Heart Throbs was a romance comic published by Quality Comics and DC Comics from 1949 to 1972 . Quality published the book from 1949– 1957 , when it was acquired by DC. Most issues featured a number of short comics stories, as well advice columns , text pieces, and filler . The long-running feature "3 Girls—Their Lives—Their Loves", drawn by Jay Scott Pike and inked by Russ Jones , ran in Heart Throbs from 1966–1970.
38-654: In addition to Pike and Jones, regular contributors to Heart Throbs during its run included Bob Kanigher , Barbara Friedlander, Jay Criton, Gene Colan , John Romita, Sr. , John Forte , Vince Colletta , Bernard Sachs, Win Mortimer , John Rosenberger , and Tony DeZuniga . Quality Comics published 46 issues of Heart Throbs from Aug. 1949–Dec. 1956. Many early issues featured photographic covers. The company closed in 1956, selling most of its assets to National Periodical Publications (now known as DC Comics). With its acquisition of Heart Throbs , DC continued its numbering,
76-721: A Lost Nightmare" in Iron Man #44 (Jan. 1972) and "Running for Love" in Our Love Story #19 (Oct. 1972). Kanigher returned as writer-editor of the Wonder Woman title with issue #204 (Jan.–Feb. 1973) and restored the character's powers and traditional costume. In 1974, drawing on a classic novel , he introduced Rima the Jungle Girl to the DC Universe in her own title. Kanigher and Kubert created Ragman in
114-435: A writer started early, with his short stories and poetry being published in magazines. He won The New York Times Collegiate Short Story Contest in 1932. In the late 1930s and early 1940s, Kanigher also wrote for radio, film, and authored several plays. In 1943 Kanigher wrote How to Make Money Writing, which included a section on comics, making it one of the earliest works on the subject. Kanigher's earliest comics work
152-458: Is considered one of his most memorable contributions to the medium. Comics historian Bill Schelly noted that "Kanigher's scripts were built on well-orchestrated dramatic sequences, with the story's objects not war-time danger and violence, but the impact these events had on the men of Easy Company ." In 1956, DC editor Julius Schwartz assigned Kanigher and Infantino to the company's first attempt at reviving superheroes: an updated version of
190-699: Is named Kanigher Falls. In 2014, Kanigher was posthumously recognized with the Bill Finger Award . Brian Azzarello Brian Azzarello (born August 11, 1962) is an American comic book writer and screenwriter who first came to prominence with the hardboiled crime series 100 Bullets , published by DC Comics ' mature-audience imprint Vertigo . Azzarello is best known for his numerous collaborations with artists Eduardo Risso ( 100 Bullets , Batman: Broken City , Spaceman , Moonshine ) and Lee Bermejo ( Batman/Deathblow , Luthor , Joker , Batman: Damned ), his contributions to
228-620: The Watchmen prequel project Before Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns sequel series DK III: The Master Race , as well as for his stints on the long-running Vertigo series Hellblazer and The New 52 relaunch of the Wonder Woman title. Azzarello grew up in Cleveland Heights, Ohio , where his mother managed a restaurant and his father was a salesman. As a child, he read monster and war comic books, but avoided
266-522: The Flash that would appear in issue #4 (Oct. 1956) of the try-out series Showcase . The eventual success of the new, science-fiction oriented Flash heralded the wholesale return of superheroes, and the beginning of what fans and historians call the Silver Age of comics. Artist Ross Andru began a nine-year run on Wonder Woman , starting with issue #98 (May 1958), where he and Kanigher reinvented
304-763: The " Haunted Tank " feature, and the Sea Devils series. Several of Kanigher's characters were combined into a single feature titled " The Losers ". Their first appearance as a group was with the Haunted Tank crew in G.I. Combat #138 (Oct.–Nov. 1969). In the late 1950s and 1960s, Kanigher had a hand in creating many other characters, including the Viking Prince , Balloon Buster, and the Batman villain Poison Ivy . Among fellow comic creators, Kanigher
342-608: The " Hawkman " feature in Flash Comics , and Green Lantern . Kanigher edited Wonder Woman starting in 1948 to issue #176 (May–June 1968). A year after Wonder Woman creator William Moulton Marston died in 1947, Kanigher became the title's writer as well. Kanigher wrote "The Black Canary", a six-page Johnny Thunder story which introduced the Black Canary character in Flash Comics #86 (August 1947). This
