Modern Love (1949) comic books

Cover by Al Feldstein. Stories by Al Feldstein and others. Art by Graham Ingels and Al Feldstein. EC's entry to the romance comics genre, in the early Bill Gaines years. Desperate for a job, Nina becomes a dime-a-dance girl, but when steady customer Frank falls for her, she must keep it a secret from her crooked boss Steve. A woman finds herself displaced in life and love by her older sister, in a story with early art by Graham Ingels. Starstruck Peggy ignores her friends to go off with celebrity Rod, but when they're alone, he turns out to be a real heel. Plus an EC Comics PSA imploring teens to respect their local newsdealer's business, and not hang out in doorways scaring off customers - a real sign of its times. Stolen Romance; Stars In My Eyes! - Chasing After Fame!; Your Newsdealer - He Is Your Friend!; Dear Diary; Dime-A-Dance Hostess! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Johnny Craig and Al Feldstein. "I Craved Excitement!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Johnny Craig and Al Feldstein; A love triangle has two brothers desiring the same woman. "Your Newsdealer He Is Your Friend!" one-page story, script by Al Feldstein and Bill Gaines, art by Al Feldstein; Hank asks his friends not to hang out at the entrance to a store. "To the Highest Bidder!" text story, art by Al Feldstein. "Money Stood in the Way of My Happiness," art by Ed Waldman; Aunt Mary is determined that Janet must marry a man of wealth. "Keeping Up With the Jones Family!" text story. Picture Stories from the Bible ad. "A Night Away From Home," art by Graham Ingels; Fay and Bill become stranded in a rain storm that forces them to seek shelter for the night. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Feldstein. Stories by Al Feldstein and others. Art by Bill Fraccio, Johnny Craig, John Sink and Al Feldstein. EC's entry to the romance comics genre, in the early Bill Gaines years. A farmer's son and a coal-miner's daughter have a Romeo-and-Juliet romance while their families are at odds. Mining-company rep Hal is torn between his tribal liaison Grey Fawn and his old flame Monica, in a rare (for its era) tale of interracial romance with early inks by EC legend Johnny Craig. Wealthy girl Toy thinks diver Bob will be easy to win, but he's not impressed by her money or her beauty. Our Families Clashed; The Triangle; A Womans Treachery; Blind Love; Love Must Be Earned! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Feldstein. Stories by Walter Johnson (credited as Walter S. Hara) and others. Art by Graham Ingels, Harry Harrison and Al Feldstein. EC's entry to the romance comics genre, in the early Bill Gaines years. A gal from the farm runs off to the big city looking for romance, but winds up working as a hostess in a shady nightclub. Novelist Adelaide hires a handsome bum as a sort of live model, but he wins her heart despite her best intentions. A nurse goes to work for a handsome country doctor and falls for him in a big way. I Was a B Girl; Three-Cornered Romance; Doctor To My Heart; The Green-Eyed Monster; I Gave My Love Away! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by 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. Adele is bored with childhood friend Paul, but when Don drags her name into a small-town scandal, it's Paul she runs to. A musician navigates romantic and professional woes, in Wally Wood's first story for EC (with Harry Harrison). Living at a ski lodge with Jeff, Polly thinks she's put her misspent past behind her - but then Mike walks back into her life. Shame!; Video Romance; I Was Cursed By My Past; Too Busy for Love. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

Cover by Al Feldstein. Stories by Gardner Fox and Al Feldstein. Art by Wally Wood, Graham Ingels, Harry Harrison, Al Feldstein, Jack Kamen and Jerry Iger. EC's entry to the romance comics genre, in the early Bill Gaines years. Elena Perez loves Mark, but she's afraid that prejudice will damage his career if they dare be seen in public, from the Harry Harrison-Wally Wood art team. Sheriff Lily Partridge finds love, but first she must put the past behind her, in a story combining romance, Western, and a ghost story, with art by Jerry Iger. The new schoolmarm in a Western town finds that cattle baron Mike has some very old-fashioned ideas about women. They Wouldnt Let Me Love Him; A Lesson in Love; Saddled to a Ghost; My Sacrifice; What Would You Do? 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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.