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| I believe that's George Olesen on the first story. |
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| Right as usual, Crash.
and it's Sam Citron on "The Wedding Dress"
and probably Paul Cooper on the last story. FWIW.
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | October 1955 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bimonthly |
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| Credits | Pencils: Matt Baker (signed) | Inks: Matt Baker (signed) |
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| Text Story | Heart on the Mend (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Dana Dutch | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
| Notes | on inside front and back covers; credits from John Benson in http://www.fantagraphics.com/downloads/stjohnchecklist.pdf |
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| Comic Story | Love's Fighting Heart (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Washed-up boxer Slugger takes on Rocky as his protege. Rocky falls for Slugger’s daughter Ellen, but she is jealous of his rapport with her father. To ruin his career, she tells Rocky she’ll marry him if he makes a lot of money, so he goes against Slugger’s advice and accepts too many bouts. Rocky learns her scheme and leaves. When Ellen sees him later, she apologizes and says she loves him regardless. Rocky wins his last fight,retires from boxing, buys a gas station, and will marry Ellen. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Slugger Keyes; Ellen Keyes; Ronald "Rocky" Steele; Mike |
| Notes | boxing |
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| Comic Story | Deadline for Love (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Foreign correspondent Carol loves Roger, head of her paper’s Athens bureau, but is sent to the Greek-Romanian border for an extended period. On his way to visit Carol, Roger is captured by bandit Georgio. Carol helps Roger escape and Georgio is caught. Carol resigns her job to marry Roger. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Roger Mason; Carol Higby; Nick; Georgio |
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| Comic Story | The Wedding Dress (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Meg and Tom are engaged but he joins the Army when the Korean War breaks out: “if we win there—it’ll never come here!” But he returns with a disabled leg and breaks up with Meg. Grandma shows them her wedding dress, and tells them about her fiancé, who returned missing an arm after fighting Indians out West. They were married anyway, and had a long, happy marriage. Tom decides he and Meg can try to do the same. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Meg; Tom Gale; Grandma Virginia; Seth Tabor |
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| Text Story | Love Letter to Five Million (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Comic Story | Tomorrow Is Ours! (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Anne is engaged to Pete, a “sandhog” (tunnel worker) who is studying to become a supervisor. Bored, Anne starts dating Pete’s roommate Tony. When Pete finds out, he breaks up with her, and Tony also dumps Anne because he only wanted “some fun.” Pete is promoted. He enters a tunnel after a cave-in to rescue the trapped Tony for Anne’s sake. When the two men emerge, Anne says it is Pete she loves and they reconcile. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Pete Travis; Tony Ross; Anne |
| Notes | Essentially the same plot was used for “Repentant Bride” in Heart Throbs (Quality, 1949 series) 6 (June 1950) and "Second Love" in Heart and Soul (Mikeross Publications, 1954 Series) 1 (April-May 1954). |
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