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| Three words: ROLLER DERBY GIRLS! |
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| Publication | June 1950 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Every Other Month |
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| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Comic Story | Very Personally Yours (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Margery visits the office of Doris Bigelow, the love advisor for "Love Lessons." Doris thanks Margery for allowing her story to be used as the basis for "I Played a Dangerous Game" in this issue, and urges readers to send in their personal tales of romance. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Doris Bigelow; Effie; Margery Brandt |
| Notes | Introduction to issue. |
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| Comic Story | Framed by Love! (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jo falls in love with impoverished artist Grant. Although her younger sister Beth and her parents are opposed to their relationship, Jo marries him anyway. To help make ends meet, Jo gets a job and Grant teaches in an art school. Jo becomes jealous of Grant's model Vivian and leaves him. She later reads about Grant's one-man show and a portrait called "My Only Love." It's of Jo, and Grant and Jo reconcile. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Jo Treemont; Beth Treemont; Grant Farnham; Mr. Treemont; Mrs. Treemont; Vivian Barnett; Doris Bigelow |
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| Comic Story | My Dream Came True! (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Student Dotty works frantically in her free time to save $49 for a hat she desires, ignoring her boyfriend Peter in the process. Her earnestness impresses Dennis, son of the store owner, and they fall in love. She gets the hat and other clothes free. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Doris Bigelow; Dotty Camfield; Dennis Kane; Peter; Mrs. Forrestal; Mrs. Camfield; Reggie |
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| Featuring | Cupids's Corner |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
| Notes | This does not appear in the online scanned version at: http://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=67672
Online version is missing the centrefold (4 pages total). |
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| Featuring | Love Laughs |
| Notes | Online copy is missing the centrefold. Previous indexer listed two instances of "Letters of Love" and "Love Laughs," but only one of each appears in the scanned version. |
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| Featuring | Letters of Love |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | This does not appear in the online scanned version at: http://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=67672
(Only one "Letters of Love" is in this issue as scanned) |
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| Comic Story | I Played a Dangerous Game (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Margery joins the roller derby and falls in love with fellow skater Carl, which angers teammate Edith, his former girlfriend. Edith quits and joins another team. Margery thinks Carl is still interested in Edith. After Margery inadvertently injures Edith in a match, she goes to the hospital and donates blood to help her opponent. Edith explains that Carl told her that he loved Margery, and she approves. Edith becomes their teammate again and Carl and Margery get married. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Margery Brandt; Carl Tanner; Edith; Mr. Tully; Mr. Brandt; Mrs. Kate Brandt; Doris Bigelow; Sal Stack; Irene Montez; Bill; Betty; Doris Bigelow |
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| Synopsis | Text story in the form of letters between a man and a woman. |
| Featuring | Letters of Love |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
| Notes | Vertical format, left-hand side of page. |
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| Featuring | Love Laughs |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Has single panel cartoon and text jokes. Vertical format, right-hand side of page. |
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| Comic Story | Blonde Crazy (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Gary is Vivian's boyfriend. Although she has black hair, he admires women with blonde hair: "They please my sense of beauty." Vivian wonders if he can be faithful to her, so she attends a masquerade ball wearing a blonde wig and a mask. At the ball, Gary makes a pass at Vivian and says he loves her. She runs away angrily but Gary catches up and admits he knew it was her all the time. He asks her to marry him. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Gary; Vivian Wooster; Doris Bigelow; Florence |
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| Synopsis | Letters to Doris Bigelow and her advice in the replies. |
| Featuring | Doris Bigelow's Mailbag! |
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| Synopsis | House ad with subscription form for "Sweet Love," "Hi-School Romance," "First Romance," "Love Stories of Mary Worth," "Love Lessons," "True Love Problems and Advice Illustrated," "First Love." |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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