Sob Sister: The Tear-Stained Superhero!

Sob Sister: The Tear-Stained Superhero!

Original Vintage Art & Text

Pencils by Dick Giordano (with inks by either Giordano or Vince Colletta) from the story “Letter from Long Ago” in First Kiss #6, Nov. 1958. Published by Charlton Comics.

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SCENE: Cyndi Snifflepod---the superhero known as "Sob Sister"---is talking with her boyfriend.

CAPTION: Bitten by a radioactive shoe salesman, Cyndi Snifflepod undergoes a strange transformation! Whenever she cries, Cyndi becomes Sob Sister…the world’s mightiest bargain hunter!

SOB SISTER: Quick! the orphans need new clothes! Make me...suffer!

BOYFRIEND: Why bother?a fat failure like you...can’t help anyone!

CAPTION: Instantly, Cindy's tough persona dissolves into a tear-streaked super shopper feared in retail outlets across the galaxy...Sob Sister!

SCENE: Boyfriend comforts Sob Sister as she cries.
BOYFRIEND: My poor darling! No bargain is worth this much pain!

SOB SISTER: You’re
right! (Sniff) m-maybe you could....do the shopping for me!

SCENE: Silent panel.

BOYFRIEND: Don’t let the door hit you on your way out, Blubber Butt!

Pencils: Dick Giordano Color Allen Freeman ©Last Kiss Inc. 2009

A Crying Shame: John Lustig

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