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| Publication | March 1957 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Credits | Pencils: Al Avison? | Inks: Al Avison? | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Advertisement | Skylark Originals (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: Typeset |
| Notes | Ad for four 1950's dresses. |
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| Credits | Pencils: Doug Wildey? | Inks: Doug Wildey? | Letters: Howard Ferguson |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
| Notes | Possible Wildey art per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Al Avison. This page also serves as the introduction to the story "Too Young" |
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| Advertisement | Modern Methods (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: Typeset |
| Notes | Ad for "progressive scientific method" to develop skinny legs for fuller calves and shapely thighs. |
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| Comic Story | Too Young (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wendy and Eric meet on the beach during a New England summer. Following a whirlwind romance, they elope and marry, but Eric doesn't realize Wendy is much younger than him and hasn't even graduated from high school. Times are tough for the newlyweds and she leaves Eric, only to find she is pregnant. When Christmas comes, Eric returns promising they will never be apart again. |
| Credits | Pencils: Manny Stallman? | Inks: Manny Stallman? | Letters: Joe Rosen |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Wendy Barrow; Eric Barrow |
| Notes | Possible Stallman art per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Al Avison. |
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| Text Story | Nobody Must Know |
| Credits | Letters: Typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Statement of Ownership | Statement of Ownership |
| Credits | Script: Robert Harvey | Letters: Typeset |
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| PSA | Make Summer Pay Off (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
| Notes | Hints on looking for a summer job: baby-sitting, office supplies clerk, waitress, factory worker, librarian and park attendant. "You'll make money and have loads of fun doing it!" |
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| Comic Story | Lost Love (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Even though Nancy Harris was a year younger, she planned to marry Ben Carter after high school. But Ben had gone to work on a freighter, sailing aroung the world. When he returned, his hometown and girlfriend seemed too small. To get a stake to move on, Ben took a job at a factory. Nancy also took a job there making the situation tense. But Ben realized he loved Nancy and asked her to marry him. |
| Credits | Pencils: Al Avison | Inks: Al Avison? | Letters: Joe Rosen |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Nancy Harris; Ben Carter |
| Notes | Credits per Nick Caputo. |
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| Advertisement | Nail-Gro Company (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: Typeset |
| Notes | How to grow long, beautiful nails in 7 minutes. |
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| Publisher advertisement | Acclaimed by Millions (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: Typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
| Notes | House ad promoting First Love 74, True Love Problems and Advice Illustrated 49, Hi-School Romance 61, First Romance 64, True Bride-to-Be Romances 23 |
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| Advertisement | Preview Photos |
| Credits | Letters: Typeset |
| Notes | Ad for photos of Elvis, Grace Kelly, Tony Curtis, Marlon Brando, and more. |
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| Advertisement | Honor House Product |
| Credits | Letters: Typeset |
| Notes | Ad for a standard 78 RPM phonograph. |
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| Advertisement | Little Dolls (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: Typeset |
| Notes | Twelve beautiful dolls for one dollar, plus twenty-five cents shipping. |
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| Comic Story | All in Fun (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | All Sandy can think of is applying to medical school, but Ginny Ross wants excitement. After breaking up with Sandy, Ginny starts seeing Bix, the wild, carefree guy with no ambition. When Bix refuses to meet Ginny's mother, she ends up in tears and Sandy arrives to punch Bix in the nose. Without his gang, Bix is a coward and he hastily leaves Sandy to take Ginny in his arms. |
| Credits | Letters: Joe Rosen |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Ginny Ross; Sandy; Bix |
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| Text Story | Freshman Fiasco |
| Credits | Letters: Typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Publisher advertisement | House Ad for First Love 74 |
| Credits | Letters: Typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
| Notes | Lead story: "The Right to Love" |
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| Letters Page | Doris Bigelow's Mail Bag (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: Typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
| Notes | Romance advice ofr teen-agers. |
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| Comic Story | Love Without Honor (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Donna Blake was hopelessly in love with Bill Carson, but she was a plumber's daughter and Bill was the son of a wealthy land developer. Their opportunity to date came when Bill was selected to write for the local radio station and Donna was chosen to read them on-air. After telling his father he wanted to marry Donna, Jeb insisted that she prove she was not out for the family fortune. One day she overheard Jeb plotting to use land earmarked for a new hospital for his own development and reported this on the radio. Thinking her chances with Bill had ended, she found his love survived. |
| Credits | Pencils: Tom Hickey | Inks: Tom Hickey | Letters: Joe Rosen |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Donna Blake; Bill Carson; Jeb Carson |
| Notes | Donna Blake has a "Bettie Page" hairstyle in this story |
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| Advertisement | Beauti-Lash Company (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: Typeset |
| Notes | Ad for Beauti-Lash that "imparts dazzling new alure to short, stubby lashes." |
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| Advertisement | Wallace Brown, Inc. (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: Typeset |
| Notes | Ad for opportunity to sell greeting cards and stationery in spare time. |
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| Advertisement | North American Stevens (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: Typeset |
| Notes | Ad for the "Eat-Half-Plan" weight reducing aid. Safer than ephedrine and benzidrine. |
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| Advertisement | Post Graduate Hospital School of Nursing (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: Typeset |
| Notes | Train to be a nurse in 12 weeks. |
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