Modern Love (1949) comic books

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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.

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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.