Original art's text:
SHERIFF SAL: OH, NO, MEN! FLASH ISN'T THAT BREED! WE'RE FIGHTING EACH OTHER-BUT HE WOULDN'T TURN OUTLAW JUST TO OUTSMART ME AND PUT ME IN A BAD LIGHT.
Voice from Off Panel: YUH CAN'T TELL.IT'S WORTH THINKING ABOUT!
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Original Vintage Art & Text

Art by The Vince Colletta Studio from the story “The Magic Perfume” in First Kiss #5, Sept. 1958. The story begins on Page 3.
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A man and woman are talking. (She has her eyes closed.) There's a starry night sky behind them.
MAN: So you’ll love me forever?
WOMAN: Oh, for sure! For Always! Forever! At least...for now!
1958 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Character Color: Dan McConnell
Forever Writing Gags: John Lustig
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Original Vintage Art & Text

Art by Dick Giordano from Sweethearts #77, June 1964. (Scanned from the publisher’s black & white stat—made in preparation for the printed color cover.)
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↓ TranscriptCRYING WOMAN: I started out as the bubbly happy girl. Now I’m the heartbroken woman. Too soon, I’ll be the stern-faced old shrew...passing judgment on young lovers. Time passes quickly when you’re a...romance comic-book cover model.
1964 Art: Dick Giordano Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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