by John | Feb 10, 2026 | Blog
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman and man sitting next to each other during a flight.
WOMAN: I know we just met, but...will you be my Valentine?
MAN: ‘Til we land? Sure!
WOMAN: Good! Wanna get engaged too?
1959 Art: Vince Colletta New Color: Allen Freeman
High-Flying Humor: John Lustig
Original Art: From the story “Lucky Liz” in First Kiss #9.
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by John | Feb 8, 2026 | Blog
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A young woman is in a doorway staring into the room where a man and another woman are kissing passionately.
WOMAN IN DOORWAY: Happy Valentine’s Day, darling! I...Oh, uh...I see you’re... busy!
MAN: That’s ok, Snookums! Just come back...later!
SECOND WOMAN: Much Later!
1962 Art: Vince Colletta Studio New Color: Allen Feeman
Snookums’ Schedule Consultant: John Lustig
Original Art: From First Kiss #26.
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by John | Feb 13, 2025 | Blog
Happy Valentine’s Day! May your sweetheart be sweet and your heart full of love!
Many thanks to my frequent partner in hilarity Mike Pascale for the wild Valentine’s Day gag!
Original Vintage Art & Text
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↓ TranscriptWOMAN: Let’s do something different for Valentine’s Day!
MAN: Sleep with another man?
WOMAN: You wouldn't mind?
MAN: I meant both of us!
1958 Artist Unknown New Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Thinking Outside the Candy Box: Mike Pascale & John Lustig
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by John | Feb 12, 2025 | Blog
Original Vintage Art & Text

Pencils by Charles Nicholas. From the story “Crime that Didn’t Occur!” in Zaza the Mystic #10, April 1956. Published by Charlton.
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A woman fortune teller looks shocked.
WOMAN: I predict mind-blowing sex on Valentine’s Day! And best of all...chocolate!
1956 Pencils: Charles Nicholas Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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by John | Feb 11, 2025 | Blog
Original Vintage Art & Text

Inks by Dick Giordano from the story “Heartbreaker” in First Kiss #12, Jan. 1960. Charlton. The story begins on Page 12.
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A disgruntled man looks on from the background as a woman and man talk in the foreground.
WOMAN: ...and whoever wins the fight gets to be my Valentine!
1960 Inks: Dick Giordano New Color: Allen Freeman
Referee: John Lustig
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