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| Publication | May-June 1950 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Cover | My Love Was Wrong! |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Colors:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Barbara Bates (photo) |
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| Contents | Table of Contents (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
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| Comic Story | My Phantom Rival (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Laura visits the southern plantation of her fiancé, widower John. John’s wife Anne died several years before. John and housekeeper Abigail constantly remind Laura about Anne. Laura decides to leave, feeling John can never love anyone else. John takes her into Anne’s locked room and tells Laura that Anne was “a cruel vicious and arrogant woman!” Laura decides to marry John after all. |
| Credits | Pencils: Lucey Ames? |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: John Manse; Laura; Abigail Jenks; Anne Manse |
| Notes | Possible art credits from JVJ index card attached to scanned version: http://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=54444
Story is rather obviously based on "Rebecca" by Daphne Du Maurier. |
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| Featuring | Personality and You From Your Handwriting |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Comic Story | Forbidden Love (6.67 pages) |
| Synopsis | Brenda and Lee are engaged but when Brenda’s brother has a nervous breakdown and she learns one of her aunts was insane, Brenda fears it’s hereditary. She breaks up with Lee, but later learns Tim’s illness was caused by a blood clot. Brenda searches for Lee and sees him dining with a woman. She fears she’s lost him, but the woman is a doctor that Lee brought in to help in Tim’s case. Brenda and Lee are reunited. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Brenda; Lee Crawford; Tim; Larry; Sarah; Dr. Berger; Dr. Alice Saxon |
| Notes | Tentative art credits from JVJ index card attached to scanned version: http://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=54444 |
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| Featuring | Platter Previews |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | The Most Dangerous Game! (9.67 pages) |
| Synopsis | Diner waitress Jean falls in love with truck driver Hank, then meets slick Lucky, who’s opening a gambling hall nearby. Jean learns Lucky and his henchman intend to hijack a shipment of furs that Hank is driving. They use her to try and stop Hank’s truck, but he crashes into their car instead. The crooks are killed and Hank forgives Jean for her unfaithfulness. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Jean Winters; Mr. Winters; Mrs. Winters; Joe; Mr. Walsh; Hank Barton; Lucky Largo |
| Notes | Tentative art credits from JVJ index card attached to scanned version: http://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=54444 |
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| Featuring | You Can Be a Prettier Darling |
| Credits | Script: Phyllis Poole | Letters: typeset |
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| Featuring | The Answer Woman |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Publisher advertisement | I Want My Soldier Boy (1 page) |
| Featuring | Darling Love |
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| Comic Story | My Love Was Wrong (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dennis and Vera are childhood sweethearts. When they graduate, they intend to wed, but Vera’s parents urge her to wait, since she’s never dated anyone else. They try to set her up with Kent; Vera and Kent decide to play along “on a friendly basis.” However, Kent falls in love with Vera for real. She turns him down, but Dennis finds out and breaks up with Vera. Kent and Dennis fight, and Dennis confesses that he met someone he really loves. Vera realizes she loves Kent, so everything is alright. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Dennis Hunt; Vera Beck; Mr. Beck; Mrs. Beck; Kent Combs |
| Notes | Art credit from JVJ index card attached to scanned version: http://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=54444 |
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| Comic Story | Spoiled! (6.67 pages) |
| Synopsis | Trudi grows up spoiled, demanding the best from her parents and boyfriends, regardless of the cost. All that matters is that she gets what she wants. She meets Roy and falls for him, but he returns to his hometown and never writes. When Roy returns, Trudi makes an effort to change her selfish ways. Roy says he didn’t write because he had feelings for her but didn’t want to love a spoiled woman. But now they can be together because she’s changed. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Trudi; Artie Jenks; John; Jim; Roy Small; Ann; Peter |
| Notes | Art credits from JVJ index card attached to scanned version: http://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=54444 |
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| Featuring | Thrill of a Lifetime |
| Credits | Script: Mary Ann Schaefer | Letters: typeset |
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