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| Publication | December 1953 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | Ryan Ten finds the blond male's face on the cover to be much closer to Prentice than to Nostrand. |
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| Cover | Enslaved! |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
| Notes | Ryan Ten finds the blond male's face on the cover to be much closer to Prentice than to Nostrand. |
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| Contents | Contents (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils: Various | Inks: Various | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Enslaved! (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Sally lives in the slums but dreams of a better life some day. However, she meets the brutish Pete and is “enslaved by lust and desire from which I’d never be free.” |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Sally Cordell; Andy Cordell; Mrs. Cordell; Mr. Cordell; Pete Mallon |
| Notes | Previous indexer credits art as by Jo Albistur but it sure looks like John Prentice to me. Bails indicates Prentice worked for Harvey in this period but does not credit Albistur with doing so. |
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| Text Story | One Last Fling |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Synopsis | House ad for “Ripley’s Believe It or Not!” |
| Notes | Horizontal ad across bottom of page. Reproduces cover of “Ripley’s Believe It or Not!” 2. |
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| Comic Story | So You've Got a Job! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | How to behave at work: don’t be the “office gossip,” the “office ‘mooch,’” a chronic complainer, or a clock-watcher. |
| Credits | Pencils:? (Powell studio) | Inks:? (Powell studio) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Comic Story | No Holds Barred (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Chorus line dancer June meets soldier Bobby at a USO club and they fall in love. She doesn’t tell him what she does for a living, and when he finds out he says “I never thought you’d turn out to be as low as this!” She says she had to quit school and take “any job” to support her dying mother and is now stuck. Bobby says they can get married now and she can live with his family in Tennessee until he returns from the service. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: June Early; Bobby Jackson; Trix |
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| Synopsis | House ad for “Teen-Age Brides,” “First Love Illustrated,” “True Love Problems and Advice Illustrated,” “Hi-School Romance,” and “First Romance Magazine.” |
| Notes | Black-and-white on yellow background. Bottom half of page is an advertisement. |
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| Comic Story | Take Me (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Nurse Mary loves doctor Tom but he’s engaged to Alice. When Alice is killed in an auto accident, Mary consoles Tom and eventually they are married. On their honeymoon in Mexico, Mary thinks Tom is still thinking about Alice, but when a fever epidemic strikes the town they both pitch in. Tom dies of the disease. Mary will return to the USA with doctor Larry, who has loved Mary for a long time. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Mary Lake; Dr. Tom Sloan; Larry; Alice |
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| Text Story | ...For Better, for Worse... |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
| Notes | Bottom 1/4 of page is subscription form. |
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| Synopsis | Subscription form for "First Romance Magazine." |
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| Featuring | Ask Jane Jones |
| Credits | Script: Jane Jones | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | My Mother -- My Rival! (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | 18-year-old Peggy is tired of being treated like a child by her mother Lucille, who is only 17 years older than she. Peggy begins an affair with Frank, her mother’s boyfriend. Frank continues to see both of them. Lucille warns Peggy that Frank is “no good,” and Peggy sees him hit her mother when Lucille asks him to leave her daughter alone. Peggy and Lucille walk out on Frank and go home together. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Frank Anders; Lucille; Peggy |
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