Wartime Romances #11
"Love Pirate" kicks off in Wartime Romances #11 (1952), a standout entry from the era’s romance genre, featuring the dynamic art of Matt Baker—both in pencils and inks—on the interior pages and on the cover. Joyce’s tangled emotions take center stage as her crush on Don clashes with her pride and a web of deception that spirals after his return from service with a British wife, Madge. With Matt Baker’s expressive storytelling on full display, the issue explores longing, regret, and the fragile hope of redemption, all set against the quiet tension of wartime romance.
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Joyce has a crush on Don but he isn’t interested in her. She rejects Tommy’s love. When Don goes into the service, she writes to him frequently, and tells her friends they’re “practically engaged!” Don returns with a British wife, Madge, and Joyce decides to break them up. She arranges for Madge to think she and Don are having an affair, but he forces Joyce to confess the truth. Tommy makes Joyce admit she’s been lying and he says he still loves her; she agrees to change.
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