Lost love has never been particularly romantic to me. Keep that in mind when I tell you the I found the story of Abelard and Heloise out of place in Dc's Falling in Love. Falling in Love normally sports melodramatic plots, happing endings, and female POVs (there are exceptions). Tragic love doesn't seem to eve play in to the plots in the end, so the two page side story in an oddity to me. This comics start in 1955, but issue #4 is dated Apil 1956. It ran 143 issues, ending in November 1973. I meant to post from #1, but the collector in me can't seem to put it on the scanner. So, let's pretend #4, is golden age!...Please? Come on I have no romance comics up at all...
Check out Mike's Amazing World of DC Comics-DC Reprint Guide for more on Falling in Love reprints. Information on this comics is scare, but dccomics40 has more coverage on individual issues. For more on the history of the story see Abelard and Heloise.
From DC Comics' Falling in Love #4
Page 01 // Page 02
On a whim here is an Ad from the issue. http://i51.tinypic.com/2z883lt.jpg
For a site to bookmark, see comicallyvintage on tumblr. They also have a face book page for all you social networkers out there. Be prepared though, if you are like me the lack of sources will drive you crazy.
2 comments:
A friend directed my attention to the cheap DIY book scanner and to more expensive DIY models. I think that one could be rigged-up that would not threaten the well-being of old comic books..
Thank you for posting this! Abelard and Heloise are of particular interest to me, and this is a fantastic find.
Post a Comment