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| Honey Dorian makes a guest appearance in many panels of "My Jealous Sin." |
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| Publication | 1949 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
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| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Colors:? (photo) |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Publisher advertisement | Romantic Western (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) |
| Notes | House ad for "Romantic Western" with a reproduction of the photo-cover of issue 1. However, this is not the finished cover, but a paste-up with the same photograph but a different title logo and the bottom part of the cover cut off.
Black-and-white, inside front cover. |
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| Comic Story | Dishonest Heart (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | Naomi decides to write a satiric novel about an idealistic artist who betrays his ideals for love, and uses Ellis as her model. She makes Ellis fall in love with her, but when he learns the truth and leaves, Naomi realizes she actually loved him. Her book is rejected, but the publisher becomes interested in Ellis and hires him to write about art. Ellis becomes successful and forgives Naomi. |
| Credits | Pencils: Max Elkan |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Naomi Winston; Ellis Clark |
| Notes | Art credit from JVJ index card attached to scanned issue online. JVJ lists several possible inkers: "CM Jr. [Captain Marvel Jr.] artist (Mohler or MFD.)" |
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| Comic Story | My Jealous Sin (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Patty loves photographer Bill but her “crazy jealousy” about his models threatens their relationship. Patty ruins some valuable negatives so Bill will lose his job. Bill breaks up with her. Patty confesses to Bill’s boss and shows him some of Bill’s best photos to get him rehired. Bill and Patty reconcile. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Patty Crane; Bill Packer; Mr. Bell |
| Notes | JVJ index card attached to online scanned version credits "Ski Nose" and (+ Golden?) for art.
"Patty" Crane is spelled "Pattie" in one panel. |
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| Text Story | Emperors Are Men (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Sandra Stevens | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Comic Story | Careless (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Gracie and Ed work in her fiancé Don’s lab. Her carelessness and clumsiness result in accidents, including one in which Ed is badly burned and Don’s formula for a new antiseptic is apparently destroyed. Don breaks up with Gracie. Gracie finds portions of Don’s notes in the ruins and works desperately to restore them. Don’s work is awarded a research grant and Gracie hopes someday he will love her again. |
| Credits | Pencils: Pete Costanza?; C. A. Winter?; D. Grant? (see notes) | Inks: Pete Costanza?; C. A. Winter?; Bob Butts?; Hing Chu? (see notes) |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Don Foster; Gracie; Ed; Professor Mendoza |
| Notes | Saltarella says the facial expressions and body positioning, especially on the splash page, looks like Peter Costanza. The inking work is similar to C. A. Winter or Fred Guardineer, but there were several creators in the 1950s with similar styles.
The Digital Comic Museum scan of this issue includes a creator index card from Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. that identified the artists by the code name "DAV2" which he believes to be either Earl Da Voren or D. Grant with Bob Butts or Hing Chu. Tony Rose suggests that it is unlikely to be Da Voren because he is only known to have worked for Ace on Super-Mystery Comics (1940 series), thinks it might be Winter instead. |
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| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) |
| Notes | Inside back cover, black-and-white.
House ad for Sweethearts 73, Life Story 1, and Cowboy Love 1, with reproductions of photo-covers. |
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| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) |
| Notes | Back cover. Promo for True Confessions magazine, with a photograph and a reproduction of the photo-cover of the August 1949 issue. |
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