They Don't Make 'Em Like That Any More - Valentine's Day Edition

Me and Brain still not getting along, so just a quick cover collection today. I did manage to figure out it was Valentine's Day, even if i didn't realize it was Friday again already. 

So our covers today are from one of the more odd Romance comics (unless there was an actual Odd Romance comic. I should look...)

Hang on, wokesters, here we go...

Don't you love how they decided this was the right place to find girls to write to soldiers? As noted in the title of this post, they don't make 'em like that any more.

But then, how could they?
We don't have Matt Baker any more.

Hmm...
Does that tie this into Black History Month?
Not the best way to do that. Might have to use that as a cheap excuse to come back to Matt once again, eh?

covers by Matt Baker for Teen-Age Temptations #s 1-3, 5, & 7-9 (1953, 1954)

That Time Hitler & Stalin Started A Kidnapping Ring...

Back in the 1950s, Identity Theft was a very different thing...

Judo Joe had three real issues in 1953 with Dr. Barney Cosneck writing and Paul W. Stoddard supplying the artwork. It also had another single issue - one of those Revival comics - almost 35 years later. I've only seen the cover of the '80s revival, so i won't judge it. But the original Judo Joe was light and amusing. It's hard to picture an '80s reboot keeping this sort of tone...

Next time, we'll take a look at Joe's special gimmick...

page art by Paul W. Stoddard from Judo Joe #s 1 & 2 (1953)

Spin The Wheel Of Animals...

I've mentioned previously how it seems like some of the old Funny Animal comics were created by spinning a wheel or drawing animal names out of a hat to pair them up. How else can one explain titles like The Dodo And The Frog?

For some Sunday Morning Funnies, let's pair that up with an old fave around these parts - Howie Post. 

Howie spins the wheel and we get...

We got 3 issues of The Monkey And The Bear back in 1953-4 -
 

Let's take a look inside the covers, shall we...?
 

Of course, there were also a few supporting characters in back-up strips, like Funny Bunny...
 

...more monkeys in Jungle Fun...
 

...and a Coo-Coo Cat...
 

Yeah, i can dig on ol' Coo-Coo. I used to paint and draw in parks and public places every now and again. He just showed you why i stopped doing that years ago.

So, before we wrap for today, let's have another peek at Coo-Coo Cat...
 

Ah...   the Classics.

page art by Howie Post from The Monkey And The Bear #s 1-3 (1953, 1954)