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| Publication | May 1952 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
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| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Comic Story | Bitter Kisses (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Bell and Merton families have been feuding over a business deal for ten years. Rita and Steve meet at a party and fall in love. When they tell their parents, they are forbidden to see each other again, but defy these orders. However, Steve refuses to elope with Rita, saying “our marriage must start out right!” Rita breaks up with him, then hears Steve is dating the mayor’s daughter. Rita’s parents can’t “stand the idea of any boy walking out on you,” so they withdraw their objections to Steve and Rita’s romance. |
| Credits | Pencils: Art Saaf | Inks: Art Saaf? | Job #: R-579 |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Steve Merton; Rita Bell; Mr. Bell; Mrs. Bell; Buzz |
| Notes | A book in the splash panel has as author Joe Archibald, a Standard writer-artist. Art credits for this sequence from both Steve Saaf and Jim Vadeboncouer, June 2008. |
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| Comic Story | Wedding Traditions (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Origins of the wedding ring, hope chest, veil, and best man traditions. |
| Credits | Job #: R-566 |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Romance |
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| Comic Story | Western Femininity |
| Synopsis | In the old West, "women worked side by side with their husbands to overcome tremendous odds!" However, they were "still feminine at heart." |
| Credits | Pencils: H. W. Kiemle | Inks: H. W. Kiemle |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Western-frontier |
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| Featuring | Slinky |
| Content | Genre: Children |
| Notes | Ad in sequential art form. |
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| Comic Story | Say You Love Me (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Raised in poverty and snubbed by richer children, when Joan marries advertising artist Frank she begins to spend recklessly to keep up with her new friends, including Alice. However, when Frank loses his job and discovers Joan has spent their savings on “luxuries,” he leaves her. Joan gets a job and sells her possessions. She puts in a good word for Frank and he gets a new job. Frank and Joan are reconciled and she promises “no more keeping up with the Joneses!” |
| Credits | Pencils: John Celardo | Job #: R-577 |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Joan Thomas; Alice Carter; Frank Thomas; Madame Illa; Hedy DeLisle; Beth Agnew; Mr. Black |
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| Comic Story | How They Were Married! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | How marriages were arranged in the past and around the world. "Only in the twentieth century, and mainly in this country, has marriage solely for love been the most common ideal!" |
| Credits | Pencils: Mike Esposito? | Inks: Mike Esposito? | Job #: R-565 |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Text Story | Love in the Sun (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Susan Hendryx | Pencils: John Celardo (illustrations) | Inks: John Celardo (illustrations) | Letters: typeset | Job #: R-601 |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Comic Story | I Claim Your Love (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Raised in an orphanage, Jenny works and saves her money, finally moving out west. She ignores men who say women don’t belong and determines to claim a homestead. Jenny falls in love with Bill but refuses to let him stake a claim for her. On the day of the land rush, Jenny and Bill race to place a claim and he narrowly wins. He says “I’m claiming your heart, too” and she agrees. |
| Credits | Pencils: Mike Sekowsky | Inks: Al Rubano | Job #: R-564 |
| Content | Genre: Historical; Romance | Characters: Bill Richey; Jenny Wright |
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| Comic Story | Readin', Writin' and Romance (1 page) |
| Synopsis | "Would it shock you to know that only a century ago, some of the most carefully raised young women couldn't read or write? Girls were educated to be wives and mothers. Society simply ignored the fact that girls also had minds!" However, in recent years women have been educated and entered the workforce. "And, the net result of it all is that, under modern education systems, girls are better prepared for marriage than ever!" |
| Credits | Pencils: Nina Albright | Inks: Nina Albright | Job #: R-527 |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Romance |
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| Comic Story | The Man I'll Marry (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Secretary Sandy is engaged to her boss, architect Paul, but he is staid and prudish. She dates salesman Gordy and they fall in love, but she doesn’t tell either man about the other. Paul catches Sandy embracing Gordy and the truth comes out. Gordy dumps her. Sandy apologizes to Paul and he forgives her. He also reunites Sandy with Gordy, the man she really loves. |
| Credits | Pencils: Nina Albright | Job #: R-575 |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Sandy Bennett; Gordy Westover; Paul Lanning |
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