Brides in Love #6

Dec 1957 · Charlton · 0.10 USD

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“The Shadow of Mister Bascombe”

In "The Shadow of Mister Bascombe," a 1957 Charlton romance gem, Hank and Joan navigate the quiet tension of a secret marriage under their boss’s strict no-fraternization rule. Written by Joe Gill and illustrated by Bill Molno with inks by Vince Alascia, the story unfolds with gentle realism as their carefully maintained secret begins to unravel. The cover, by Charles Nicholas with inks by Vince Alascia, captures the quiet drama of their hidden lives.

writer Joe Gill · artist Bill Molno · inker Vince Alascia · letterer Jon D'Agostino · cover Vince Alascia, Charles Nicholas

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writer Joe Gill

artist Bill Molno

inker Vince Alascia

letterer Jon D'Agostino

cover inks Vince Alascia

cover pencils Charles Nicholas

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Hank and Joan both work for Mr. Bascombe. They marry secretly because Bascombe has a rule against his employees fraternizing. Joan feels she must stay at the company until a big merger goes through, feeling it’d be disloyal to leave. After two months, Hank can’t keep up the pretense and decides to quit, but Joan confesses the truth. Bascombe says he doesn’t mind if they’re married, and urges Joan to leave her job because “a secretary can always be replaced…and being a wife’s a full-time job!”

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