Monday Madness: Neil Gaiman Spoofs Gothic Romances...AND Romance Comic Books!

Who else could do it...and do it so well?

NO ONE!

THAT'S WHO!

So, check out our annual summertime "beach read" Gothic romance...

at our "sister" RetroBlog...

TRUE LOVE COMICS TALES!

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Gothic!

(An anthology of original Gothic horror prose tales by various authors where the short story the graphic novel is based on first appeared)

and/or

Fragile Things

by Neil Gaiman

(Prose anthology of Gaiman's work featuring the short story the graphic novel is based on, along with background information)

and/or

Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Secret House of the Night of Dread Desire

by Neil Gaiman and Shane Oakley

(Graphic novel adaptation of the short story)

A Long-Standing RetroBlogs Summer Blogathon Tradition Continues...

...with the annual feature-length "beach read" Gothic Romance comic at

True Love Comics Tales

starting Monday

(Normally we post at TLCT on Wednesdays, but it's a four-part story, so we're starting early!)

Did You Join the Annual Summer RetroBlog Blogathons?

If you didn't, you missed...

...the only never-reprinted Shang-Chi comic story ever, unseen for 40 years at

Pop Art Martial Arts!

A classic gothic romance/beach read at

True Love Comics Tales!

Plus: these three too-kool for school, never-reprinted, prose super-hero tales...all unseen since the 1960s at
Hero Histories!

The rebooted Silver Age origin of He Who Knows What Evil Lurks in the Hearts of Men!
The Shadow!

The first novel featuring the Star Spangled Avenger!
Captain America: the Great Gold Steal!

And last, but certainly not least, the premiere novel featuring the Caped Crusaders and a trio of evildoers!
Batman vs 3 Villains of Doom!
Lucky for you, it's not too late!
Sit down now and start reading!

The Next Chapter of the RetroBlogs Blogathon Features...ROMANCE???

What's better than a sunny summer day at the beach?

Why, the latest in our annual gothic-themed, multi-chapter Beach Reads in...

True Love Comics Tales

...beginning Monday, of course!

Note: this 50-year old tale was reprinted a decade ago...but only in black and white!

This is it's first appearance in full color since 1971!
That's half a century!
Don't miss it!

D-Day in the Comics...Plus Other Goodies!

The final part of our Summer Mini-Blogathon is underway...

as we present the D-Day exploits of the legendary Quality/DC Blackhawks!

Already up are...

Marvel's Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos hitting the beach on D-Day!

(Yes, it was reprinted in a Marvel Masterworks a decade ago, but those are extremely-expensive and didn't sell very well, so most of you have never seen this tale from 53 years ago!)

We gave equal time to Fury's DC counterpart, Sgt. Rock, presenting his never-reprinted D-Day adventure!
But that's not all, True Believer!

In addition, True Love Comics Tales returned to weekly posting, beginning with our usual Summertime "beach read" Blogathon entry, a book-length Gothic novel!

Enjoy!

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Essential Sgt Fury and His Howling Commandos

by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers and others

And

Showcase Presents Sgt Rock

by Robert Kanigher, Joe Kubert and others

The Summer Mini-Blogathons are HERE!!!

The Annual "Beach Read" Blogathon...

...presents a never-reprinted, book-length graphic Gothic chiller from DC's Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love #1 (1971)

And...

Sgt Fury and His Howling Commandos storm the beach at Normandy in this seldom-seen saga...

...from Marvel's Sgt Fury and His Howling Commandos Annual #2 (1966)!

Don't Miss Them!

Beginning Tomorrow: Our Annual Romance Comics "Beach Read" Story...

We're presenting a multi-chapter. full-length Gothic romance graphic novel...

...as our "Beach Read" at our "sister" RetroBlog True Love Comics Tales, starting Monday and running daily through Friday!

Don't Miss It!

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Gothic Tales of Haunted Love

Last Week on RetroBlogs...

The blue-and-green costumed 1960s version of The Shadow...

...ends his series by running a gauntlet of villains! in Hero Histories!

True Love Comics Tales presents the perfect "beach read"...

...a complete gothic romance in graphic novel form!

And Phantom Lady's most notorious tale gets a kinder, gentler redo...

...in the final Phantom Lady's Twice-Told Tales installment at Heroines!

What's Coming Up?

Check in next week to find out!

Reading Room SIR LEO "Closed Room"

Join the Victorian monster hunter with the 1970s style in his final adventure...

...unseen, until now, by American readers!

How will Sit Leo deal with the demon/creature of the id ?
Destroying the image seems to be the obvious solution, but if Sir Leo destroys it, will Marcel, locked up in an insane asylum die as well?
Guess we'll never know.
Written and illustrated by Jose Bea and co-written by Luis Vigil, this tale from from Dracula #10 (1971) ends the series on a characterisic nebulous note.

Tomorrow, the return of Rex Havoc...

Reading Room SIR LEO "Mark of Death"

Let's return to the never-seen in America adventures of the Victorian monster hunter...

...with a hip, 1970s vibe!

Don't you hate it when your client turns out to be both a monster and (if the Whitechapel reference is to be accepted) Jack the Ripper?

Written and illustrated by Jose Bea and co-written by Luis Vigil, this tale from from Dracula #9 (1971) has never been seen by an American audience.

The final Sir Leo tale will appear next Monday.

Tomorrow, the return of Rex Havoc...

Reading Room SIR LEO "Cat"

Another never-seen in America tale of the Victorian monster hunter...

...from the 1970s!

Written and illustrated by Jose Bea and co-written by Luis Vigil, this tale from from Dracula #8 (1971) answers a lot of things regarding cats that I (and, I'm sure, a lot of readers) wondered about.

More Sir Leo next Monday.

Tomorrow, another monster-hunter from the long lost past returns... 

Reading Room SIR LEO "Sea of Blood"

The Victorian monster-hunter returns in a never-seen in the US adventure...

...from the British magazine Dracula #7 (1971)...which never ran a story featuring the title character!

Written by writer/artist Jose Bea and co-writer Luis Vigil.

We're presenting the remaining never-seen in the US Sir Leo stories during October.

Don't miss them!

Reading Room SIR LEO "End of a Legend"

When Last We Left Our Hero...

...Victorian-era adventurer Sir Leo Wooldrich encounters a Lovecraftian-type being lurking in the appropriately-named Black Lake...

This two-part tale from New English Library's Dracula #1 & #2 by writer/artist Jose Bea and co-writer Luis Vigil was the only Sir Leo story published in Warren's HTF Dracula anthology from the early 1970s which reprinted #1-6.

The series continued in Dracula #7 through #12, which have never been reprinted in the US, so most American fans have never seen them...unless they keep checking this blog, where we'll be re-presenting them before Halloween.