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| "Because My Own Heart Sang..." is signed by Dick Briefer on the last page. Otherwise I wouldn't have recognized his art, which isn't in the cartoony style of Frankenstein etc. |
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| Publication | April 1950 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Credits per Nick Caputo, March 2014. |
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| Content | Genre: Romance |
| Notes | Credits per Nick Caputo, March 2014. |
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| Comic Story | Because My Own Heart Sang... (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Alice is engaged to Steve and works in his stationery store. She constantly tries to find romantic mates for her acquaintances, which irritates Steve. She promises to stop matchmaking but is unable to do so. Newcomer Diane sets her cap for Steve, and when he responds, Alice quits her job. However, Steve comes to his senses and they reconcile. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Steve Bryce; Alice Sheppard; Walter Morris; Kay; Rose; Diane Tucker; Nora |
| Notes | Signed on the last page (panel 6). |
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| Comic Story | Because We Were Different (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Janet’s father has a minor job in a department store and puts on a snobbish front for everyone else. Janet falls for crane operator Ralph but her father thinks he’s not good enough for her. Janet suggests Ralph “aim for something higher” but he doesn’t “want to be an engineer or an executive. I like being a crane operator,” and they break up. Janet takes a job as a waitress in Ralph’s favourite restaurant hoping to see him again, but learns he’s gone to work in South America. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Ralph Dixon; Janet Cousins; Josie; Mr. Cousins; Miss Kodar |
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| Comic Story | I Was the Girl on His Arm (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | After graduating, college football star Ricky postpones his marriage to Gail until he finds a job he likes. Ricky soon discovers his sports stardom doesn’t qualify him for anything in the real world unless he’s willing to start at the bottom (and he’s not), and Gail breaks up with him. Gail works as a secretary in her father’s factory and convinces him to offer Ricky—-who has fallen on hard times--a job. Ricky accepts and he and Gail reconcile. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Ricky Doran; Gail Saunders; Dave; Mr. Saunders; Mr. Hendricks; Ruth; Mr. Gladstone; Mr. Neely |
| Notes | Ricky spelled "Rickie" in text box in splash panel. |
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| Text Story | My Band of Love (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Comic Story | Day of My Awakening (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Kathy and Walt are engaged but he quits his job at a brokerage firm because he wants to be an artist. Kathy goes along with his plan even though it means their marriage has to be postponed. Walt is a failure as an artist and Kathy catches him in an embrace with her best friend Paula. Paula tells Kathy she just wanted to prove that Walt was a loser who is ruining Kathy’s life; they walk out, leaving Walt alone. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Walter "Walt" Carlton; Katherine "Kathy" Shaw; Paula; Mr. Franke |
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| Comic Story | Keep Away From That Man (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | 17-year-old orphan Polly goes to live with her two wealthy spinster aunts, who turn out to be prudish and domineering. They compel Polly to assist Gertrude the maid and forbid her to be friends with chauffeur Danny, but the two young people fall in love anyway. Polly’s aunts fire Danny so he and Polly elope. When the aunts try to intervene, the justice of the peace and police chief flirt with the older ladies and convince them to permit the wedding. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Pollyanna "Polly" Morrow; Danny Bristol; Rachel Morrow; Minerva Morrow; Gertrude; Chief Harvey Cox; Mr. Braden |
| Notes | Credits per Nick Caputo, March 2014. |
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