| Comments |
| |
| Another example of John Wayne used as a model on this Kubert cover? |
|
| Fake movie poster on the cover looks like a swipe from promotional materials for the 1946 John Wayne/Claudette Colbert movie "Without Reservations." |
|
| | |
| Additional Information |
| |
| Publication | October 1949 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bimonthly |
| Notes | The cover refers to an event in the interior story "Love Came Second," although this actual scene does not appear in the story. |
| |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
| Notes | The cover refers to an event in the interior story "Love Came Second," although this actual scene does not appear in the story. |
| |
| Comic Story | Love Came Second (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | Orphan Rita wants to become an actress for “fame and money.” After freezing during an amateur contest, she thinks boyfriend Sam is mocking her. Working as a carhop, Rita pretends to faint and gets a screen test but the producer says he doesn’t believe she really wants to be an actress. Sam finds Rita and says “being a wife is a career in itself!” Sam and Rita will wed. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Rita Stewart; Sam Bishop; N.G. Stellar |
| Notes | Story credit by John Benson in the St. John Romance Comics Checklist. |
| |
| Comic Story | Too Ugly to Love! (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jon has been mocked for his unattractive face since childhood. He becomes an engineer but is “discovered” by a film producer and is hired as a screen villain. Actress Gina is kind to him, and when Jon is badly burned saving others in a studio fire, she visits him in the hospital. Plastic surgery makes him handsome, and Gina is rewarded for her devotion. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Jon Koslo; C.B. Mille; Percy Westover; Vivian; Sue; Gina Kenny; Dr. Kerr; Mr. Flemming |
| Notes | Credits by John Benson in the St. John Romance Comics Checklist.
Some of the character names are parodies of actual people in the film industry: C.B. Mille (Cecil B. DeMille), Percy Westover (Perc Westmore), Mr. Flemming (Victor Fleming). |
| |
| Synopsis | Letter from 'The Editors' to readers requesting submission of true stories, with ten dollar prize offered for stories selected for adaptation. |
| Credits | Pencils: Joe Kubert | Inks: Joe Kubert |
| |
| Text Story | My Heart Was Blind to Love (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Peggy; Herb Fletcher; Mae Wilson |
| |
| Comic Story | I Loved and Lost! (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jed is frustrated because his fiancée Janet insists on becoming a movie star before she’ll marry him. When Janet gets a big role and has to spend time with costar Gene, Jed breaks up with her. Janet finally becomes a star but at her moment of triumph discovers Jed—-whom she still loves—-is going to marry someone else. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Jed Burnley; Janet Morgan; Mr. Gregor; Tex; Ludwig Maher; Mr. Lane; Gene Tyrone; Lucille Dexter |
| Notes | "Ludwig Maher" of "G.M.G." studios is a reference to Louis B. Mayer, head of MGM studios (although Maher is not drawn as a caricature of Mayer).
In one panel, there is a caricature of Robert Mitchum although he isn't named.
"Gene Tyrone" looks like a combination of Clark Gable and Errol Flynn, but with red hair. |
| |
| The data in the additional content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a
Creative Commons Attribution License.
More details about this comic may be available in their page here |
