Heart Throbs #136
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Smashup!" from Heart Throbs #136 (1971), a 25-cent comic in a time when teen drama still carried real weight, Donna grapples with a lingering reputation from her teenage years, shaped by a rebellious friend named Jackie "The Rebel." Years later, as boys keep drifting away after a brief interest, she and her mother wonder why the past won’t let go—until Donna uncovers the truth behind the whispers. Win Mortimer handles both art and inks, while Ira Schnapp letters the story, and Ric Estrada and Dick Giordano deliver the cover.
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As a teenager, Donna hangs out with wild Jackie "The Rebel" and starts to get a bad reputation in town. She eventually stops seeing Jackie, but her reputation follows her. Many boys seem to be interested at first, but drop her soon after. After years of this, Donna and her mother wonder what keeps the old reputation alive. Donna finds out when she catches her best friend Cynthia telling her latest boyfriend about her past. But Dave realizes Cynthia is sabotaging Donna out of jealousy and tells Donna what matters is that she stopped seeing Jackie.
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