380-465: The DC Comics imprint Vertigo published a four-issue limited series titled Heartthrobs , which spoofed Heart Throbs in an R-rated manner. Heartthrobs featured satirical adult-oriented stories by such creators as Brian Azzarello , Frank Quitely , Ilya , Bob Fingerman , and Richard Corben . Bob Kanigher Robert Kanigher ( / ˈ k æ n ɪ ɡ ər / ; June 18, 1915 – May 7, 2002)
418-977: The Human Thunderbolt!", which introduced the Barry Allen version of the Flash in Showcase #4 (Oct. 1956). Kanigher was born in New York City, the third of Ephraim and Rebecca (née Herman) Kanigher's three children. Kanigher's parents were Romanian Jewish immigrants. Kanigher started working part-time when 12 years old to help support his family. "My father was destroyed in the Great Depression". He quickly started working full-time. "I supported them in their own flat (without their asking me), paying for everything from chewing gum to (their) coffins, 28 years later". Kanigher's career as
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#1732782442832456-512: The Way It Is... to Lynn Farrell" began running in 1969. The column was retitled "Like It Is!" (with advice dispensed by "Donna Fayne") in 1972, near the end of the book's run. Notable creators who worked on the title for Quality Comics included Jay Criton, who worked on the title from 1954–56, and Gene Colan , who did spot stories in the 1950s. Ogden Whitney also contributed artwork to the book during this period. Penciler John Forte worked on
494-503: The auspices of DC, Heart Throbs ' initial editor was Whitney Ellsworth . Phyllis Reed took over as editor in 1959, staying on the book until 1963. Larry "L.M." Nadle edited Heart Throbs until his death in December 1963, after which it was taken over by Jack Miller. Barbara Friedlander was the book's editor, as well as one of its lead writers, during the period 1966-1968. Jack Miller returned as editor in 1968, staying until 1969 when he
532-493: The bullpen. "Like the stuff ... like the stuff ..." That was about the amount of conversation we had. Then one day we were in the elevator together, and he said, "Like the stuff." I, like an innocent fool ... I used to do some adjustments to his pages. If he had a heavy-copy panel, I might take a balloon from one panel and put it in the next. Just because I was distributing space. I was so stupid and naive, I said to him, "It doesn't bother you, does it, that I sometimes switch some of
570-608: The character, introducing the Silver Age version and her supporting cast. Kanigher and Andru had several other notable collaborations. The "Gunner and Sarge" feature introduced in All-American Men of War #67 (March 1959) was one of the first war comics to feature recurring characters. Andru drew an early appearance of Kanigher's Sgt. Rock character in Our Army at War #81 (April 1959) The creative team co-created
608-459: The fact that the mini-series were edited by the team of DC's Wildstorm imprint, experienced production problems and delays, causing Luthor to become a standalone work only loosely connected to "For Tomorrow". In the following years, Azzarello continued to write more Batman -related stories such as the 2008 graphic novel Joker , a serial for Wednesday Comics in 2009 and Flashpoint: Batman — Knight of Vengeance . In April 2015, Azzarello
646-606: The first issue (Aug.–Sept. 1976) of that character's short-lived ongoing series. Around 1977, Kanigher taught for a year at the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art . Kanigher was still working for DC into the early 1980s, most notably on the Creature Commandos feature in Weird War Tales . When told the comic was being canceled, Kanigher wrote a one-page Creature Commandos story where
684-418: The first issue being #47 (Apr./May 1957). The company published 100 issues of Hearth Throbs , until #146 (Oct. 1972). With issue #147 (Nov. 1972), DC changed the title of the book to Love Stories , publishing six more issues before cancelling the comic for good with issue #152 (Oct./Nov. 1973). In 1979, Fireside Books published Heart Throbs: The Best of DC Romance Comics , which featured many stories from
