Manic Monday Bonus--This One's For The Ladies

Or, for the gentleman, if you're so inclined...

Pin-up from New Kids On The Block: Valentine Girl (1990)

Manic Monday--Sex Scandals Of 90s Boy Bands (With Bonus Pie Fight!)

Romance, New Kids On The Block style:



Oh, great...we're going to get a story about a boy band groupie who gets passed around like a joint...or a church collection plate, if you prefer...

And after each band member reminisces about their date with Ms. Green, and how special and intimate it was:



Oh, Donnie, you always were the rogue. Lightning bolts and skulls in your cursing?!?

Anyway, for a lady who's just been severely reproofed by a gaggle of barely-pubescent pop stars, Ms. Green is taking it pretty well:




Awww....Isn't that just always the answer? ("No, Donnie, I didn't date your girl...that was her identical sister!!")

Of course, one could ask how all 5 sisters managed to have deep, intimate dates with the boys and never once give out their first name. Are the boys really stupid, or are the girls scheming young ladies who use their identical quintuplet status to delude and defraud the rich and famous? Or maybe both...

From the aptly named New Kids On The Block: Valentine Girl (1990)

Bonus: Donnie's idea of a soul mate:

And Jon's dream date:

Oh, you rebellious youth...No wonder the ladies loved NKOTB!!

Tales From The Quarter Bin--NKOTB!!

You know, a lot of people give 1990s comic books a bad rap. But really, how true can that be, when those 1990s gave us this:

Oh, yeah.

Now, this wasn't a a mere one-shot. Oh, no, this was an ongoing series (that lasted only 8 issues, sadly)!!

But Harvey Comics wasn't content with only 1 series...oh, no. They hitched their wagons to the New Kids bandwagon pretty tightly, as they also published:

Yes, the series was called New Kids On The Block: Chillin'. Really and truly. (That one only lasted 7 issues).

We also had...

...New Kids On The Block: Backstage Pass (7 issues)...

...New Kids On The Block: Comic Tour '90 (which, of course, soon changed it's title to NKOTB: Comic Tour '91...that lasted 7 issues).

They were also many one shots, such as NKOTB: Magic Summer Tour, NKOTB: Step By Step, NKOTB: Hangin' Tough, and, of course...

New Kids On The Block: Valentine Girl!!

But Harvey wasn't done selling their souls yet. It wasn't enough to publish 4 separate ongoing series, all filled with awesomely bad art and bursting with NKOTB pin-ups.

No, Harvey also had to tie into their own long-running legacy, with:

Oh, yes, Richie Rich And The New Kids On The Block was real, and ran for 3 glorious issues. And...

...oh, sweet lord, Wendi The Good Little Witch And The New Kids On The Block, wherein Wendi gets a sultry, sassy new makeover and hangs with the band for 3 issues.

Sadly, there was no Hot Stuff/NKOTB crossover. However, Harvey did invite eternal damnation with this one-shot:

Yes, the New Kids On The Block Hi-C Special!!!

So, again, how can , with "Harvey Rockcomics" tearing it up like this, how can anyone say 1990s comics sucked? With stuff like this:

See what I mean?