by John | Feb 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
More fun from Black Lightning creator Tony Isabella.
Sorry no original art this time!
Transcript:
SCENE: Close up of a red-headed woman wearing a gold bracelet, necklace and earrings.
CAPTION: Glorie knew exactly how to think Richie for this lovely solid gold Fitbit. She’d show the Poor Little Rich guy some steps he’d never even dreamed of!
1957 Artist Unknown Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Writer: Tony Isabella
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Close up of a red-headed woman wearing a gold bracelet, necklace and earrings.
CAPTION: Glorie knew exactly how to think Richie for this lovely solid gold Fitbit. She'd show the Poor Little Rich guy some steps he'd never even dreamed of!
1957 Artist Unknown Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Writer: Tony Isabella
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by John | Feb 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
This is the reason I always give chocolate for Valentine’s Day.

Pencils by Mike Sekowsky from the story “Date with Scandal” Pencils in Intimate Love #28, Aug. 1954.
Transcript:
SCENE: Crying woman does a faceplant as a man walks away in the background.
WOMAN: The only lover who never disappoints me is…chocolate!
1954 Pencils: Mike Sekowsky Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Pencils by Mike Sekowsky from the story “Date with Scandal” Pencils in Intimate Love #28, Aug. 1954.
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Crying woman does a faceplant as a man walks away in the background.
WOMAN: The only lover who never disappoints me is...chocolate!
1954 Pencils: Mike Sekowsky Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Pencils by Mike Sekowsky from the story "Date with Scandal" Pencils in Intimate Love #28, Aug. 1954.
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by John | Feb 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
More whimsy from Black Lightning creator Tony Isabella—who is confronting “ghostly evil” in real life by running for office!

Art by John Prentice from the story “Bedeviled” in First Love Illustrated #69, Oct. 1956.
SCENE:
SCENE: Woman in a costume (trapeze artist or superhero, take your pick!) is on a stage. She appears to be doing a shimmy with a bunch of cloth behind her posterior. An appreciative audience looks on.
CAPTION: By day, Marissa’s the host of HGTV’s hit series Haunted House Renovation.
CAPTION: By night, she dons her mystic drapery to confront ghostly evil as…
CAPTION: Drapery Doll, the Material Girl Who Closes the Curtains on Evil!*
CAPTION: *Okay, well, she’s still working on her hero name. All the good ones have been taken.
1956 Art: John Prentice Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Writer: Tony Isabella
Art by John Prentice from the story “Bedeviled” in First Love Illustrated #69, Oct. 1956.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman in a costume (trapeze artist or superhero, take your pick!) is on a stage. She appears to be doing a shimmy with a bunch of cloth behind her posterior. An appreciative audience looks on.
CAPTION: By day, Marissa’s the host of HGTV’s hit series Haunted House Renovation.
CAPTION: By night, she dons her mystic drapery to confront ghostly evil as…
CAPTION: Drapery Doll, the Material Girl Who Closes the Curtains on Evil!*
CAPTION: *Okay, well, she’s still working on her hero name. All the good ones have been taken.
1956 Art: John Prentice Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Writer: Tony Isabella
Art by John Prentice from the story "Bedeviled" in First Love Illustrated #69, Oct. 1956.
by John | Feb 4, 2020 | Uncategorized

Original art by the great Nick Cardy from the story “Good-Time Girl!” in MY REAL LOVE #5, 1952.
SCENE:
CRYING WOMAN: I tried being happy! But I didn’t like it!
1952 Art: Nick Cardy Re-Creation: Allen Freeman
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Original art by the great Nick Cardy from the story “Good-Time Girl!” in MY REAL LOVE #5, 1952.
↓ TranscriptCRYING WOMAN: I tried being happy! But I didn't like it!
1952 Art: Nick Cardy Re-Creation: Allen Freeman
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Original art by the great Nick Cardy from the story "Good-Time Girl!" in MY REAL LOVE #5, 1952.
by John | Feb 2, 2020 | Uncategorized

Art by Luis Dominguez from the story “Reckless Romance” in FIRST KISS #30, 1963.
Scene:
SCENE: A young blonde woman is talking to a young man.
YOUNG BLONDE WOMAN: I wasn’t always rich…there was a time I didn’t know where my next husband was coming from.*
1963 Art: Luis Dominguez Character Color: Allen Freeman
*Dialogue adapted from the 1933 film She Done Him Wrong starring Mae West. and Cary Grant..
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A young blonde woman is talking to a young man.
YOUNG BLONDE WOMAN: I wasn't always rich…there was a time I didn't know where my next husband was coming from.*
1963 Art: Luis Dominguez Character Color: Allen Freeman
*Dialogue adapted from the 1933 film She Done Him Wrong starring Mae West. and Cary Grant..
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