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| Publication | September-October 1949 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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| Credits | Pencils: Ken Bald |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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| Synopsis | House ad for "Spy and Counterspy" and "Lovelorn" comics. |
| Notes | Inside-front-cover, black-and-white. Cover reproductions of Spy and Counterspy #1 and Lovelorn #1. |
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| Comic Story | The Crooked Road to Romance (12 pages) |
| Synopsis | Naomi is angry because her family is poor. Buzz sees her steal a dress but instead of turning her in, he takes her to the prom. Buzz is a criminal, but vows to go straight if Naomi helps him for a month so they can amass enough cash to marry. Naomi is caught, arrested and sent to prison for two years. When she’s released, Buzz orders her to work for Rod, who knows the secret location of a plutonium mine. Naomi and Rod fall in love, and she discovers Buzz has just been using her to get the mine's location. Naomi helps Rod defeat the crooks and they will be married. |
| Credits | Pencils: Ken Bald? |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Naomi Phillips; Mr. Phillips; Mrs. Phillips; Buzz Donnelly; Rod Emerson |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Buzz's hair is black on page 2, blonde on page 3, and black on page 4 until the end. Naomi's hair is blonde on pages 1 & 2, turns white on page 3, and goes back to blonde on page 4 until the end. |
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| Comic Story | The Heart on the Flying Trapeze (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bored with her small-town life, Ellen agrees to join circus aerialist Duke’s act. Press agent Roy knows Duke is just using her, but Ellen is in love with Duke. Duke convinces Ellen to undertake a dangerous stunt and she breaks her leg. Duke and the circus leave Ellen behind, but Roy quits his job to take care of her. Ellen realizes that Roy is the man for her. |
| Credits | Pencils: Frank Bolle? | Inks: Leonard Starr? |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Ellen; Horace; Duke Drummond; Roy Lewis |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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| Comic Story | Match-Makers Don't Marry (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | After dating unfaithful Mark and cowardly Jim, Beth loses her faith in men, stops dating, and moves to New York. She buys a matrimonial bureau, first disguising herself as a “plain Jane.” Wealthy Glenn becomes a client, warning her that he doesn’t want a “fortune-hunter.” Beth re-glamorizes herself and fills in on a date with Glenn. She falls in love with him but he thinks she’s after his money. Glenn loses his fortune, then admits he knew it was Beth all the time, and they will marry. |
| Credits | Pencils: Charles Sultan | Inks: Charles Sultan |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Beth Adams; Mark Chapman; Jim Harley; Miss Hathaway; Mr. Westlake; Glenn Travers; Anne Lindley; Lila Burke; Frank |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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| Text Story | Clothes Horse (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Comic Story | I Feared My Heart (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Because of her morbid fear of men, Alicia takes a job as secretary-companion to an elderly invalid woman. When the woman’s son Earl makes a pass at her, Alicia flees. She’s rescued by Gregg, a doctor. When Gregg is later assaulted by a mental patient, Alicia intervenes because she loves him. Gregg says he’s a psychiatrist, and ascertains that Alicia was assaulted by a surly hobo when she was a child. Now that she knows the truth, “you’ll never be afraid of a man again!” Gregg and Alicia will marry. |
| Credits | Pencils: Al Hartley | Inks: Al Hartley |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Alicia Morrison; Mr. Andrews; Earl Larabee; Mrs. Larabee; Dr. Gregg Saunders |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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| Letters Page | Readers' Romances (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Love Takes a Nose-Dive! (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Joyce leaves her job as a waitress and becomes an airline hostess, dumping her boyfriend Arthur, a short-order cook. Joyce dates pilot Wade, but catches him romancing Eve, the daughter of the owner of the airline. An inebriated Wade then takes off with Joyce on board and Arthur as one of the passengers. Arthur, an aerial gunner during the war, manages to land the plane safely. Joyce decides that Arthur’s the man for her. |
| Credits | Pencils: Robert (or Richard?) Brice? | Inks: Robert (or Richard?) Brice? |
| Content | Genre: Aviation; Romance | Characters: Joyce; Wade Manning; Arthur; Eve Saunders |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
A Robert AND a Richard Brice are both credited with work for ACG...
Colouring is off on this story as well. Arthur's hair is red and Joyce's is blonde on all pages except page 4, where they both suddenly have black (actually, Superman-blue) hair in multiple panels. |
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| Synopsis | House ad for "The Kilroys" comic book. |
| Content | Characters: Natch Kilroy; Solid Jackson; Judy Farrell |
| Notes | Cover of "The Kilroys" #19 is reproduced.
Bottom half of page is an advertisement. |
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