by John | Feb 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
Here’s another updated comic from the days when I did Last Kiss for Comics Buyer’s Guide. Note: The two original art panels (below) are from the same story, but were taken from different pages of that story.
Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story “Jealousy” in First Kiss #14, 1960.
Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story “Jealousy” in First Kiss #14, 1960.
Curious about the story this art comes from? You can read the entire—extremely odd—story and the rest of the vintage comic book here on the free comics site, ComicBookPlus.com.
Transcript:
CAPTION: Welcome to Comicstown–where getting bitten by a radioactive spider, cloned by aliens, and becoming an orphaned mutant are every child’s dream…and constitutional right!
SCARLET SIREN: I’m the Scarlet Siren! My super power? I turn men into…unsuspecting fools!
MAN: I find that hard to believe!
SCARLET SIREN: See! It’s working already!
1960 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color by Allen Freeman
Art Code: 14.1.1.3 & 14.1.2.2
↓ TranscriptCAPTION: Welcome to Comicstown--where getting bitten by a radioactive spider, cloned by aliens, and becoming an orphaned mutant are every child’s dream…and constitutional right!
SCARLET SIREN: I’m the Scarlet Siren! My super power? I turn men into…unsuspecting fools!
MAN: I find that hard to believe!
SCARLET SIREN: See! It's working already!
1960 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color by Allen Freeman
Art Code: 14.1.1.3 & 14.1.2.2
by John | Jan 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
I look a lot like me…sometimes.
Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story “The Gay Deception” in FIRST KISS #8, 1959.
Transcript:
SCENE: Man talking to a woman.
MAN: You keep marrying men who look a lot like me! Next time, why not marry a man who looks exactly like me! Like, maybe…me!
1959 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Allen Freeman
Art Code: 8.1.4.1
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Man talking to a woman.
MAN: You keep marrying men who look a lot like me! Next time, why not marry a man who looks exactly like me! Like, maybe...me!
1959 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Allen Freeman
Art Code: 8.1.4.1
by John | Dec 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
Artist Unknown. From the cover of True Love Problems and Advice Illustrated #34, 1954.
SCENE: Man trying to paint a wall, but a woman kisses him.
WOMAN: You missed a spot!
1955 Artist Unknown Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Art Code: DJP.lk502
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Man trying to paint a wall, but a woman kisses him.
WOMAN: You missed a spot!
1955 Artist Unknown Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Art Code: DJP.lk502
by John | Jul 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
Art by L.B. Cole for the cover of True-to-Life Romances #20, 1954.
Transcription:
WOMAN SMOKING CIGARETTE (in background watching as a man an woman in the foreground dance): Can I cut in?
WOMAN DANCING WITH MAN: Only if you have a knife!
1954 Art: L.B. Cole Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Art Code: DJP.lk320
Art by L.B. Cole for the cover of True-to-Life Romances #20, 1954.
↓ TranscriptWOMAN SMOKING CIGARETTE (in background watching as a man an woman in the foreground dance): Can I cut in?
WOMAN DANCING WITH MAN: Only if you have a knife!
1954 Art: L.B. Cole Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Art Code: DJP.lk320
Art by L.B. Cole for the cover of True-to-Life Romances #20, 1954.
by John | Jul 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
Art by John Tartaglione from the story “My Confidence Man” in FIRST KISS #5, 1958.
Transcription:
MAN: I know I can’t buy your love!
WOMAN: Of course not! But…if you did…how much would it be worth?
1958 Art: John Tartaglione Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Art by John Tartaglione from the story “My Confidence Man” in FIRST KISS #5, 1958.
Art Codes: DJP.lk391 FK05.3.4.2
↓ TranscriptMAN: I know I can’t buy your love!
WOMAN: Of course not! But…if you did…how much would it be worth?
1958 Art: John Tartaglione Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Art by John Tartaglione from the story "My Confidence Man" in FIRST KISS #5, 1958.
Art Codes: DJP.lk391 FK05.3.4.2
