Enjoying Life to the Max?

Enjoying Life to the Max?

The original art (see below) for this gag comes from “My Secret” in First Kiss #27; It features a girl (the blonde in the panel below) who appears to be much older than her real age—14.

Things quickly spin out of control when she skips a couple of grades and ends up in a relationship which is clearly too mature for a 14-year-old!

Note for Giordano Fans:

Unfortunately, Charlton’s photostat for this panel was so poor that it was unusable. So I ended up scanning from the printed comic book.

Consequently, some of Dick Giordano’s fine line work was lost and had to be touched up here and there by my-gotta-get-it-done-now, but-definitely-not-an-artist last choice: me.

This is something I try to avoid, but sometimes happens when lines drop out and deadlines loom.

So you’re not getting pure Giordano here—which is a pity because Dick was my favorite Charlton romance artist.

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SCENE: Young teen-age girl talking to two friends.

GIRL: I want to enjoy life fully! So marriage and kids will have to wait…’til I’m at least 16!

Art by Dick Giordano

Marry for Money? Never!

Marry for Money? Never!

And here’s the original 1960s art:

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SCENE: Woman talking to a man.

WOMAN: I’d never marry for money! But…how much are we talking about?

Art by Vince Colletta Studio

Wedding Wow

Wedding Wow

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SCENE: Bride and groom kissing.

BRIDE: Gee!I've never kissed a married man before!

Bored for a Ring

Bored for a Ring

Getting married is the perfect way to spice up a first date. If nothing else, it gives you something to talk about when you phone your lawyer the next day.

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WOMAN (talking on phone): It was so romantic! We ran out of things to do last night! So we got married!

Sex or Marriage?

Sex or Marriage?

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MAN: We’ll have wild sex every night!

WOMAN: But...I thought you wanted to get married!

Art by Charles Nicholas & Sal Trapani