Thursday, September 24, 2015

Girls' Love Stories #155

Girls' Love Stories #155 (On Sale: September 24, 1970) has a cover by, well, some with failing eyesight say Neal Adams, while others say Tony DeZuniga. Now, I do see some DeZuniga in the face of the Judge, but the other characters look more like Alex Nino to me. Alex does not officially arrive at DC till 1972, but when he comes it will be through Tony DeZuniga that he gets here. We are free to ponder this one.

We begin with our cover story, "Will No One Trust Me Again?" written by Jack Miller, penciled by John Calnan and inked by either Joe Giella or Murphy Anderson (wish I had access to this book as it is hard to mistake Giella and Anderson). Jill makes a mistake in judgment by becoming involved with Lance and when they are both arrested, his rich father gets Lance's record erased, while Jill is left with a bad reputation which she finds hard to overcome.

Next we have "Summer Love" drawn by John Romita and Bernard Sachs and reprinted from Heart Throbs #63 (1959) where it was originally entitled  "I Know My Love." The story is told in pantomime, and the artwork has been partially redrawn with updated fashions.

We end with "Scrapbook of Tears" drawn by maybe George Tuska and butchered in the inks by Vince Colletta. Alice and Bill meet again several years after their earlier acquaintance, but they have very different memories of the past.

Edited by Joe Orlando.

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