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Publication | April 1954 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
Notes | Cover refers to interior story "For Love or Money." |
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Cover | For Love or Money! |
Content | Characters: Alice Charney; Matthew, Earl of Kent |
Notes | Cover refers to interior story "For Love or Money." |
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Comic Story | For Love or Money (5 pages) |
Synopsis | Alice falls in love with struggling engineer Bill but her wealthy father thinks he’s a fortune-hunter. Alice agrees to move to England with her parents for six months to prove her love for Bill can stand the separation. Once there, she’s courted by penniless aristocrat Matt and wonders if she’s falling for him. Bill arrives for a visit and Alice overhears him admit to Matt that he only cares for Alice's money. Alice decides to marry Matt. |
Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Alice Charney; Mr. Charney; Mrs. Charney; Bill Rolland; Matthew, Earl of Kent; Mr. Farthing |
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Text Story | Dangerous Escapade (1 page) |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
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Comic Story | Intuition (1 page) |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Hames Ware. |
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Comic Story | Driven To Ruin (5 pages) |
Synopsis | Sally’s boyfriend Steve plays professional football but isn’t good enough. He refuses to acknowledge his failure and Sally criticises him for it; they break up. Steve is cut from the team and realises he has to give up on that dream and start life anew. He and Sally reconcile. |
Content | Genre: Romance; Sports | Characters: Steve Walters; Sally Grenton; Coach |
Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Hames Ware.
Previous indexer suggested Werner Roth ? for pencils and inks. |
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Comic Story | My Hidden Heart! (5 pages) |
Synopsis | Ella is engaged to Arnie but finds herself attracted to singer Lance. Despite feeling “cheap and wanton,” she has an affair with Lance, even though he freely admits they don’t have a future together. Ella loans Lance money to pay his gambling debts, but he’s murdered anyway. Since the money was in a joint account, Arnie knows what Ella did. She begs him to forgive her, and they agree to start afresh. |
Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Ella; Lance Arthurs; Arnie |
Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Hames Ware.
Previous indexer suggested Lee Elias for pencils, too.
In some panels Arnie definitely looks African-American but that's highly unlikely, given the period in which this was published. |
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Text Story | Take Care, My Heart (1 page) |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Romance |
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Letters Page | Your Problem (1 page) |
Featuring | Nancy Powers |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
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Comic Story | Love Walked Out (5 pages) |
Synopsis | Government worker June falls in love with her boss, Cobb, but his secretary Inez is jealous. June is accused of stealing secret documents and fired. June sees Cobb kissing Inez, but he later explains that he was just gaining her confidence: Inez is the one who stole the papers and framed June. Cobb and June will be married. |
Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: June Marlow; Cobb Lawrence; Inez Gentry; Mr. Whitney |
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