Untamed Frazetta – The Best-Drawn 1950’s Romance Comics EVER

Mr. Door Tree at the Golden Age Comic Stories blog has just posted some unbelievably beautiful scans of Frank Frazetta’s romance comics from the fifties. The scans are super-clean and very high-resolution.

Click on any of these preview panels to jump over and see them in high-res splendor at the Golden Age Comic Book Stories blog

…and it’s not all huggin’ and kissin’ –
there’s plenty of action and danger!

Even lions...and guns!

You can find all the amazing Frazetta comics scans at:

http://goldenagecomicbookstories.blogspot.com/2009/02/frank-frazetta-romance-stories-1953.html

...and some other Frazetta posts on the same blog:

Frazetta pen and ink masterpieces from Edgar Rice Burroughs' At The Earth's Core

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and see them on the Golden Age Comic Book Stories blog

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The Buck Rogers covers from Famous Funnies

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At The Earth's Core Portfolio

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Most of those Frazetta comics can be found in hard copy in the new book,

"Telling stories - The Comic Art of Frank Frazetta"

Old Romance Comics Scans at "The Golden Age Romance Comics Archive"

Here's another unexpected discovery that made me squeal with delight: A nice stack of Golden Age Romance comic book scans that you can read online or download for your collection!

Apparently created as a project for a college humanities course, Jenny Miller's Golden Age Romance Comics Archive is...

"a resource for scholars and fans interested in golden eraromance comics, containing full scans of issues."

There are a couple short essays about the romance comics genre, but the soft and chewy insides are the 14 complete issues of old romance comics scans from publishers such as Fox, Harvey, Atlas, Michel, Charlton, Marvel, St. John and Mystery Publishing Company. Juicy Pre-Code tales of heartache and betrayal with titles like Lovelorn, All-True Romance and First Love. Even the later comics have intriguing names like Lonely Heart, and my favorite title: My Personal Problem (!)

5 Reasons Why I'm Fascinated by Romance Comics:

1. They're so weirdly different than any of the comics I grew up with in the 70's
2. The unwavering commitment to totally formulaic plots
3. The Betrayals, the Crying, the EMOTIONS and over-the-top melodrama
4. Like crime comics, they're filled with excellent drawings of regular people in normal clothing and mid-century urban American backgrounds
5. More flashbacks per comic than any other genre

read and enjoy at:http://www.jennymiller.com/romancecomics/

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Crime & Romance Comics COLLIDE in "Jailbird's Romance!" ACG Comics' My Romantic Adventures 1954 Comics Scans

Two of my favorite comics genres are crime comics and romance comics...and THIS comic book, My Romantic Adventures, mixes those two genres together like a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup!

Hey! You got your crime comic all over my romance comic! Mmmm!

Take a look at these teaser panels or you can find the full page comic book scans below those...

"Love...and a she-con! Funny, Isn't it?"

Enjoy the solid artwork by the always reliable Ogden Whitney.

Who do you think you're up against -- a Campfire Girl? Angel Morelli keeps her mouth shut!

The full page scans from this lurid romantic crime comic are below! Just click on any one of the small pages to open up the full comic book scan in a new window. But buckle in before you start reading because this story is hardcore! Enjoy!

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Click on any page to see LARGE high-res comics scan

Ouch! They don't make 'em like THAT anymore!