As far as I can tell, Sally was doing just what Irma was doing to be busted: violating her parole by consorting with known felons. Tsk tsk, again. She’s fortunate to be “in” with the parole officer.
The story is from Our Secret #4 (1949). You will notice at the top of each page it says My Secret, but that is because for the first three issues that was the name of the comic and the Jerry Iger Studio, who wrote and drew the contents of this comic, already had the job in to the publisher when the change was made. The publisher is Superior, a Canadian publisher who is more infamous for its line of horror comics, also drawn by the Iger gang. This is probably the most decently printed of any Superior comic I have ever seen, since in my opinion Superior had an inferior printer.
So is this a love story or a crime story? What makes it a love story is Sally ends up in an embrace and not the electric chair, a sure sign of a crime comic.
Whew! You had me worried, Pappy, when there was no posting this morning (or afternoon). Glad to see your new story, cuz that means all's okay!
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of the story, it was pretty tame for a pre-code crime strip. Rather than "Caged Heat," it was more like "Caged Tepid."
Uh-oh, that police station is number 13. Doesn't bode well for Sally and Roger...
The comics story was all right but what really amused me is your synopsis/analysis, Pappy. Heh-heh. Good work!
ReplyDeleteRyan, as I've mentioned before I do these postings two months ahead. Before they appear online I can go back in and edit them if necessary, or even move the posts around to show up on different dates. For some reason at some point in the past few weeks I dropped #1678 and forgot to replace it until I discovered it when checking my blog later in the afternoon of Friday, Jan. 2.
ReplyDeleteI can sometimes screw up even such a system: "The best laid plans of mice and men..."
7f7, thanks. And that was the best story in the book, too.
ReplyDelete"Uh-oh, that police station is number 13. Doesn't bode well for Sally and Roger..."
ReplyDeleteRight! Looks like the parole officer could use some help from Napoleon Wilson if the going gets tough...
I'm not into "romantic" comics, but this Jerry Iger studio guy sure knew how to draw fine gals.
Some panels look inspirational to Roy Lichtenstein, but I noticed this in many 50's comics.
I wonder how many female artists were involved in this kind of comics... assuming there were some.
ReplyDeleteJust a curiosity.
J D, there were some female comic book artists in the early years. I don't know how many were working in love comics, nor how many women actually wrote the stories aimed at women and young girls.
ReplyDeleteAt one time in the late forties romance comics were the best selling comic books, which to me meant that as many young men as women read them.
I'm not an expert on Lichtenstein. The paintings I'm familiar with were taken from DC Comics...war and love comics. There has always been a controversy about how much he owed the original comic book artists who drew the panels he swiped.