With today being National Nurses Day, a look back at a long gone title, from a long gone company, Charlton comics...
...with Sue And Sally Smith, Flying Nurses!
Blond Sue and brunette Sally Smith first appeared in
My Secret Life #47 (September, 1962) by
Joe Gill,
Joe Sinnott and
Vince Colletta, with a cover by
Charles Nicolas and
Vince Alascia in the story "I'll Die Soon, Darling" and "Firestorm", bringing romance and action with a bit of beauty to comics.
The sisters of mercy then took over the title, with
Sue And Sally Smith, Flying Nurses #48 (November, 1962), with "No Serum For Greed", "We Must Go On Living" and "Dangerous Assignment" (all by
Gill,
Sinnott and
Colletta, but cover by
Dick Giordano).
Dick Giordano provided the covers for
Sue and Sally Smith, Flying Nurses #49 and
#50 (January and March, 1963) with
Gill,
Sinnott and
Coletta stories about them in
#49 of Sahara Mission and "The Man Nobody Loved"...
...and "Death Mountain" likely by
Gill,
Sinnott and
Colletta, and additional stories "Mental Cure" and "The Kissing Booth" in
#50.
Joe Sinnott and
Vince Colletta provided the cover for
Sue and Sally Smith, Flying Nurses #51 (May, 1963), with stories "The Surgeon Had To Die" and "Fall of Death" with art by
Sinnott and
Colletta.
Dick Giordano did the cover for
#52 (July, 1963), with "Disaster Flight" and "A Thread Of Life", with the first story by
Gill,
Sinnott and
Colletta, and the second inked by
Colletta.
Their last two issues were
Sue and Sally Smith #53 (September, 1963) with a cover by
Charles Nicholas and
Vince Alascia, with stories "The Cure Was Courage" by
Joe Gill,
Dick Ayers and
Vince Colletta, and "Sally's Safari" written by Gill and inked by
Colletta.
Sue and Sally Smith #54 (November, 1963) had a cover by
Dick Giordano, and stories of "The Greed Virus" by
Gill, Giordano and
Colletta and "Sympton Of Evil" by
Gill,
Giordano and
Colletta's studio.
Though forgotten by modern comic audiences, the thrills and romance of the Charlton era and adventurous nurses live on!
