Girls' Love Stories #144 (On Sale: May 13, 1969) has a cover by supposedly
George Tuska and
Vinny Colletta. It looks nothing like Tuska and certainly nothing like the Tuska/Colletta art on
Iron Man at Marvel. Oddly, this cover falls back on the old logo that was replaced two issues prior.
We begin with
"Can Love Last Forever?" drawn by
John Rosenberger. Next is
"Too Late for Tears" a reprint from
Secret Hearts #43 drawn by
John Romita and
Bernard Sachs. That is followed by
"He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not" drawn by
Jay Scott Pike. Lastly is our cover-story,
"Memory of Margret" drawn by
George Tuska and
Vinny Colletta.
This is
George Tuska's first work of DC in ten years (
Tales of the Unexpected #34) and his first cover since
Uncle Sam #3 in 1942.
George Tuska studied at the
National Academy School of Art. In 1939, he became an assistant on the
Scorchy Smith newspaper comic strip. As he explained in an interview in
Alter Ego #3, he also worked for for the
Eisner & Iger studio, "alongside
Bob Powell, Lou Fine, and
Mike Sekowsky" , adding that the studio later expanded "with
Charles Sultan, John Celardo, Nick Cardy, and [writer]
Toni Blum joining in. I worked on
'Shark Brodie' [for
Fiction House],
'Spike Marlin' [in
Harvey Comics' Speed Comics, as
Carl Larson], and other strips" for comics including
Fiction House's Jungle Comics and
Wings Comics, and
Fox Comics' Wonderworld Comics and
Mystery Men Comics."
Tuska later left to work with packager
Harry "A" Chesler's studio, helping to supply content for such
Fawcett Comics publications as
Captain Marvel Adventures, and for such characters as
Golden Arrow, Uncle Sam and
El Carim. Tuska also drew the debut of the
Quality Comics feature
Hercules — starring a superhuman circus strongman, not the mythological figure — in
Hit Comics #1 (July 1940).
Following Tuska's military service in World War II, he worked on
Lev Gleason Publications' comic-book series
Crime Does Not Pay, and later became one of the last writer-artists of
Scorchy Smith, which ran until 1961. Tuska also did the comic strip
Buck Rogers from 1959-1967.
Tuska freelanced primarily for
Marvel during the 1960s Silver Age of comic books and beyond, penciling and occasionally inking other artists on series including
Ghost Rider, Luke Cage, Power Man, Black Goliath, Sub-Mariner, The X-Men and the movie tie-in series
Planet of the Apes. His first Marvel story, a
"Tales of the Watcher" feature in
Tales of Suspense #58 (Nov. 1964), had a special introduction by editor
Stan Lee hailing the return of the Golden Age great. He enjoyed a nearly ten-year, sometimes briefly interrupted, run on
Iron Man from issue #5 (Sept. 1968) to #106 (Jan. 1978).
His work at DC would include numerous romance and horror/mystery stories, but he is best remembered at DC for his super-hero work, starting with
Challengers of the Unknown #73 in 1970. Besides the Challs, Tuska would work on the
Teen Titans, Superboy,
Superman in
Action Comics and Superman Family,
Jimmy Olsen in
Superman Family,
Justice League of America, Legion of Super-Heroes, Superman/Batman and
Black Lightning in
World's Finest Comics, Masters of the Universe, Green Lantern, Infinity Inc., and
Fury of Firestorm.
George Tuska also pulled a 15-year stint drawing
The World's Greatest Superheroes Present Superman newspaper strip from 1978-1993. His last DC work was on a
Wildcat story in
Wildcats: Mosaic #1 in 2000. Tuska retired from active comics work as of the 2000s and lives in Manchester, New Jersey where he does commissioned art. He also makes the rounds of many of the comic conventions even though he is currently 93 years old.
Edited by
Joe Orlando.
Girls' Love Stories #153 (On Sale: June 25, 1970) has a cover inked by Dick Giordano.
Girls' Love Stories #151 (On Sale: March 24, 1970) has a cover attributed by GCD to John Rosenberger, but is obviously the work of the great Nick Cardy.
Girls' Love Stories #150 (On Sale: February 12, 1970) has a cover by. well, I don't know, but I know it is not by Nick Cardy as the GCD says.
Girls' Love Stories #149 (On Sale: December 23, 1969) has a cover penciled by Ric Estrada. Some have this credited to Nick Cardy, but those people are on serious drugs.
Girls' Love Stories #148 (On Sale: November 13, 1969) has a nice cover by Nick Cardy.
Girls' Love Stories #147 (On Sale: September 25, 1969) has a poorly drawn and poorly colored cover by persons unknown.
Girls' Love Stories #146 (On Sale: August 12, 1969) has a cover by George Tuska and Vinny Colletta.
Girls' Love Stories #145 (On Sale: June 26, 1969) has another sexy cover by Nick Cardy.
Girls' Love Stories #144 (On Sale: May 13, 1969) has a cover by supposedly George Tuska and Vinny Colletta. It looks nothing like Tuska and certainly nothing like the Tuska/Colletta art on Iron Man at Marvel. Oddly, this cover falls back on the old logo that was replaced two issues prior.
This is George Tuska's first work of DC in ten years (Tales of the Unexpected #34) and his first cover since Uncle Sam #3 in 1942.
George Tuska also pulled a 15-year stint drawing The World's Greatest Superheroes Present Superman newspaper strip from 1978-1993. His last DC work was on a Wildcat story in Wildcats: Mosaic #1 in 2000. Tuska retired from active comics work as of the 2000s and lives in Manchester, New Jersey where he does commissioned art. He also makes the rounds of many of the comic conventions even though he is currently 93 years old.
Girls' Love Stories #143 (On Sale: March 25, 1969) has a nice cover by Nick Cardy, but it seems like it was meant for a different book. the cover blurb is normally the name of a story, usually the last story in the romance book, but there is no story entitled "Love From a Stranger" in this issue.
Girls' Love Stories #142 (On Sale: February 13, 1969) has a cover penciled by editor Joe Orlando and sporting a new logo for the first time in three years.
Girls' Love Stories #141 (On Sale: December 24, 1968) has a cover penciled by Ric Estrada.
