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| Publication | August-September 1950 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Cover | Marry for Money! |
| Credits | Pencils: Ken Bald? | Inks: Ken Bald? |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Comic Story | Light of Love? (13 pages) |
| Synopsis | Libby’s lighthouse-keeper father tosses her diary into the sea. Ship captain Gil returns it to her, but she’s embarrassed because her romantic fantasies were written there. Gil and Libby fall in love but her father doesn’t want her to marry a sailor. Nicholas, a shipping executive, has her father’s approval and he tricks Libby into thinking Gil is already married. Libby falls for Nicholas but learns he’s scheming to wreck Gil’s ship for insurance purposes. Libby saves the ship, Nicholas falls out of lighthouse to his death, and Gil and Libby are reunited. |
| Credits | Pencils: Ken Bald? | Inks: Ken Bald? |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Libby Duncan; Captain Duncan; Gil Marlowe; Nicholas Arkwright |
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| Text Story | Pretend You Know Me (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Comic Story | Romance Can Be Yours (1 page) |
| Synopsis | "Too short?" - "Too tall?" - "Too stout?" - "Don't despair!" |
| Credits | Pencils: Howard Larsen? | Inks: Howard Larsen? |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Romance |
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| Comic Story | The Human Element (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jimmy is angry when his flighty lab partner Gloria fails to do her share and jeopardizes his grade. After graduation, Jimmy goes to work for The Science Foundation and isolates himself in his lab. The board assigns Irene as his assistant and while she’s useful, Jimmy thinks she’s trying to steal his credit. Irene explains Dr. Clark has been spreading those rumors because she won’t marry him: Irene loves Jimmy. There is an explosion in the lab and Irene risks her life to save Jimmy’s records: however, he only cares that she is safe because he loves her. |
| Credits | Pencils: George Gregg? | Inks: George Gregg? |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Gloria Hanlon; Jimmy Payne; Irene Devon; Dr. Clark; Mr. Harmon |
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| Text Story | Shining Knight (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Comic Story | Tips on First Dating (2 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils: Howard Larsen? | Inks: Howard Larsen? |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Romance |
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| Comic Story | Marry for Money (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Monica and Joel work in the same department store, as a salesclerk and window dresser respectively, but are not acquainted. They coincidentally both book passage on a holiday cruise in hopes of finding a rich spouse. On the ship, Monica and Joel are each courted by wealthy people, named Harold and Catherine respectively, but fall in love with each other until they discover they’re both poor. They break up and decide to marry their rich suitors, but at the last minute realize it’s better to marry for love. Catherine and Harold also form a couple. |
| Credits | Pencils: Ogden Whitney (signed) | Inks: Ogden Whitney (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Monica Gibbs; Joel Hardy; Catherine Winkleburr; Harold Cornwall; Captain |
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| Text Story | Cupid in Reverse (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Comic Story | When Enemies Kiss! (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Shirley and Gil are raised to hate each other: their fathers have been bitter enemies since an embezzlement scandal ruined their business in 1930. They attend the same college and their journalism professor assigns them to investigate their parents’ case. Working together, Shirley and Gil forget their animosity and uncover the true culprit Cole and bring him to justice. They also get married. |
| Credits | Pencils: Sam Cooper (signed) | Inks: Sam Cooper (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Alfred Hopkins; Samuel Martin; Harvey Cole [Herbert Carlson]; Shirley Martin; Gil Hopkins; Mrs. Martin; Professor Halvorsen; Mrs. Cole |
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