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Modern Love (1949) comic books 1950

  • Issue #6
    Modern Love (1949) 6
    Published Apr 1950 by EC.

    Cover by Al Feldstein. Stories by Gardner Fox and Al Feldstein. Art by Wally Wood, Graham Ingels, Harry Harrison and Al Feldstein. EC's entry to the romance comics genre, in the early Bill Gaines years. Babs wants to focus on her career rather than finding a man, and her boss Don is just a little too grabby. Another early entry from the Harry Harrison-Wally Wood art team, as a woman is torn between her blind husband and the handsome doctor who can save his sight. Redheaded Sherry is engaged to Glenn, but she hasn't gotten over her secret affair with Scott, who's dating Sally. Second Wife; Career Girl; Meant for Each Other; The Love That Might Have Been. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #8
    Modern Love (1949) 8
    Published Sep 1950 by EC.
    • 1" Cumulative spine split.

    Cover by Al Feldstein. Stories by Gardner Fox and Al Feldstein. Art by Wally Wood, Harry Harrison, Al Feldstein, Jack Kamen and Jerry Iger. EC's entry to the romance comics genre, in the early Bill Gaines years. Happily married Katha learns that the husband she thought dead is still alive, giving her one husband too many. Long-married couple Hank and Libby learn that they were never actually wed. For the finale of EC's romance-comics experiment, writer-artist Al Feldstein presents the humorous eight-pager The Love Story to End All Love Stories," a commentary on the comics industry and the romance genre, featuring Gaines and Feldstein lookalikes. I Had Two Husbands; Way to a Man's Heart!; It Was Illegal to Love!; The Flames in My Heart; The Love Story to End All Love Stories. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.