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| Harry Anderson’s art helps take what would have perhaps been a more mundane romance story in another artist’s hands to a whole new dramatic level. |
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| Publication | October 1951 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Comic Story | Forbidden to Love (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Janie is hired as companion to wealthy Sarah, and is attracted to her employer's handsome nephew Cary. Aunt Sarah warns Janie that Cary was jilted by actress Isobel and will never fall in love again. Cary and Janie fall in love regardless, but Isobel returns. Janie thinks she’ll lose Cary but he tells her Isobel is a “ruthless man-chaser” and he prefers Janie. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Janie Burns; Aunt Sarah Stillwell; Cary Stillwell; Jurgens; Isobel Lewes |
| Notes | Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn. |
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| Comic Story | My Kisses Brought Death! (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Secretary Ellen’s boyfriend Jim is killed in an auto accident; she dates Hal, and he drowns in a boating accident. Several years later, she dates salesman Toby; they fall in love but she refuses to marry him, fearing she is cursed. However, when Ellen falls through a rotten floor in Toby’s old family mansion, she understands that Jim and Hal died because of their own carelessness. Toby rescues Ellen and they will be married. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Ellen Francis; Toby Hunter; Hal Hendricks |
| Notes | The same basic premise was used for "Jinx Girl" in Realistic Romances (Avon, 1951 series) #7 (August 1952).
Art credit from the reprint. |
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| Synopsis | Singer Anne and lawyer Matt fall in love, but Matt’s family doesn’t approve of her. Matt, who could lose his position in the family law firm if they wed, insists he wants to go ahead with the marriage. Anne comes to Ray Mann for advice, and he asks Love Diary readers to help out. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Ray Mann; Anne B.; Matt Templeton; Mrs. Templeton; Sandra Templeton; Cecily |
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| Comic Story | The Right Man for Me (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wilma has a good job in the city and a boyfriend, Paul. She’s called home to the family farm when her father falls ill. Wilma prefers city life but farm hand Gil says the country is in her blood. They fall in love but Paul arrives to take her back to the city and, since Gil tells her to make up her own mind, Wilma leaves. Once back in her old life, Wilma realizes how shallow and empty everyone is. She goes back to the farm and Gil. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Wilma Taylor; Gil Watson; Paul; Mr. Taylor; Mrs. Taffy |
| Notes | Art credits from the French fan magazine Back Up #14, as submitted by Stephane Petit, via the GCD Errors list, February 2009.
Additional infos come from the John Buscema checklist built by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr and Michel Maillot.
Basically the same premise as "Big City Girl" in Love Diary (Orbit) 12 (January 1951). |
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