Thursday, June 12, 2014

DARLING LOVE #1-11
(On Newsstands in Aug 1949 though October 1952)
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Hot on the heels of Darling Romance, came the similarly titled Darling Love!
(from Darling Love #1 - August 1949)


Not to be confused with Gilmore Magazine’s one shot Daring Love #1 (which wouldn’t come out for another 4 years), featuring one of the great one shot covers of the Golden Age AND the first published work of Steve Ditko! (Inside, not on the cover)
(from Daring Love #1 - Oct 1953)


More tales of romance, and longing, and … boating?
(from Darling Love #1 - August 1949)


I wish I knew who some of these artists were…
(from Darling Love #1 - August 1949)


Yeah, I know the melodrama gets ramped up pretty high in these stories, but… ya know… it’s all good fun!
(from Darling Love #1 - August 1949)


Yeah… there was no way I was passing this one up!
(from Darling Love #1 - August 1949)


Ya gotta love tough girls!
With an attitude perfectly suited for Pre-Code Comics!
(from Darling Love #1 - August 1949)


Apparently this kind of behavior is nothing new! 
(from Darling Love #2 - Oct 1949)


Seriously, I could look at these things all day…
(from Darling Love #2 - Oct 1949)


Can you guess what they’re trying to imply is getting ready to happen?
(from Darling Love #2 - Oct 1949)

No girl has ever faced a more difficult decision than mine...!
(from Darling Love #8 - June 1951)

Like Darling Romance, Darling Love went from picture covers to artwork...
(from Darling Love #8 - June 1951)

It held on longer than Darling Romance, but it’s last 3 issues strung out over a year and a half. And just like that the torrid romance phase of MLJ was over… the expansion however was NOT…
(from Darling Love #11 - Oct 1952)




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