Weird Love #4
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis volume from IDW's Weird Love series collects vintage romance comics with a twist, focusing on tales of love and longing set against the backdrop of prison life. Featuring reprints of classic Silver Age stories, it showcases the melodramatic art and narrative style of mid-20th-century romance comics, exploring themes of forbidden love and redemption behind bars.
In "Forsaking All Others," Betty’s quiet contentment with her marriage to Ray is tested when his aging parents move in, stirring unease she masks with polite detachment. As she subtly makes their stay difficult, Ray faces a hard choice—until a shift in heart leads Betty to invite them back, not out of obligation, but something deeper. With emotionally charged storytelling and expressive art by Pete Morisi, this poignant issue explores the quiet tensions and unexpected tenderness in long-term love. The cover, by Ogden Whitney, captures the story’s intimate mood.
Betty Richardson is content in her marriage to Ray until he announces his elderly parents, John and Martha, will be moving in. Though she’s always polite, Betty subtly makes their stay uncomfortable, hoping they’ll leave. When they decide to return home, Betty finds herself reconsidering—only to surprise everyone, including herself, by inviting them back.
In "I Sinned Against Love," Gail Stewart navigates the weight of a secret marriage and a love that never had a chance to be honest. While still bound to her high school sweetheart Ron Brewster, she finds herself drawn to her boss, Frank Holbrook, in a quiet office job far from home. When Ron’s death brings a painful revelation, the truth about her past collides with her present, forcing her to confront the cost of love kept hidden.
Alice Harper, still feeling overshadowed by her older sister Martha, takes a bold step to claim her own spotlight—by becoming the most popular girl in school. With a mix of nerves and determination, she starts dating every boy in sight, trading secrets and stolen moments in the backroads darkness.
In a quiet high school moment tinged with longing and sisterly tension, Penny Hulbert steps out from her sister Gail’s shadow—just long enough to make a choice that ripples through her life and Bob’s. When a photo swap in a contest upends Gail’s plans to escape town with Greg Grissom, the truth slowly unfolds in a moment of unexpected honesty between Penny and Bob. The story unfolds with gentle precision, capturing the quiet magic of being seen for who you are.
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↩ Reprints Romantic Confessions #3 (1949), Our Secret #6 (1950), My Past #11 (1950), Complete Love Magazine #5 [161] (1951), Youthful Romances #11 (1952), Strange Confessions #2 (1952), First Love Illustrated #21 (1952), Youthful Romances #14 (1952), Romantic Adventures #28 (1952), Love and Marriage #6 (1953), Confessions of Love #6 (1953), Realistic Romances #15 (1954), Romantic Adventures #49 (1954), True Love Problems and Advice Illustrated #29 (1954), Secrets of Love and Marriage #1 (1956), Dear Heart #16 (1956), Lovelorn #73 (1956), Hi-School Romance #60 (1957), Confessions of the Lovelorn #84 (1957), Romantic Story #38 (1958), Confessions of the Lovelorn #112 (1960), Time for Love #2 (1967)
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