Love Stinks

As Obi-Wan Kenobi once told us in that movie, "Love is a many splendored thing, love lifts us up where we belong, all you need is love!" When he said that, what he told you was true...from a certain point of view. And me? Well, I've read Marvel's Silver Age romance comics. Those, and the first music video I ever saw on MTV, told me a different story. I mean, I'd trust a Jedi if I needed to chop somebody's arm off...but, when it comes to love, everybody knows that only Stan Lee and Peter Wolf know the true score. Take it away, boys!


You love her
But she loves him
And he loves somebody else
You just can't win




And so it goes
Till the day you die
This thing they call love
It's gonna make you cry




I've had the blues
The reds and the pinks
One thing for sure




Love stinks
Love stinks, yeah yeah
Love stinks
Love stinks, yeah yeah




Love stinks
Love stinks, yeah yeah
Love stinks
Love stinks, yeah yeah




Two by two and side by side
Love's gonna find you, yes it is
You just can't hide




You'll hear it call
Your heart will fall
Then love will fly
It's gonna soar




I don't care for any Casanova thing
All I can say is
Love stinks




Love stinks
Love stinks, yeah yeah
Love stinks
Love stinks, yeah yeah




Love stinks
Love stinks, yeah yeah
Love stinks
Love stinks, yeah yeah




I've been through diamonds
I've been through minks
I've been through it all
Love stinks



All panels from Teen-Age Romance #86 (March 1962), featuring work by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Tom Scheuer, Gene Colan, and Vince Colletta as The Beaver.

Love stinks
Love stinks, yeah yeah
Love stinks
Love stinks, yeah yeah
Love stinks
Love stinks, yeah yeah
Love stinks
Love stinks, yeah yeah

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Special bonus: let's look at the actual ads in Teen-Age Romance #86, featuring all the things a proper young lady will need to land her special man!:

Beautiful hands! And strong nails to claw your rival's eyes out!

A slim and slender figure! Plus, breathing problems throughout your entire high school years!

Plenty of bling! Fool your friends! Make your boyfriends jealous! Enrage Leonardo DiCaprio, star of Blood Diamond!

Booze, sweet booze.

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Even more special bonus: The special "Love Stinks" remix of the text story from Teen-Age Romance #86!:



So remember, everybody...love sti...

...um...what was I saying?