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.
Heart Throbs #127 (On Sale: June 25, 1970) has a cover penciled by Jay Scott Pike and inked by Vinny Colletta.
Falling In Love #115 (On Sale: March 17, 1970) has a cover attributed to Jay Scott Pike, but I personally don't see it but the inks by Vince Colletta could be why.
Falling In Love #114 (On Sale: February 5, 1970) has a cover inked by Vince Colletta.
Girls' Romances #147 (On Sale: January 15, 1970) has a cover by Nick Cardy.
Heart Throbs #124 (On Sale: December 23, 1969) has a cover by Ric Estrada and Vinny Colletta.
Girls' Romances #146 (On Sale: November 26, 1969) has a cover by Jay Scott Pike and Vinny Colletta.
Heart Throbs #123 (On Sale: October 23, 1969) has a cover by Vince Colletta.
Girls' Romances #144 (On Sale: August 25, 1969) has another great sexy-girl cover by Nick Cardy.
Heart Throbs #122 (On Sale: August 21, 1969) has a cover some attribute to Jay Scott Pike but is obviously the work of Nick Cardy.
Young Romance #162 (On Sale: August 14, 1969) has a cover by Ric Estrada and Vince Colletta..
Girls' Romances #143 (On Sale: July 10, 1969) has a cover by John Rosenberger and Vinny Colletta.
Girls' Love Stories #145 (On Sale: June 26, 1969) has another sexy cover by Nick Cardy.
Heart Throbs #121 (On Sale: June 24, 1969) has a pretty damn controversial cover by Nick Cardy.
Girls' Romances #142 (On Sale: May 27, 1969) has a cover by Jay Scott Pike and Vinny Colletta.
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.
Heart Throbs #120 (On Sale: April 22, 1969) has an interesting cover art combination: Jay Scott Pike and Neal Adams. I don't think they ever worked together again.
Girls' Romances #141 (On Sale: April 8, 1969) has a cover by Jay Scott Pike and Dick Giordano.
Heart Throbs #119 (On Sale: February 27, 1969) has a cover by, well GCD says penciled by Jay Scott Pike., but I say this is Carmine Infantino and Dick Giordano. Really bland coloring mars this one.
Heart Throbs #118 (On Sale: December 24, 1968) has a cover by Jay Scott Pike and Dick Giordano.
Heart Throbs #117 (On Sale: October 31, 1968) has a cover penciled by Jay Scott Pike. Looks like inks by Dick Giordano to me.