PATSY & HEDY #99 / Marvel Romance Art

A prime example of Marvel Silver Age romance art, as both Patsy and Hedy appear on this twice-up page. Written by Stan Lee, it still has his pencil notes for the script above the top two panels, an example of the "Marvel Method" of comics. Illustrated by Sol Brodsky. NOTE: Not sure if this was Stan Lee or Sol Brodsky's idea, but likely one of the two came up with the marketing genius idea of having readers submit fashions, hairstyles and accessories that the characters would wear, and then credit them in the comic! Two examples are on this page. (A scan of the comic cover is below, just for reference)

Sol's Wikipedia Bio: "Sol Brodsky was an American comic book artist who, as Marvel Comics' Silver Age production manager, was one of the key architects of the small company's expansion to a major pop culture conglomerate. Stan Lee described Brodsky as "my assistant for years and the company's production head. He could write, he could draw, he could ink — he could do everything."[4] So integral was Brodsky to the Marvel phenomenon, and so well-liked, that even after leaving to co-found a rival company, Skywald Publications, he was welcomed back after some months at that eventually defunct firm."