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| This comic contains 3 grim stories: a mother forces her daughter to work in the family factory, forbids her to marry, and disinherits her when the daughter does. The second story depicts a horribly abusive (psychologically & physically) husband. The third features "elder abuse," as a wife torments her husband's elderly, ill parents! Some romance comic! |
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| Publication | April 1950 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
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| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Comic Story | My Mother Couldn't Hold Me (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bev's widowed mother compels her to work in the family lock factory. Bev falls in love with construction boss Tony. Her mother says "you have an obligation to your father's business," and when Tony and Bev marry secretly, she disinherits her daughter. Bev hopes she and Tony can change her mother's mind someday. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Bev Fadin; Mrs. Fadin; Joe; Tony Dudley |
| Notes | Story starts on the inside of front cover. Art looks like Walter Johnson in his "Jack Kirby" phase: note large hands, single-line prominent cheekbones on women, etc. |
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| Comic Story | I Was a Slave to Love (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Vera and Tom get married after a drunken party with their friends Betty and Jerry, who also elope. The next day, Tom blames Vera for tricking him into marriage. He repeats this constantly and complains about Vera's housekeeping, cooking, etc. Tom also gets drunk and physically abuses Vera. When Tom's fired, Vera gets a job to support them. She performs well and is respected: "they treated me like a human, not like the slave and combination servant that you've treated me!" She leaves Tom. "I've freed myself of the brute's domination!" |
| Credits | Pencils: Wally Wood | Inks: Wally Wood |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Vera Ricker; Tom Ricker; Betty; Jerry; Mrs. Gogarty; Miss Daly; Mr. Mulloy |
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| Featuring | Problems of the Heart |
| Credits | Script:? [as Peg Chalmers] | Letters: typeset |
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| Text Article | How About a New Face? |
| Featuring | Charm Corner |
| Credits | Script:? [as Peg Chalmers] | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | I Tortured My In-Laws (8.67 pages) |
| Synopsis | Betty is happy in her marriage to Ray, but is upset when he says his elderly and ill parents must come to live with them. She feels they'll intrude on her life with her husband. Betty is "always polite" but goes out of her way to make the older couple "uncomfortable and unhappy." Ray's parents decide to return to their home, although Ray will have to hire a nurse to help care for them. Betty has a change of heart and invites the couple to return to live with them. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Betty Richardson; Ray Richardson; John Richardson; Martha Richardson |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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