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
6.1.2.1-2
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
6.1.2.1-2
Good work on this one John. This may be one of my favorites of yours.
Thanks, Jams! It was fun to write–although I have to admit that I wrote it quite a few years ago when I was still doing multi-panel gags on a regular basis.
I like the dramatic pause in the fourth panel.
On the other hand he’s missed the opportunity to get her credit card for a shopping trip to Spanky’s Boutique. Just to pick up a few items for later.
Spanky’s motto? “Give her something to cry about!”