Cynthia Doyle, Nurse in Love featured some utterly fantastic covers by the late great Dick Giordano. The debut cover above is gorgeous.
This Charlton comic was originally titled Sweetheart Diary, and Cynthia Doyle appeared in the "final issue" of that mag before the rebranding. This cover was by the journeyman duo of Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia.
The series ended after nine issues, but all of them promised not only heart-rending drama, but some fair bit of action to boot. Below is a recreation of the sixty-ninth issue by Giordano himself.
To read the story behind this striking cover check out this link.
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Here in the UK the American healthcare system is regarded as the scary and unacceptable alternative to our socialist model so British right-wing politicians have to pretend they support the NHS (National Health Service) when they'd really prefer the US model of health insurance.
ReplyDeleteWe have allowed ourselves to be thrown to the wolves of industry here. We were close to getting something better, but I dread that all that momentum will be lost.
DeleteRio, thanks for posting these beautiful covers. Dick Giordano doesn't get enough well-deserved appreciation, I fear.
ReplyDeleteI've been a Giordano fan from the moment I saw his art on a Sarge Steel story in the back of a Judomaster comic. Precision!
DeleteI wonder if a comic lime this would sell to today's readers?. Excellent covers.
ReplyDeleteThere have been more than a few Indy comics that tried to bring romance back, but in a more female empowering way. Perhaps the superhero comic coopted the romance story as we've seen many times.
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