by John | Feb 13, 2025 | Blog
Happy Valentine’s Day! May your sweetheart be sweet and your heart full of love!
Many thanks to my frequent partner in hilarity Mike Pascale for the wild Valentine’s Day gag!
Original Vintage Art & Text
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↓ TranscriptWOMAN: Let’s do something different for Valentine’s Day!
MAN: Sleep with another man?
WOMAN: You wouldn't mind?
MAN: I meant both of us!
1958 Artist Unknown New Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Thinking Outside the Candy Box: Mike Pascale & John Lustig
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by John | Feb 12, 2025 | Blog
Original Vintage Art & Text

Pencils by Charles Nicholas. From the story “Crime that Didn’t Occur!” in Zaza the Mystic #10, April 1956. Published by Charlton.
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A woman fortune teller looks shocked.
WOMAN: I predict mind-blowing sex on Valentine’s Day! And best of all...chocolate!
1956 Pencils: Charles Nicholas Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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by John | Feb 11, 2025 | Blog
Original Vintage Art & Text

Inks by Dick Giordano from the story “Heartbreaker” in First Kiss #12, Jan. 1960. Charlton. The story begins on Page 12.
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A disgruntled man looks on from the background as a woman and man talk in the foreground.
WOMAN: ...and whoever wins the fight gets to be my Valentine!
1960 Inks: Dick Giordano New Color: Allen Freeman
Referee: John Lustig
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by John | Feb 13, 2024 | Blog
Original Vintage Art & Text

Art by Vince Colletta from the story “Involuntary Bride” from First Kiss #40, Jan. 1965. Charlton. The story begins on Page 24.
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↓ TranscriptWOMAN: Valentine’s Day is about love! it’s not just an excuse to have crazy, hot sex!
MAN: Right! Because who needs an excuse?
Happy Valentine’s Day!
1965 Art: Vince Colletta Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Crazy, Hot Writer: John Lustig
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by John | Feb 12, 2024 | Blog
More Valentine fun from Mike (Lover Boy) Pascale! One more Valentine gag to go. See you tomorrow!
Original Vintage Art & Text

Pencils by Bob Powell in the story “I Was the Loneliest Girl In School” from Hi-School Romance #3, Feb. 1950. Harvey Comics. The story starts on Page 11.
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A man (who looks a lot like Jimmy Olsen) and a angry woman (who sorta looks like Lois Lane) are talking.
MAN: You don’t like the Valentine candy I gave you?!!
WOMAN: You ate half! And nibbled on the rest!
MAN: But, sweetie, I only ate them...to make sure they were good enough for you!
1950 Pencils: Bob Powell Re-ink & Color: Allen Freeman
New Facial Expressions Mike Pascale
Humor: Mike Pascale & John Lustig
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