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| Publication | June-July 1950 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | Elaine Mehnken may be a misspelling of Elaine Mahnken (b. 1930), an actress also known as Elaine Devry. The man in the photo is not credited. |
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| Cover | My Heartache of Hidden Love |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Colors:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Elaine Mehnken (credited) |
| Notes | Elaine Mehnken may be a misspelling of Elaine Mahnken (b. 1930), an actress also known as Elaine Devry. The man in the photo is not credited. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover. Includes indicia. |
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| Comic Story | My Heartache of Hidden Love! (10.67 pages) |
| Synopsis | Forest ranger Scott chastises writer Diane for having an open fire at her cabin, and kisses her as well. Diane later flirts with him and flaunts her charms to make him fall in love with her, then rejects him cruelly. Publisher Don warns Diane that she really loves Scott and is only hurting herself. Scott rescues Diane from a forest fire and she admits that she loves him. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Scott Williams; Diane Frank; Yvette; Don Whaley |
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| Featuring | What's Cookin'? |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Domestic |
| Notes | Recipes for macaroons and golden dream sandwiches. |
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| Featuring | Your Handwriting |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Advocacy |
| Notes | Ellyn Lee analyses handwriting of two submitted samples from Ilene W. and Jane DiV. |
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| Advertisement | For You... These Thrilling Dresses (1 page) |
| Featuring | Florida Fashions |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Fashion |
| Notes | Mail order ad for dresses from Florida Fashions, Inc., Sanford 696 Florida. |
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| Comic Story | I Was a Broken Date Girl! (8.67 pages) |
| Synopsis | Business executive Skippy criticizes the men she dates and they break up with her as a result. She falls in love with Bud but he starts to find fault with her and she calls off their engagement. Bud explains he’s giving her a taste of her own medicine. Skippy apologizes and they make up and get married. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Skippy Walsh; Tommy Briggs; Vic Mennon; J.B.; Bud Serla |
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| Featuring | Platter Patter |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Record reviews. Featured are the Harmonicats, the Galloping Comedians, Alfred Newman, Edward R. Murrow and Joe DiMaggio. |
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| Advertisement | New Silk-Finish Enlargement, Ivory Gold-Tooled Frame (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photographs) | Inks:? (photographs) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Mail order ad for photo color enlargements from Hollywood Film Studios, Dept.1930, 1227 Loyola Avenue, Chicago 26, Illinois. |
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| Featuring | What's on Your Heart? |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Romance |
| Notes | Advice column. Letters from Discouraged Bea and Helen McL. |
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| Comic Story | I Want My Soldier Boy (9.67 pages) |
| Synopsis | Kay is a British war bride who moves to the USA to be with her husband Bill. They must live with his parents, who are cold to her. Kay gets a job so they can find a place of their own sooner, but Bill’s parents accuse her of marrying their son just to come to America. Kay walks out into a snowstorm and Bill pursues, but he collapses due to recurrence of a war injury. Kay shields him with her own body until they’re rescued. Bill’s parents apologize for their rudeness and accept Kay into the family. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Kay Perry; Bill Perry; Mr. Perry; Mrs. Perry |
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| Text Story | Etiquette |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
| Notes | An eight line poem. |
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| Featuring | The Darling Bandbox |
| Credits | Script:? [as Miss Darling] | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Fashion |
| Notes | Letters from Barbara White, Nancy Redmond, Marilyn Seffryn, Adriane DeGerolamo and Penelope Andrews. Fashion tips include belts, walnut dolls and washrag slippers. |
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| Publisher advertisement | The Most Dangerous Game! (1 page) |
| Featuring | Darling Romance |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Jean Winters; Hank |
| Notes | Promo ad featuring one of the stories in Darling Romance (Archie, 1949 series) number 5. The Bill Fix art credit is listed as tentative. |
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| Advertisement | Sweeter than Springtime! (1 page) |
| Featuring | Wilco Fashions |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Fashion |
| Notes | Mail order ad for a women's outfit titled 'Sweet Suiter' from Wilco Fashions, Dept. W634C, 45 East 17th Street, New York 3, New York. |
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| Comic Story | I Was Money Mad! (8.67 pages) |
| Synopsis | Rosemary grows up in poverty and vows to be rich some day. Working as a switchboard operator, she dates fellow worker Tom. Tom proposes marriage and she turns him down because he’s too poor. Rosemary invests her savings in a trip to Sun Valley to find a rich husband. She romances Jacques, pretending to be rich herself, and he proposes. Rosemary discovers she actually loves him and decides to confess all, but Jacques beats her to it: his name is Jack and he’s a fortune-hunter looking for a rich wife. Rosemary and Jack see the irony and will marry for love, not money. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Rosemary; Tom; Charles; Bill Stanley; Jack Lakes [Jacques Leclair] |
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| Text Story | Do Me a Favor |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
| Notes | An eight line poem. |
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| Advertisement | What You Can Do About Pimples (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustrations);? (photograph) | Inks:? (illustrations);? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Medical |
| Notes | Mail order ad for a pimple treatment from Dornol Products, Inc., Dept. 1417, 4257 Katonah Ave., New York 66, New York. |
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| How 'Mini-Gym' Soon Has 'Mousey' Twins Making Like Lions (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Characters: Tom; Coach; Jane; Molly |
| Notes | Body building mail order ad from Joe Bonomo 'Mini-Gym' Corp., Dept. DL-5, 1841 Broadway, New York 23, New York. Includes 6-panel comic strip by C. C. Beck. |
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| Advertisement | Small Bust Women (1 page) |
| Featuring | Tested Sales |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photographs);? (illustration) | Inks:? (photographs);? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Fashion | Characters: Miss Doris Harris of Wichita, Kansas (photographs) |
| Notes | Inside back cover mail order ad for the 'Up-And-Out' bra from Tested Sales, Dept. MR-7985, 20 Vessey Street, New York 7, New York. |
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| Advertisement | Have a Slimmer Youthful Feminine Appearance Instantly! (1 page) |
| Featuring | Adjust-O-Belt |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photographs) | Inks:? (photographs) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Fashion | Characters: two unnamed women |
| Notes | Back cover mail order ad for Adjust-O-Belt girdle from Adjust-O-Belt Co., Dept. 165, 1025 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey. |
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