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| Publication | December 1950 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Colors:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Comic Story | Wedding Dress for Sale (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | College student Hazel has had a problem with jealousy since childhood. After one date with athlete George, she becomes angry when he dates other girls. Hazel falls in love with crew team coach Jim on the rebound, but jealousy causes her to trail him to a crew meet at another school and make a scene. Jim breaks up with her. Hazel vows to change her ways. Learning of this, Jim returns and they reconcile. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Hazel; Bob; Janet; Tommy; George Martin; Jim Baldwin; Martha; Gloria Lane; Mom; Dad |
| Notes | Script credit per Martin O'Hearn's blog: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2017/04/dorothy-woolfolk-on-love-diary-11-20-oh.html |
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| Comic Story | Wait for Me-- Darling (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Nina dedicates her life to her ballet career, putting her romance with Bob on hold. They plan to wed after her first season as a professional ends, but Nina postpones the ceremony to go on tour, then decides to spend a year dancing in Europe. Bob’s patience runs out. Anne returns to the USA to marry him but he’s already married, to Anne, and they have a child. Anne sadly goes back to Europe to dance. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Bob Ross; Nina Weston; Madame Clementi; Andre Duchamp; Anne Ross |
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| Text Story | No More Secrets! (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Synopsis | Fashion magazine editor Kathy is reunited with her fiancé, photographer Tommy, after six months apart. Kathy criticizes Tommy for his lack of ambition. He breaks up with her. Kathy discovers her own career now seems boring; she realizes a woman must support the man she loves even if she disagrees with his life choices. She asks Ray Mann how to win Tommy back. Ray prefers to have Love Diary readers do his work for him, requesting their advice via letters. |
| Featuring | Subscription for Happiness |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Ray Mann; Kathy R.; Tommy Hood; Charlotte |
| Notes | Supposedly drawn as an advice strip based on reader's questions. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Comic Story | Mama's Girl (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Office worker Shirley spends her leisure time with her widowed mother, who never approves of the men she dates. Shirley is introduced to Ralph, the nephew of one of her mother’s friends. They hit it off, but Shirley’s mother schemes to keep them apart, fearing she’ll be abandoned. Shirley breaks up with Ralph but her mother realises Shirley is unhappy and withdraws her objections to Ralph and her daughter’s romance. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Ralph Watson; Shirley Richards; Mrs. Richards; Bob; Mrs. Lucy Watson |
| Notes | Script credit per Martin O'Hearn's blog: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2017/04/dorothy-woolfolk-on-love-diary-11-20-oh.html |
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| Comic Story | The Wrong Kind of Love (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Marshall family (unemployed chemist father, mother, and 3 children, including Amy) find work in the Shay orchards. Amy’s father tries to convince Frank Shay to invest in his locust-killing formula, but is rejected. Amy falls in love with orchard foreman Dave. Frank makes advances to Amy and orders the family to leave when she rejects him. However, after her father’s chemical saves the orchards from a locust infestation, Shay apologizes for his actions and agrees to back Mr. Marshall financially. Amy and Dave will be married. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Dave; Amy Marshall; Edward Marshall; Mrs. Marshall; Frank Shay; Sonny Marshall |
| Notes | This story is very similar to “Fruits of Promise” in Flaming Love (Quality, 1949 series) #3 (April 1950), although the conclusion is different. |
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| PSA | The Classroom Secret (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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