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| Looks like Leonard Starr was involved in "Fate Takes a Hand." I'm pretty sure the last story is by Bill Draut. |
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| Publication | October 1949 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Bi-Monthly |
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| Cover | Branded Guilty! |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Colors:? (photograph) |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Barbara Britton (photo) |
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| Comic Story | I Was Branded Guilty (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | While baby-sitting to earn college tuition, Sue is accused of stealing a ring. The woman later retracts her accusation but Sue loses a summer job and her boyfriend Frankie due to the gossip. Sue takes a job picking cherries at a camp instead and gets a new boyfriend, Gary. But when money at the camp goes missing, Gary and Sue are arrested. They’re finally cleared and can go on with their lives and get married. |
| Credits | Pencils: John Prentice (signed) | Inks: John Prentice |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Sue Prentis; Mr. Prentis; Mr. Prentis; Mrs. Devine; Mrs. Baker; Frankie Albert; Mrs. Miller; Gary Allen |
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| Comic Story | Up to Stardom (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Story of actress Barbara Britton's career to date. |
| Credits | Pencils: Tex Blaisdell | Inks: Tex Blaisdell |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Barbara Britton |
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| Comic Story | You've Got to Help Me! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Clare is 18 and Tom is 21: they want to get married. Clare's parents want her to wait a few years. Clare's bitter friend Ann, who was married young and divorced at age 20, calls her marriage a "mistake" and adds "What a record to drag through life!" Tom and Clare are unsure about what to do. Readers are asked: "Can you help Clare and Tom?" |
| Content | Characters: Clare Kane; Tom Mansfield; Mr. Kane; Mrs. Kane; Ann Ross |
| Notes | Chance to win $200 in prizes. |
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| Comic Story | Fate Lends a Hand (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Marie and Doug are engaged, but aren’t financially able to marry. He wants to buy a house and then a gas station, but their joint savings can’t cover both. Marie talks to her uncle Dave and he offers to sell her a house he owns; however, Doug signs a contract to buy a gas station, unaware Marie has spent their savings already on the house. Uncle Dave solves the problem by offering to hire Doug to work as his assistant. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Marie; Marie's mother; Doug Wright; Dave Crosland |
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| Comic Story | No Time for Love (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | After her father dies, 18-year-old Gwen has to run the small-town newspaper he owned, in order to support her mother and lazy younger brother Jimmy. When her boyfriend Jackie proposes moving to Chicago and getting married, Gwen has to turn him down because of her family obligations. She dates new local doctor George and they fall in love. George tells off Gwen’s selfish mother and brother but Gwen can’t bring herself to desert them until she breaks her ankle and her family only complains about the inconvenience to them. Gwen marries George and her mother & brother eventually get over it. |
| Credits | Pencils: Al Avison? | Inks: Al Avison? |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Gwen Parker; Jimmy Parker; Mrs. Parker; Dr. George Barry; Tom; Jackie Cook |
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| Featuring | This Is My Problem |
| Credits | Script:? [as Nora Lane] | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | My Love Could Do No Wrong! (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dave breaks up with Laurie, calling her “a regular shrew!” She decides to stop criticising her boyfriends. She dates Joe; she hears rumours he’s a crook but believes his denials. One night Joe demands Laurie give him an alibi to clear him of a murder charge and she does, then learns Joe was guilty after all. Laurie turns Joe in to the police. She vows to follow a “middle-course” between suspicion and blind trust in her future boyfriends. |
| Credits | Pencils: Tex Blaisdell | Inks: Tex Blaisdell |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Joe Beck; Laurie Thomas; Dave Parker; Frank; Cathy Williams; Margie |
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| Text Article | What Do the Stars Tell You About Your Lovelife? (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) |
| Notes | Astrology page. |
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| Comic Story | Head of the Family (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dick is released from military service and tells Judy they can’t wed until he finishes college. He reluctantly agrees to allow her to work while he studies, but insists she quit when he graduates and gets a good job. She does, but when Judy finally becomes “a housewife,” she finds it difficult to turn over management of the family finances to Dick after having done that job for 3 years. After constant arguments, Dick walks out. He loses his job and turns into a bum. Judy tracks him down and they reconcile, agreeing to be more sympathetic to each other's needs. |
| Credits | Pencils: Al Avison? |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Dick Marsh; Judy Marsh; Mr. Rogers |
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