Sob Sister: The Tear-Stained Superhero!

Sob Sister: The Tear-Stained Superhero!

by | Aug 29, 2024 | Blog

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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Marvin the Matchmaker

Marvin the Matchmaker

by | Aug 27, 2024 | Blog

More Last Kiss fun from Tony Isabella & Diego Jourdan Pereira!

Original Vintage Art & Text

Pencils by Matt Baker and inks possibly by Ray Osrin. From the story “I Outgrew My First Love” in Teen-Age Romances #17, Aug. 1951. Published by St. John.

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SCENE: Man #1 smiles faintly as he watches Man #2 dances with a woman. The woman smiles back at the first man.

MAN #1 (thinking): I knew they were right for each other! She’s DC and he’s Marvel...but they both love happy endings! Hey, stop the snickering, Lustig.Must you make everything dirty?

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The Big Kiss Off

The Big Kiss Off

by | Aug 25, 2024 | Blog

It was a canoodling conundrum!

Original Vintage Art & Text

Art by John Tartaglione from the story “The Sea Green Eyes!” from First Kiss #5, Sept. 1958. Charlton Comics.

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SCENE: A man and a woman are both wearing scarves and they're kissing.

MAN & WOMAN (both thinking): Yuck! Somebody needs to teach this dope how to kiss!

1958: John Tartaglione New Color: Allen Freeman
Kiss Me, You Fool: John Lustig

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Too Beautiful for Lust

Too Beautiful for Lust

by | Aug 22, 2024 | Blog

More Last Kiss fun byTony Isabella & Diego Jourdan Pereira!

Original Vintage Art & Text

Art by H.B. Gordon from Romantic Illustration magazine, 1922. (No link available to the original magazine.)

 

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BRIDE TO GROOM: Oh, darling. I’m so gosh darn happy to be married at last...I’d totally consummate our bond...if only we could do it...without mussing our makeup!

1922 Art: H. B. Gordon New Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Pretty Words: Tony Isabella

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Who Needs Glasses?

Who Needs Glasses?

by | Aug 20, 2024 | Blog

Original Vintage Art & Text

 

Art by Bob Powell & Howard Nostrand from the story “The Girl in the Moonpool” in Chamber of Chills #11, Aug. 1952.

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SCENE: Old, witchy woman in a cave.

WOMAN: I love blind dates! The blinder the better!

1952 Art: Bob Powell & Howard Nostrand New Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Looks Better in the Dark: John Lustig

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