Weird Love
#1 - You Know You Want It
(February 2015)
IDW,
2015 Series
- Price
- 29.99 USD
- Pages
- 176
- On-sale Date
- 2015
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- IDW Publishing
- Brand
-
Yoe Books!; IDW
- ISBN
-
978-1-63140-237-1
- Barcode
- 9781631402371 52999
- Editing
- Clizia Gussoni (editor); Craig Yoe (editor)
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Let ... me ... out! He's calling me ... can't you hear him?
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
-
from Romantic Adventures (American Comics Group, 1949 series) #50 (October-November 1954)
-
[no title indexed]
illustration / 2 pages
- Genre
- romance
Indexer Notes
On end papers. Enlarged detail from story "Beautiful One!"
[no title indexed]
illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's the matter, Janie ...
- Genre
- romance
Indexer Notes
Enlarged frame from story "Weep Clown, Weep!"
[no title indexed]
illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That's why Tom left me!
- Genre
- romance
Indexer Notes
Enlarged frame from story "I Fell for a Commie".
[no title indexed]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages
Indexer Notes
Title Page, indicia.
Introdu[ction]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- Comic Book Girl 19
- Pencils
- ? (photograph)
- Inks
- ? (photograph)
- Letters
- typeset
Foreword
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 4 pages
- Script
- Clizia Gussoni; Craig Yoe
- Pencils
- ?; ? (photograph)
- Inks
- ?; ? (photograph)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
[no title indexed]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Illustration for Foreword.
[no title indexed]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Young Love (Prize, 1949 series) #v2#7 [13] (September 1950)
-
Indexer Notes
Illustration for Foreword.
I Fell for a Commie
illustration / 0.25 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Love Secrets (Quality Comics, 1953 series) #32 (August 1953)
-
Indexer Notes
Page one of comic book story used as an illustration for Foreword.
My Wrong Boyfriend
illustration / 0.25 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Girls in Love (Quality Comics, 1955 series) #54 (May 1956) which is reprinted
- from Love Secrets (Quality Comics, 1953 series) #32 (August 1953)
-
Indexer Notes
Page one of comic book story used as an illustration for Foreword.
[no title indexed]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- ... and just what must I do to get those?
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from True Life Secrets (Charlton, 1951 series) #23 (November-December 1954) which is reprinted
- from My Desire Intimate Confessions (Fox, 1949 series) #4 (April 1950)
-
[no title indexed]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from True Brides' Experiences (Harvey, 1954 series) #10 (February 1955)
-
[no title indexed]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from True Life Secrets (Charlton, 1951 series) #12 (March 1953)
-
[no title indexed]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Per haps the war embittered Tom like this ...
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Love Secrets (Quality Comics, 1953 series) #32 (August 1953)
-
[no title indexed]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Radiant Love (Stanley Morse, 1953 series) #6 (August 1954)
-
[Gina's boss is nervous over her mini?]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sal Gentile
- Inks
- Sal Gentile
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Love and Romance (Charlton, 1971 series) #6 (June 1972)
-
[no title indexed]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Let ... me ... out! He's calling me ... can't you hear him?
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Romantic Adventures (American Comics Group, 1949 series) #50 (October-November 1954)
-
I Fell for a Commie
comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Gladys Lynn; Mr. Phelps; Mrs. Potter; Ruth; Sam White; Tom Brenner
- Reprints
- from Love Secrets (Quality Comics, 1953 series) #32 (August 1953)
-
- Keywords
- Communist; F.B.I.
Love
comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- D-609
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Love Diary (Charlton, 1958 series) #71 (March 1971)
-
Love of a Lunatic!
comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ogden Whitney (signed)
- Inks
- Ogden Whitney (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Richard Hughes (original editor)
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Romantic Adventures (American Comics Group, 1949 series) #50 (October-November 1954)
-
The Taming of the Brute
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Joe Gill
- Pencils
- Colletta Studio (as Vince Colletta Studio)
- Inks
- Colletta Studio (as Vince Colletta Studio)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset [as A. Machine]
- Job Number
- B-642
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Just Married (Charlton, 1958 series) #53 (July 1967)
-
Love in High Style
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Dear Lonely Hearts (Comic Media, 1953 series) #7 (August 1954)
-
You Also Snore, Darling!
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- José Luis García-López (signed as Logar)
- Inks
- José Luis García-López (signed as Logar)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- B-1078
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Just Married (Charlton, 1958 series) #57 (March 1968)
-
About Face
comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- R-667
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Best Romance (Pines, 1952 series) #7 (August 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
Advice.
Yes, I Was An Escort Girl
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Art Cappello (signed)
- Inks
- Art Cappello (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Vivian; Jerry (Vivian's date, a detective); Olga (death); Mike (villain, Vivian's boss)
- Synopsis
- Vivian, unable to pin down a modeling job, is hired as an escort girl. When she meets the man of her dreams named Jerry, who wants to marry her, trouble breaks out when her boss, who is also interested in her "charms", breaks up the romance so he can take center stage. Unfortunately for Mike, a jealous woman decides to kill him, but dies in the struggle over a gun, and all is over-heard by Jerry and the authorities, who are trying to close down Mike's illicit operation.
- Reprints
- from True Life Secrets (Charlton, 1951 series) #12 (March 1953)
-
Too Fat for Love
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Mona Cacchio; Tony Cleaver; Mrs. Cacchio; J.C. Cacchio; Gene Gibbs; Joan; Betty; Tommy; Miss Wells; Dr. Rose
- Synopsis
- Mona is bullied in high school because she’s overweight. Only Tony stands up for her, but she rejects his friendship, believing he just feels sorry for her. As an adult, Mona learns she has a glandular condition and may be fat forever. Gene, who works in her father’s candy factory, courts Mona, but she learns her father promised him a partnership if he marries her. Mona locks herself in her room, depressed. Tony insists he loves her and she agrees to marry him, then discovers she’s also lost a lot of weight during her depression-induced isolation.
