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| Publication | March 1953 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
| Notes | Art credits identified by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. |
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| Cover | Too Young to Love! |
| Credits | Pencils: Ken Bald | Inks: Ken Bald |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
| Notes | Art credits identified by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. |
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| Comic Story | The Lady and the Law (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Janet dates policeman Tommy, and uses her rich father's influence to get Tommy preferential treatment and an early promotion. Tommy breaks up with her as a result. When a flood threatens the town, the rich residents leave, but Janet stays and opens her family's home to poor people displaced from their houses. Tommy sees Janet has changed and they reconcile. |
| Credits | Pencils: Dick Beck | Inks: Dick Beck |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Janet Baxter; Mrs. Baxter; Mr. Baxter; Roddy; Tommy Nelson; Frank |
| Notes | Art credits identified by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. |
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| Comic Story | Too Young to Love (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | 17-year-old Arlene and Chuck are in love, but her parents send Arlene away to a girls' boarding school. Arlene flees and goes with Chuck to a justice of the peace in another state, intending to use a forged letter of permission to get married. The Justice says his teenaged daughter married a boy and they had to move in with him because they couldn't support themselves. Now they're bitter and argue all the time. Arlene and Chuck decide to wait to wed until they're older. After they're gone, the Justice congratulates his son and daughter for posing as an unhappy couple. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Arlene Gray; Mr. Gray; Mrs. Gray; Chuck Westcott; Gert; Justice of the Peace |
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| Text Story | Born Flirt (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Comic Story | Job for a Woman! (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jean applies for a men-only job selling cars and convinces a reluctant Jed to hire her. Jean is sexually harrassed by fellow worker Bud; Jed steps in but warns Jean he'll fire her if it happens again. Jean says she can use her femininity to sell cars, dating rich prospect Hal. Hal agrees to place a big order if Jean marries him. Jed fires Jean so he can marry her himself. |
| Credits | Pencils: Ralph Owens | Inks: Ralph Owens |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Jean Harrow; Jed Burton; Bud Halley; Hal Brewer |
| Notes | Art credits identified by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. |
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| Statement of Ownership | Statement of the Ownership, Management, and Circulation |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Text Story | The Present and the Future (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Comic Story | Love Hasn't Changed (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | A young woman breaks up with her fiancé Ted because he insists she become a housewife and she wants a career. Applying for a newpaper job, the young woman meets Mrs. Dulcimer, the elderly publisher. Mrs. Dulcimer tells the story of her youth, when she was a "Bloomer girl" crusading for women's rights, until she married Whitney. Mrs. Dulcimer says a woman should be a good wife first, and can then change her husband's mind about women having a career. |
| Credits | Pencils: Paul Cooper? | Inks: Paul Cooper? |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Mrs. Whitney Dulcimer [nee Emily Cartwright]; Kearney Ridgewater; Mr. Cartwright; Mrs. Cartwright; "Big Boss" Wheeler; Whitney Dulcimer; Ted |
| Notes | Art credits identified by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.
Bloomers (essentially trousers for women) "became a symbol of women's rights in the early 1850s.” [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomers_(clothing)] However, Mrs. Dulcimer would have to be well over 100 years old for this to be the era in which she was a "bloomer girl." |
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