Sauce For the Gander

Not only do I collect romance comics, but I also dabble in romance comic original art (if I can find it cheaply enough, which is getting harder and harder to do).

The great thing about the original art is that, like most comics published pre-1960, it's oversized (15"X20"), so that when you hold it in your hands and look at it, it really jumps off the page. One of the pages I have is a one-page story from a Standard Comic (I have a few from them -- a lot of those originals have survived the years), the story being called "Sauce for the Gander", from Thrilling Romances (with art by Art Saaf, an Alex Toth protege).

It's your typical moralistic tale -- the heroine is always late for her dates with her young beau, and this evening is no different. He's nearly fed up, and when she invites him to meet her aunt coming in from out of town the next night he agrees. When he shows up late, she's furious, but the joke's on her. It was planned all along, just to show what it feels like to have to wait for the one you love.

Of course, I have no idea what "Sauce for the Gander" means, but that makes it all the better, no?