722-483: The light fantasy stories the imprint was known for at the time, and Azzarello was eventually hired as a writer. He contributed short stories to a number of Vertigo's anthology titles and penned Jonny Double , a 4-issue limited series which marked his first collaboration with Argentine artist Eduardo Risso . In August 1999, Azzarello and Risso launched 100 Bullets , a hardboiled noir series for Vertigo. The series ran for one hundred issues, from 1999 to 2009, and
760-853: The original version of the Suicide Squad in The Brave and the Bold #25 (September 1959). Another innovation was the melding of war comics with science-fiction in " The War that Time Forgot ", a feature created by Kanigher and Andru in Star Spangled War Stories #90 (May 1960). The Kanigher-Andru pairing co-created the Metal Men in Showcase #37 (March–April 1962). Kanigher also created other popular action series features, such as " Enemy Ace ", " The Losers ", and The Unknown Soldier . He and artist Russ Heath created
798-691: The pages of Heart Throbs . Starting with its first issue as publisher, DC ran the regular text feature "It Happened in Hollywood" in Heart Throbs until the early 1960s. Starting with issue #102 (June/July 1966), Heart Throbs began the long-running serial "3 Girls—Their Lives—Their Loves". It ran 22 episodes before concluding in issue #123 (Dec. 1969/Jan. 1970). During the Quality Comics period, Hearth Throbs featured Marilyn Minton's "Advice on Love Problems". The advice column "Telling It
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#1732782442832836-524: The panels around and move some of the balloons from one panel to another?" He started to chew me out in the elevator! "Who the hell do you think you are, changing my stuff? Where do you come off changing my stuff? You don't know anything about this business!" Reuniting with Andru, Kanigher co-created the " Rose & The Thorn " backup feature in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #105 (October 1970). Kanigher wrote two stories for Marvel Comics : "Weep for
874-541: The series resumed publication with issue #13 as an ongoing title. The series lasted for 28 issues, ending in 2021. Azzarello and Risso won the 2001 Eisner Award for Best Serialized Story in 100 Bullets #15–18: "Hang Up on the Hang Low". Azzarello cites Jim Thompson and David Goodis among his influences. Azzarello was married to fellow comic book creator Jill Thompson . The couple resided in Chicago. In
912-486: The superhero genre. He attended the Cleveland Institute of Art , studying painting and printmaking. In 1989, after several years of working various blue-collar jobs, Azzarello moved to Chicago , where he became interested in the work of Black Lizard Press , a small publishing house which reprinted hardboiled detective and noir fiction . He also met his future wife Jill Thompson , a comic book artist who
950-471: The team of military superhumans and himself were rocketed off into space. In 1985, DC Comics named Kanigher as one of the honorees in the company's 50th anniversary publication Fifty Who Made DC Great . Streets and buildings have been named in his honor in several of DC Comics' fictional cities, including Central City and Keystone City . The hometown of Nate Banks in the comic book themed kids' series of novels, The Amazing Adventures of Nate Banks ,
988-526: The title for periods under both publishers. For a while Mort Drucker supplied illustrations for regular one-page fillers after the title's acquisition by DC. Colan returned as an inker in the DC period, working on the title from 1963–1967. Vince Colletta inked Heart Throbs stories at different times throughout the period 1958–1972. Bernard Sachs inked many covers and stories through the DC period, being particularly active up through 1969. John Romita, Sr. (who
1026-507: The title until issue #35 (Dec. 2014). In 2012, Azzarello wrote two limited series for the Before Watchmen project, focusing on Comedian and Rorschach . In 2014, Azzarello became the co-writer of the weekly series The New 52: Futures End along with Jeff Lemire , Keith Giffen and Dan Jurgens . In 2016, Azzarello launched the 12-issue maxi-series Moonshine with frequent collaborator Eduardo Risso at Image . In 2019,
1064-497: Was also artist Carmine Infantino 's first published work for DC. Other new characters created by Kanigher during this time included Rose and Thorn and the Harlequin . Starting in 1952, Kanigher began editing and writing the "big five" DC Comics' war titles: G.I. Combat , Our Army at War , Our Fighting Forces , All-American Men of War , and Star Spangled War Stories . His creation of Sgt. Rock with Joe Kubert
