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| Publication | April 1954 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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| Credits | Pencils: Marty Elkin | Inks: Marty Elkin |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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| Comic Story | Tea with Terror (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Harry talks his way into Terry’s house by offering to do chores in exchange for a meal. Terry is impressed with the personable young man, but Harry gets nervous and hides when there’s a knock on the door. The visitor is police detective Jim, who warns Terry about a maniac killer who leaves an “X” at the scene of his crimes. Terry doesn’t expose Harry, but when Jim leaves, Harry reveals himself to be the maniac, complete with an “X” written on a mirror. He pulls a knife and is ready to kill Terry but Jim returns—to ask Terry for a date—and saves her. |
| Credits | Pencils: Marty Elkin (signed) | Inks: Marty Elkin (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Crime; Romance | Characters: Terry Saunders; Harry Smith; Jim Barry; Mildred Norton |
| Notes | Story is introduced by "Mildred Norton." |
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| Text Story | This is the Story of a Dream House (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
| Notes | Story is continued on page 16. |
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| Comic Story | Mountain Love (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Sally leaves the city to teach school in a rural hamlet, and is courted by farmer Johnsie. Dr. Jim warns Sally that that the rural people have certain attitudes that she must be aware of. At a community picnic, Johnsie and Sally wander off; when she starts to sunbathe, Johnsie thinks she’s offering herself to him. She resists, and Dr. Jim fights Johnsie to save her. Sally realizes she doesn’t understand the locals as well as she thought, but she also now knows she loves Dr. Jim. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Sally Hall; Johnsie Bolton; Dr. Jim |
| Notes | "Tewks" is William Tewkesbury, not Alberta Tews. |
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| Text Story | This is the Story of a Dream House (part two) (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Comic Story | I Laughed at my Love (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Elsa has a romantic relationship via correspondence with Clint, and on the spur of the moment decides to visit his town. She discovers Clint is a wrestler called “The Monster,” with a very misshapen face, and rejects him hysterically. Back home Elsa realises she was unfair, and writes to apologize. Her letters are always returned “address unknown.” One night, a handsome man appears and refunds the money Elsa spent on her trip to meet Clint: it’s Clint, who had been suffering from a glandular problem when she met him. He’s now cured. Elsa shows him her repentant letters, and they reconcile. |
| Credits | Pencils: Marty Elkin (signed) | Inks: Marty Elkin (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Elsa Brown; Mildred Norton; Clint Carroll; Mother Murphy; Big Jim |
| Notes | Mildred Norton introduces the story and appears at the end to explain the moral. |
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| Comic Story | A Man Worth Loving (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bobbie and her boyfriend, artist Jack, go on a skiing vacation. She refuses to give up her social life to marry him. Ski instructor Pierre makes a pass at Bobbie, but Jack intervenes. After Jack beats up Pierre and castigates Bobbie for her behavior, Bobbie agrees to marry him the next day. |
| Credits | Pencils: Gray Morrow?; Marcia Snyder? | Inks: Gray Morrow?; Marcia Snyder? |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Bobbie Wilson; Jack Parr; Pierre |
| Notes | Tentative art credits from JVJ index card attached to the online scanned version. |
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