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Love Tales 51
Atlas Tales
Title Profile
Curated Atlas tales, timelines, and cover art notes.
Issue Information
- Cover Date
- February 1952
- Indicia Publisher
- Zenith Publishing Corp.
- Cover Titles
- The Whole Town's Talking!
No Greater Love!
When Love Comes too Soon! - Cover Credits
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Al Hartley pencils signed
Al Hartley pencils signed
Issue Overview
Love Tales #51 was published by Zenith Publishing Corp. in February 1952. It is part of Love Tales, a romance series that began in 1949.
Cover credits include Al Hartley.
Atlas Tales indexes 5 stories for this issue, including "When Love Comes Too Soon." Indexed story credits include Mike Sekowsky and Christopher Rule, among others.
Stories
When Love Comes Too Soon
Credits
Mike Sekowsky pencils attributed
Christopher Rule inks attributed
Contributors:
Doc V.: Creator Credit
Jim Van Dore: Story Information
Doc V.: Creator Credit
Jim Van Dore: Story Information
Notes: This is pencilled by Mike Sekowsky, the dean of 1948-1950 Timely romance
artists. No one pencilled more romance stories for Timely during these
years than Mike Sekowsky. The inker here is a classic example of
Christopher Rule inks. Rule's women were unmistakable and the panels
featuring larger figure shots or head shots are so classic Rule it makes me
wonder if Rule actually redrew the heads. The Rule "straight-on dreamy
stare" is here as well as the classic Rule "3/4 turn oval chin/face shot".
[Rule "dreamy straight-on" stare and "3/4 turn oval chin/face" shot are
Copyright 2006 Doc V.] - Doc V.
One Love in a Million
Credits
Credits not yet documented
Notes: A kind of silly example of overwrought melodrama saved by gorgeous Bill
Everett (signed) artwork! - Doc V.
Notes: A servicable romance filler by Morris Weiss (signed) in his realistic style. - Doc V.
The Whole Town's Talking!
Credits
Hank Chapman script signed
Bill Everett pencils signed
Contributors:
Doc V.: Creator Credit
Jim Van Dore: Story Information
Doc V.: Creator Credit
Jim Van Dore: Story Information
Notes: Written by Hank Chapman (signed), this silly little story is once again
saved by gorgeous Bill Everett (signed) artwork!
- Doc V.
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