My Life, True Stories in Pictures #10
In "His Kisses Were Tainted," Wally Wood’s striking art brings to life the quiet tragedy of Phyllis, a woman caught between love and loyalty. As she navigates a secret romance with her boss Mr. Mackay and a devastating betrayal, her life unravels in ways she never saw coming. A 1949 Fox comic, this poignant story is illustrated with stark emotional detail by Wally Wood.
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Phyllis and Ken are engaged but can’t get married until he’s established in business. She goes to work as a secretary for Mr. Mackay, and falls for him. She also invests her widowed mother’s life savings in mining stock recommended by her boss. Mackay takes Phyllis on a “business” trip and is murdered by a former associate he’d cheated. Ken has married someone else, so Phyllis and her mother move away and start over, her mother running a boarding house and Phyllis working as a waitress.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).