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VICK GRANT

Real Name: Victoria "Vick" Grant

Identity/Class: Normal human

Occupation: Aspiring actress

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: Artur LaValle, Wendy Nelson

Enemies: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Hollywood, USA

First Appearance: Our Love Story#5/3 (June, 1970)

Powers/Abilities: Slim Vick Grant is an ambitious actress, but her youth makes her starstruck and easily swayed by her emotions when it comes to romance.

Height: 5'4" (by approximations)
Weight: 115 lbs. (by approximation)
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Platinum blond

 

History:

(Our Love Story#5/3 (fb) - BTS) - Victoria "Vick" Grant had longed to be an actress. Her drama class had been selected to visit the set of renown director Artur LaValle and they were taken there by coach bus to work with him for a week.

(Our Love Story#5/3) - Awestruck Grant chatted with friend Wendy Nelson as they walked toward set, but she clumsily bumped into LaValle, not realizing who he was. LaValle chided her clumsiness but they soon reintroduced themselves in a friendly manner. Over the next few days, Grant was starstruck by LaValle and admired everything about him as the class watched him at work. Nelson tried to ground Grant, but Grant was already insecure that she wasn't noticed. But then LaValle asked Grant to help demonstrate for the class how to portray as romantic kiss for the screen. For LaValle, it was considered a casual exercise, but Grant was smitten with a lovesick expression.

   Back at their shared apartment, Nelson revealed to Grant that LaValle intended to select one student from the class to act in his next film. Grant told Nelson of the romance of the kiss but Nelson dismissed her naivety. The next day, LaValle announced that he had chosen Nelson as his protege; Grant was heartbroken and ran off in tears. But LaValle followed her and said her career was still to be in Hollywood if she agreed to be his wife. Her faith in love restored, she quickly accepted in an embrace.

 

Comments: Created by Stan Lee & Jim Steranko.

As far as I know, this is the only romance story with art by Jim Steranko.

There are hidden gems in romance comics with great art by established or up-&-coming artists, showcasing fashion of the era in taut 4- to 7-page complete storylines. With the Marvel revival of the mid-late 1960s, it was difficult to tell if the writer or the artist was the major storyteller. And sometimes an artist like Steranko could cut loose and really shine.

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.

This profile was completed 7/29/2021, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the Appendix 20th anniversary 's celebratory event.

Profile by Grendel Prime.

CLARIFICATIONS :
Vick Grant has no known connections to:

Artur LaValle

Artur LaValle was a prominent director of several popular films. He selected the drama class attended by Vick Grant and Wendy Nelson to observe and learn while he worked on set, intending to select a student as a protege and act in his next film. Initially, Grant bumped clumsily into LaValle and he chided her briefly. A few days later, he chose Grant to demonstrate to the class how to portray a class for the screen and Grant was secretly smitten, but he was likewise silently romantically drawn to her. At the end of the week, LaValle selected Nelson for his next film. Grant was heartbroken until LaValle proposed marriage and she keenly accepted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

--Our Love Story#5/3

Wendy Nelson

Wendy Nelson was a close friend of Vick Grant and they attended the same drama class together. They went on the week-long trip to the set of renown director Artur LaValle, who intended to select one class member for his next film. Nelson saw that Grant was starstruck and hopelessly in love with LaValle, and tried to ground Grant. At the end of the week, LaValle chose Nelson as his protege but Grant as his future wife.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

--Our Love Story#5/3

images: (without ads)
Our Love Story#5/3, p1, pan4 (main image)
   p5, pan3 (headshot)
   p2, pan4 (Grant clumsy with LaValle)
   p6, pan1 (LaValle)
   p5, pan2 (Nelson)
   p4, pan6 (montage)

Appearances:
Our Love Story#5/3 (June, 1970) - Stan Lee (writer & editor), Jim Steranko (pencils, inks, funky colors)

First posted: 09/24/2021
Last updated: 09/23/2021

Any Additions/Corrections? please let me know.

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