Sequential Crush‘s Jacque Nodell helps TV’s History Detectives search for the identity of the artist on Negro Romances but I’m not at all sure I agree with the show’s conclusion…at least not for the single story shown.

http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/investigation/african-american-comic-book/

The show said the art was by A.C. Hollingsworth, based on the memories of the comic’s 90-something editor/writer. There were multiple stories in the book so maybe Hollingsworth drew one of the others but here is one he did draw. To me, not even close.

http://fourcolorshadows.blogspot.com/2010/07/phantom-of-philip-hawks-ac.html

To highlight her appearance on History Detectives, Jacque dug up another, later African-American romance tale to explore on Sequential Crush, also.

http://sequentialcrush.blogspot.com/2011/07/1970s-african-american-romance-comic.html

Finally today, here’s a look at the photo covers covers of all three issues of the rare Negro Romances title from Fawcett which launched the episode in the first place.

http://blacksuperheroines.blogspot.com/2009/11/negro-romance-comics-1950.html