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| Publication | January 1953 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Bi-monthly |
| Notes | Art credits identified by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.
The cover does not illustrate a scene from "Love Tames the Tiger." It is perhaps related to the story "Love Me, Love My Job!"--which does feature Spike Jones--but neither of the drawn characters resembles they way they look inside the comic. |
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| Cover | Love Tames the Tiger |
| Credits | Pencils: Harry Harrison? | Inks: Harry Harrison? | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Spike Jones |
| Notes | Art credits identified by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.
The cover does not illustrate a scene from "Love Tames the Tiger." It is perhaps related to the story "Love Me, Love My Job!"--which does feature Spike Jones--but neither of the drawn characters resembles they way they look inside the comic. |
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| Comic Story | Love Me, Love My Job! (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Kathy leaves Corwin Falls, Idaho, and becomes a popular actress on the Spike Jones television show. Her hometown boyfriend Tom visits her but feels out of place. They break up. The next night, Kathy attends a party with co-worker Ben, and he gets fresh with her. Tom appears and punches Ben. Kathy agrees to return to Idaho and marry Tom. Spike Jones and Ben set up the whole thing, although Ben didn’t count on getting a black eye from Tom. |
| Credits | Pencils: Bill Fraccio | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Spike Jones; Kathy Williams; Tom; Ed; Bill; Ben |
| Notes | Pencil credit identified by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.
Spike Jones was an actual bandleader of the 1940s and 1950s, who had his own radio and television programs. He also specialized in "comedy" music. |
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| Comic Story | Love Tames the Tiger (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tiger tamer Zara wants circus employee Jim as her assistant and lover, but Jim and trapeze artist Lisa are attracted to each other. Zara sends her tiger Satan to kill Jim and Lisa, but they escape and Satan slays Zara instead. |
| Credits | Pencils: Harry Harrison [as Hh] (signed) | Inks: Harry Harrison [as Hh] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Zara; Jim Blaine; Lisa |
| Notes | Same story premise as "The Wrong Kind of Love" in Personal Love (Eastern Color, 1950 series) 23 (September 1953). The female animal trainer is named "Kara" rather than "Zara" in this version. |
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| Text Story | Second Chance! (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Comic Story | Love Flight (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | In England, Elizabeth falls in love with boarder Tom, a visiting American Air Force officer. However, Elizabeth’s father was an R.A.F. pilot killed during the war and Elizabeth fears Tom’s work as a test pilot will also prove fatal. When he won’t change his mind, she tries to trick him into missing a flight, but he finds out and they break up. Tom’s plane crashes and he contracts amnesia. The doctors use her to bring him back to normal. He’s also grounded from flying, so everyone is happy. |
| Credits | Pencils: Bill Fraccio | Inks: Tony Tallarico |
| Content | Genre: Aviation; Romance | Characters: Elizabeth Traynor; Mrs. Traynor; Captain Tom Norton |
| Notes | Art credits identified by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. |
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| PSA | Busy Junior Red Cross Councils (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Advocacy |
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| Comic Story | Hearts Afloat!! (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Ann loves fisherman Bill but is smitten with rich yachtsman Frank, until she discovers he’s married. She leaps overboard and is rescued by Bill. Ann later overhears Bill and Frank discussing how Frank made himself seem bad so she’d understand that Bill is the man for her. |
| Credits | Pencils: Tony Tallarico? | Inks: Tony Tallarico? |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Bill Barlow; Ann Case; Frank |
| Notes | Art credits identified by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. |
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