Chicago Spanking Review

Popular Teen-Agers #14

From Popular Teen-Agers #14 (November 1952). © Star Publications. Enhanced by Spiritworks Studio. Posted by the Web-Ed on 06/18/2010.

Proceeding with our survey of "The Seven Spankings" (comic-book spankings which were known to a small group of us back in the 70's) let's take a look at the 4th of them, from Popular Teen-Agers #14 (November 1952 is the date given by the Spirit, and it is probably correct - it would have to have been somewhere in the period 1951-53. Publication dates for Star are a little uncertain). Once again we are indebted to The Spirit, who managed to track this one down (no mean feat in itself) and redo it.

Cover art by L. B. Cole.

Here is the issue's cover, which as usual gives no hint as to the spanking inside. We mentioned in connection with Campus Loves #5 that there had been some confusion over the interior contents; this time, the confusion is over the title, and you may occasionally see it referred to as Secrets of Love based on the cover. However, since "secrets of love" does not appear in the indicia, it must have been merely a sub-title.

© Star Publications.

Here are the spankings from the splash page (top) and interior (bottom) as enhanced by Spiritworks Studio. The art is credited to Wallace Wood, but we can't confirm that. One source credits the story to Harrison/Wood and is unclear about the art, but we can't confirm that either. Star Publications was not one of the major publishing houses, and we're not aware of any books or other scholarship about them, so it's difficult to nail these down.

The spanking is pretty good, though, and it's shown twice, just as the ones from Campus Loves and The Spirit were - it's interesting how the spanking scenes were considered exciting enough to be featured on the splash pages. "I was a shrew!" admits the girl, in the title. "It's about time somebody took you in hand!" says the man, and this is a good "taken in hand" type of romantic spanking. He also admonishes her, "Remember to act like a lady, or I'll spank you again." And this causes her to behave herself - excellent!