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| Publication | August 1954 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | credits per Nick Caputo, February 2015.
The cover depicts a scene from "I'll Tell on You" but is a new piece of art, not a reprint of a panel from the interior story, and the dialogue is different as well. |
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| Cover | I'll Tell on You |
| Credits | Pencils: John Prentice | Inks: John Prentice | Letters: Ben Oda |
| Content | Characters: Larry; Edith; Janet |
| Notes | credits per Nick Caputo, February 2015.
The cover depicts a scene from "I'll Tell on You" but is a new piece of art, not a reprint of a panel from the interior story, and the dialogue is different as well. |
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| Comic Story | Outcast! (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Young attorney Frank spends the summer in a rural community and falls in love with farm girl Ruth. However, the other members of the community, led by Peter, call him an “Outlander” and when Ruth’s father dies they consider Ruth and Frank “outcasts.” Frank agrees to stay and work the farm, but no one will help them. When a tornado strikes, Frank saves Peter’s life and this changes the community’s attitude about him and Ruth. |
| Credits | Pencils: Mort Meskin | Inks: Mort Meskin | Letters: Ben Oda |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Frank Marko; Peter Lindstrom; Ruth Damler; Mr. Damler |
| Notes | The story suggests this insular farm community is something like the Amish but does not make this explicit. |
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| Text Article | Summertime (1 page) |
| Credits | Script:? [as Nancy Hale] | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | I'll Tell on You (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Janet is married to lazy gambler Frank; he dies in a fire and she is also assumed dead, but survives and starts a new life under her maiden name. Foreman Larry falls in love with Janet, but is unaware she was married before. Janet’s former sister-in-law Edith gets a job at the factory. Edith dates Larry but he prefers Janet; Edith tells him Janet’s story to explain Janet’s secretive ways, then departs. Larry and Janet will be married. |
| Credits | Pencils: John Prentice | Inks: John Prentice | Letters: Ben Oda |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Janet Brent Hill; Larry Shaw; Frank Hill; Edith Hill |
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| Comic Story | Desperate to Marry (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Edna’s family urges her to get married then protest when she dates Phil, a mechanic, since her sisters married middle-class businessmen. Edna says “Beggars can’t be choosers!” and marries Phil. He likes his work and refuses the family’s offers of help. When Edna has a baby, her family takes over and Phil doesn’t like their ideas about raising a child. He finally snaps and tells them off, and Edna realizes “he was so much better than the men my sisters married! Always had been!” |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Phil Holden; Edna Justin; Stan; Lucille; Ruth; Mrs. Justin; Al; Danny Holden |
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| Comic Story | Penny Wise (1 page) |
| Synopsis | How to make your limited wardrobe go further. “You don’t need a million to look like a million!” |
| Credits | Pencils: Dick Malmgren | Inks: Dick Malmgren |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Penny; Sis; Tommy |
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| Text Article | Positively Yours (1 page) |
| Credits | Script:? [as Charmaigne] | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | One Woman Man! (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mart wants to marry Cathy but his brother and fellow electrical lineman Steve comes between them. On the day Steve is scheduled to marry Cathy, he has an accident at work and Cathy offers to marry Mart if he saves Steve’s life. Steve is rescued and Mart realizes “we can’t force love”--he steps aside so his brother and Cathy will be happy. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Mart; Steve; Cathy Wells; Mom |
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