The Blonde in a Red Dress eventually began to suspect that her comic’s editors might be intentionally phrasing the covers to imply a bit more than the actual contents of the “Intimate Love Stories of Real Girls”
True Love Pictorial #4, St. John
Posts categoriezed as Romance
Questionable Covers: Featuring Lovable, Adorable “Dotty”
The Blonde in a Red Dress seems to find herself with the same problem as many newspaper reporters, in that the person writing the content of the story may not have any control over the person coming up with the sensational clickbait headlines. (At least, I hope that’s the explanation, because “Glamorous Romances” with someone “Lovable” and “Adorable” doesn’t really describe what I think of when story titles are promising a “gamble” with a “hired date” who is “temporarily yours” for a “week-end romance”.)
Dotty #39, Ace Magazines
Third Time’s the Charm?
Not This Time, Joe
The Blonde in a Red Dress has many talents, but I’m beginning to suspect that discernment in choice of men is not one of them.
My True Life Story In Pictures #6, Fox Features
“Reckless Love Almost Ruined My Reputation”
The Blonde in a Red Dress “Gave Romance The Run-Around”… probably to avoid a guy named “Skipper”.
Teen Age Romances #10, St. John
“Stirring Tales of Alluring Women and the Men Who Were Their Heart Throbs”
The skeptical/bored faces of the cover models don’t really seem to match the claims of the book’s tagline.
Heart Throbs #3, Quality
He Wasn’t Really Mine
I can sympathize with the Blonde in a Red Dress trying to drown her sorrows in a giant ice cream sundae, but what I can’t quite figure out is her odd fashion choices on this cover.
Love Letters #32, Quality Comics
Third Time’s the Charm
It took all week to rehearse the scene, but the editor finally got the romantic cover scene he was hoping for.
(Too bad it got wasted on a confusingly punctuated title like “Little Miss Nobody Wild — By Reputation And Other Fascinating Love Stories”)
All Love #27, Ace Magazines
Once More, With Feeling
The cover editor wasn’t satisfied with yesterday’s cover and insisted they keep trying the scene until they get it right. This made the Blonde in a Red Dress become even more bored.
Real Love #26, Ace Magazines
Love Skeptic
The look on the face of the Blonde in a Red Dress is less “Love At First Sight” and more “Are we done posing for this cover yet? I hate Mondays.”
Love At First Sight #6, Ace Magazines