Friday, May 6, 2016

Falling in Love #124

Falling in Love #124 (On Sale: May 6, 1971), has a cover by maybe Bob Oksner. Not sure, he may be inking someone else.

We begin with "Anybody's Girl!" drawn by Werner Roth and Vince Colletta. Barbara works as an exotic dancer, tossing her garter to the men at the end of her act. Tired of being groped, Barbara quits her job and becomes a waitress in a diner. There she meets Cliff and falls in love. After Cliff proposes, she meets his brother, Jonah, who does not approve of her racy clothes and makeup. Barbara takes Jonah's criticism to heart as she knows she is just a dancer at heart. She feels that Jonah so disapproves of her that she hides from Cliff during the day and asks him to meet her in the barn one night to explain her feelings, but Jonah catches them, and accusations fly. 

Barbara decides to leave Cliff as Jonah requests and writes Jonah a note saying how she knows he is right about her, but when she goes to put it in one of his drawers she sees something that changes her mind. She runs to Cliff and demands that they be married today. When Jonah reacts she tells him she knows all about him. Jonah does not say a word, just walks off and Barbara's memories reveal that Jonah had one of her garters in his drawer.

Next is "Moonlight Madness!" by persons unknown and reprinted from Falling in Love #1 (1955). Linda is bored with her life and a boyfriend she doesn't love until she meets Paul late at night on the beach. She immediately falls in love with him but as time passes and he never contacts her again she fears that that night didn't mean anything to him. Days go by but one day Paul shows up and tells her that when they met he was in a relationship, but that ended after meeting her.

We end with "Puppy Love!" drawn by John Celardo and Nick Cardy. Sheila and her roommates are all interested in Quentin Reardon, but he only seems interested in his dog. Sheila buys herself a dog so that she can "accidentally" run into him while walking the dog, and her plan works perfectly.

Edited by Dorothy Woolfolk.

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