- Reprints
- from Darling Love (Archie, 1949 series) #7 (Winter 1950-1951)
-
Goodbye to Illusion
text story / 0.33 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Darling Love (Archie, 1949 series) #7 (Winter 1950-1951)
-
Indexer Notes
Poem.
Slave to Despair
comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Romantic Secrets (Fawcett, 1949 series) #22 (September 1951)
-
Picture Biography of Ronald Reagan
Dream Beau of the Month / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Ronald Reagan
- Reprints
- from Sweethearts (Fawcett, 1948 series) #111 (May 1952)
-
- Keywords
- celebrity
Bosco Plays Matchmaker!
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Confessions of the Lovelorn (American Comics Group, 1956 series) #111 (February 1960)
-
Mini Must Go!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Charles Nicholas (signed)
- Inks
- Vince Alascia (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- D-2744
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Dan Childers; Gina Tait; Jeff Brown; Anne; Muriel; Chuck; Miss Weston
- Reprints
- from Love and Romance (Charlton, 1971 series) #6 (June 1972)
-
Beautiful One!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Eugene Hughes ?; Sal Finocchiaro ?
- Inks
- Eugene Hughes ?; Sal Finocchiaro ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Radiant Love (Stanley Morse, 1953 series) #6 (August 1954)
-
There's No Romance in Rock and Roll!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from True Life Romance (Farrell, 1955 series) #3 (August 1956)
-
Weep, Clown, Weep!
comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Romantic Secrets (Fawcett, 1949 series) #27 (February 1952)
-
You're Fired, Darling!
comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ernesto R. Garcia (signed)
- Inks
- Ernesto R. Garcia (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- B-1221
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- Doris Bassett is the office manager where Mike Cullen works. Doris loves Mike, but he is a poor fit in the job and she has to fire him. Mike takes it badly, but Doris works behind the scenes to get Mike a job working with his uncle. Mike discovers Doris' role in getting his new job and she asks his forgiveness for interfering. Mike kisses her, then bends her over his knee and playfully whacks her on the bottom to show her what will happen the next time she tries to wear the pants in their family. He insists on an early wedding which is exactly what Doris wanted.
- Reprints
- from Career Girl Romances (Charlton, 1964 series) #45 (June 1968)
-
Two Wayward Girls!
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Romantic Love (Avon, 1954 series) #22 (July-August 1954) which is reprinted
- from Intimate Confessions (Avon, 1951 series) #2 (September-October 1951)
-
Love, Honor and Swing, Baby!
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- C-144
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Just Married (Charlton, 1958 series) #67 (October 1969)
-
Gangster's Girl!
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- crime; romance
- Characters
- Ann Paris; Joe Malone; Phil Creadon
- Synopsis
- Gangster Joe sends his girlfriend Ann to renew her friendship with honest politician Phil. They fall in love. When Phil loses an election to Joe’s crooked candidate, he says at least he has Ann. However, Ann returns to Joe, who can provide her with the material things—like a mink coat—that she covets.
- Reprints
- from First Love Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) #37 (February 1954)
-
Bottled Heartache
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Great Lover Romances (Toby, 1951 series) #11 (August 1953)
-
Indexer Notes
Reproduced from original art.
[no title indexed]
illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- romance
Indexer Notes
Enlarged detail from story "Love of a Lunatic!"
[no title indexed]
illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- romance
Indexer Notes
Enlarged detail from story "The Taming of the Brute".
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Let ... me ... out! He's calling me ... can't you hear him?"]
-
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
["What's the matter, Janie ..."]
-
3.
["That's why Tom left me!"]
-
4.
[no title indexed]
-
5.
[no title indexed]
-
6.
Introdu[ction]
-
7.
Foreword
-
8.
[no title indexed]
-
9.
[no title indexed]
-
10.
I Fell for a Commie
-
11.
My Wrong Boyfriend
-
12.
["... and just what must I do to get those?"]
-
13.
[no title indexed]
-
14.
[no title indexed]
-
15.
["Per haps the war embittered Tom like this ..."]
-
16.
[no title indexed]
-
17.
[Gina's boss is nervous over her mini?]
-
18.
["Let ... me ... out! He's calling me ... can't you hear him?"]
-
19.
I Fell for a Commie
-
20.
Love
-
21.
Love of a Lunatic!
-
22.
The Taming of the Brute
-
23.
Love in High Style
-
24.
You Also Snore, Darling!
-
25.
About Face
-
26.
Yes, I Was An Escort Girl
-
27.
Too Fat for Love
-
28.
Goodbye to Illusion
-
29.
Slave to Despair
-
30.
Picture Biography of Ronald Reagan
Dream Beau of the Month -
31.
Bosco Plays Matchmaker!
-
32.
Mini Must Go!
-
33.
Beautiful One!
-
34.
There's No Romance in Rock and Roll!
-
35.
Weep, Clown, Weep!
-
36.
You're Fired, Darling!
-
37.
Two Wayward Girls!
-
38.
Love, Honor and Swing, Baby!
-
39.
Gangster's Girl!
-
40.
Bottled Heartache
-
41.
[no title indexed]
-
42.
[no title indexed]
-
43.
["Come along with me, Carole, and I'll show you how to bleed these suckers white!"]
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44.
[no title indexed]
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- Katie
- Boris Ammerlaan
- Alan Hutchinson
- Tony R. Rose
- Claus Simonsen
- Jim Van Dore
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