1102-426: Was an American comic book writer and editor whose career spanned five decades. He was involved with the Wonder Woman franchise for over twenty years, taking over the scripting from creator William Moulton Marston . In addition, Kanigher spent many years in charge of DC Comics 's war titles and created the character Sgt. Rock . Kanigher scripted what is considered the first Silver Age comic book story, "Mystery of
1140-525: Was announced as the co-writer of an eight-issue sequel to The Dark Knight Returns , titled The Dark Knight III: The Master Race , with Frank Miller and artist Andy Kubert . The series, released bi-monthly, was launched in late 2015. Azzarello's most recent Batman work was the Batman: Damned three-issue series for the DC Black Label imprint with artist Lee Bermejo . Azzarello
1178-433: Was as well known for his unstable personality and violent temper as he was for his brilliance as a writer, and collaborators such as Gene Colan and John Romita Sr. have commented on the difficulty of working with him. Romita recounted: I worked on a series with Kanigher — he wrote two series for me in the romance dept. One about an airline stewardess, and one about a nurse. He used to compliment me whenever he'd see me in
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1216-682: Was assigned to write arcs for DC Comics' Batman and Superman , commenting to Chicago Tribune , "DC is giving me the keys to both cars in the garage, the Maserati and the Ferrari ... Somebody told me, 'Don't drive drunk.'" The results were the 6-issue Batman: Broken City and the 12-issue " Superman: For Tomorrow ", which was supposed to be the centerpiece of a larger storyline consisting of several interconnected mini-series, including one written by Azzarello, Lex Luthor: Man of Steel . The initiative, unofficially dubbed "Superstorm" due to
1254-400: Was cover artist for many of DC's romance titles) drew most of the covers from 1960–1963. Bob Kanigher wrote many stories during the later half of the 1960s. In addition to his work on "3 Girls", Pike drew the majority of the book's covers from 1967–1972. Win Mortimer and John Rosenberger were regular contributors during the same period. Tony DeZuniga inked the book in 1971–1972. Under
1292-607: Was in such titles as Fox Feature Syndicate 's Blue Beetle (where he created the Bouncer ), MLJ/Archie Comics 's Steel Sterling and The Web , and Fawcett Comics Captain Marvel Adventures . Kanigher joined All-American Comics , a precursor of the future DC Comics , as a scripter in 1945, and was quickly promoted to editor. He wrote the " Justice Society of America " feature in All Star Comics ,
1330-498: Was noted for Azzarello's use of regional and local accents, as well as the frequent use of slang and oblique, metaphorical language in his characters' dialogue. Azzarello's other work for Vertigo includes a run on Hellblazer , the 2005 western series Loveless with artist Marcelo Frusin and an original graphic novel Filthy Rich , one of the two titles that launched the Vertigo Crime line in 2009. In 2003, Azzarello
1368-469: Was one of the architects of First Wave , a new publishing line for pulp characters then-recently acquired by DC Comics, set outside the main DC continuity . He wrote the opening one-shot for the line, Batman/Doc Savage , continuing with the First Wave limited series . In 2011, Azzarello spearheaded The New 52 relaunch of the Wonder Woman series with artist Cliff Chiang . The pair stayed on
1406-417: Was replaced by Joe Orlando . Dorothy Woolfolk edited the title from 1971 to the end of its run. In the late 1970s, underground cartoonist Larry Fuller created Gay Heart Throbs , a homosexual homage to Heart Throbs . It lasted only a few issues. The 1987–1991 comic book series Good Girls , created by Carol Lay , satirizes romance comics conventions, particularly those of Heart Throbs . In 1999,
1444-478: Was working for DC Comics 's imprint Vertigo . Azzarello began working in comics in 1992, joining Comico as the production coordinator. He was soon promoted to managing editor, before becoming Editor-in-Chief—or, as he was often credited, "line editor"—the position he held from 1993 until the company's demise in 1997. During this period, Azzarello's wife Jill Thompson introduced him to Lou Stathis , an editor at DC Comics ' Vertigo who wanted to move away from
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