Wartime Romances (1951) 14
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$624.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Slab: Significant side/edge cracks 1" or more
- Label #2021670019
Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Jim Mooney, Bernard Sachs, Dana Dutch, Ben Brown and Dave Gantz. Love plus war equals bittersweet 1950s drama, featuring art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Kay and Bill get married on a game show while he's on furlough, then must deal with their families' reactions. Claire doesn't know how to tell hometown steady Bart about her soldier boyfriend Steve, until Steve comes back from overseas on a surprise furlough. Nurse Lynn isn't meeting the right men at the hospital, so she enlists in the Navy. Plus a story with early art by future Marvel artist Jim Mooney. And a letters page offering to connect overseas GIs with romantic pen pals. Marriage on a Dare; Wayward Girl; I Thought I Was Manproof; Correspondence Club; Navy Nurse. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.