MARSHA MANNES
Real Name: Marsha Mannes
Identity/Class: Normal human (1950s era)
Occupation: Unrevealed, housewife(?)
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: Don Forbes, Roy Mathews, Mr. Mathews (first name unrevealed, uncle to Roy)
Enemies: None
Known Relatives: Roy Mathews (husband)
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Unrevealed rural location, USA
First Appearance: Love Tales#65/5 (December, 1955)
Powers/Abilities: Marsha Mannes had no outstanding abilities, but was good-natured and romantic.
Height: 5'2" (by approximation)
Weight: 105 lbs. (by approximation)
Eyes: Dark green
Hair: Strawberry blond
History:
(Love Tales#65/5 (fb)) - Marsha Mannes enjoyed a relationship with the charming and successful Don Forbes (likely in New York). One evening, overlooking the skyline, he proposed marriage to her; surprised, she asked for time to think about it. Marsha drove out to a rural area to be surrounded by nature to give the proposal solemn thought, and stayed at a farm-style lodge, Shady Elms, owned by Mr. Mathews. His courteous nephew, Roy Mathews, instantly caught her eye and the two connected quickly, seeing each other every day, eventually kissing. Marsha revealed her predicament, yet Roy still proposed to her as well. Tearful and confused, she ran off and left the next morning. Despite having enjoyed the country, she was glad to be back in the city and eager to see Don.
(Love Tales#65/5 (fb) - BTS) - Marsha met Don, but
when their eyes met, they both knew their relationship was over. So
without unpacking, Marsha, drove back to Shady Elms and soon married
Roy, the man she truly loved (despite the brief romance).
(Love Tales#65/5) - Marsha spoke of her romance and welcomed her husband home.
Comments: Created by uncredited writer, Jay Scott Pike (pencils & inks).
The Story was reprinted in Our Love Story#36 (September, 1975), which is where the images are from. It was tagged as coming from "your mother's young days". Within fifteen years from this story's first printing, there were progressions in art style and contemporary settings and norms in Marvel's romance comics.
The story has a nice framing sequence; it's all told
in flashback until the very end and the reader is the person Marsha is
speaking to.
These romance stories often had the flavor of the time in which they were written, and nothing else to tie them into Marvel's sliding timescale. As such, it's likely that the stories took place at the time of publication rather than being part of the sliding timescale.
Profile by Grendel Prime.
CLARIFICATIONS
:
Marsha Mannes has no known connections to:
Don Forbes was handsome, charming and successful, and
enjoyed a relationship with a Marsha Mannes. one evening, he proposed
to her, but this caught her unprepared and she retired to the country
to consider the proposal. She returned to the city, but had been wooed
by a country boy, and upon seeing Don, both Marsha and Don realized
their relationship was over.
--Love Tales#65/5
Roy Mathews was the nephew of the owner of Shady
Elms, a farm that also functioned as a lodge. He worked the farm and
loved the rural life. He connected quickly with Marsha Mannes when she
visited to quietly consider a marriage proposal. Roy spent every day
with Marsha and soon proposed to her, despite knowing her predicament.
She ran off tearful and confused, but returned the next day. The two
married and lived happily together.
--Love Tales#65/5
images:
(without ads)
Love Tales#65/5, p3, pan1 (main image)
p4, pan3 (headshot)
p1, pan1 (Forbes)
p2, pan6 (Mathews)
Appearances:
Love Tales#65/5 (December, 1955) - uncredited writer, Jay Scott Pike (pencils & inks), Stan Lee (editor)
First posted: 07/22/2019
Last updated: 07/22/2019
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