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| Publication | February 1951 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Colors:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Prisoner of Love! (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Orphan Ruth lives her with miserly Aunt Mary. Ruth spends her own money on piano lessons with Derek and is devastated when her aunt says this must stop. Derek agrees to teach her at no charge but becomes enraged when Ruth dates music store clerk Bob, and stops her lessons. Ruth tries to forget her music but her life seems empty; she realizes she loves Derek and playing the piano, and returns to his side. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Ruth Andrews; Derek Masters; Aunt Mary; Bob Simmons |
| 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 | I Was a Fat Girl! (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Plump office clerk Nancy loses her boyfriend Johnny to her slim sister Pat. Nancy goes on a diet to attract co-worker Clyde, but fears Pat will steal him as well. However, Clyde proves he loves Nancy and Pat vows to help her sister get down to a “normal weight” for her wedding. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Nancy; Pat; Johnny Marshall; Clyde Morgan; Nancy's mother |
| Notes | Script credit per Martin O'Hearn's blog: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2017/04/dorothy-woolfolk-on-love-diary-11-20-oh.html
Art credits per Nick Caputo, April 2017. |
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| Synopsis | Rhonda meets Tom on vacation and they fall in love. However, she discovers Tom is engaged to her best friend Celia. Rhonda asks Ray Mann if she should warn Celia that Tom is a “trifler” or keep her mouth shut. Ray suggests Love Diary readers write in with their opinions. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Ray Mann; Rhonda R., Tom G.; Celia |
| Notes | Ray Mann is off-model again in this story, with brown hair and more angular facial features than the standard image. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | On the bottom of a house-ad page. |
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| Comic Story | Not Meant for Love (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Irene’s parents think her health is delicate, so they are reluctant to move to a mining town in Alaska, where Mr. Grey has a new job. Irene insists, and they settle in, helped by handsome Mike. Mike and Irene fall in love, but her frailty limits her activity. Mike says it’s because she’s pampered, not ill, and Irene realizes he is correct. She proves she’s fit and can live a normal life, and she and Mike reconcile. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Mike Lowry; Irene Grey; Mr. Grey; Mrs. Grey; Mrs. Warner; Jimmy Warner |
| Notes | Art credits from the French fan magazine Back Up #14, as submitted by Stephane Petit, via the GCD Errors list, February 2009. Additional info from the John Buscema checklist built by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr and Michel Maillot.
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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| Text Story | Femme Fatale (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Comic Story | The Man of My Dreams (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | High school student Phyllis meets actor Fredric Parker and decides he is her model for the perfect man. Even when she goes to college, she turns down dates, preferring to dream about finding her perfect mate. After Fredric Parker is involved in a scandal, Phyllis realizes there is no perfect man. She reluctantly dates football player Jimmy. Jimmy’s behavior during an emergency makes her realize that he’s brave and sweet and she discovers he is the man of her dreams. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Phyllis Prentice; Ted; Fredric Parker; Dean Wilson; Tommy Prentice; Mrs. Prentice; Mr. Prentice; Marge; Jimmy Morrison; Al |
| Notes | Possible Forte pencils per Nick Caputo, April 2017. |
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