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| Publication | August 1949 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Contents | Contents (1 page) |
| Credits | Colors:? (red, white, blue) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Comic Story | I Fell In Love With the Man of My Dreams (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | 15-year-old Candy has a crush on 21-year-old Bob, a friend of her brother. Bob’s companion is Betty, who is his own age, but Candy plots to win him away. After Candy helps Bob during an emergency at a charity dance, they become friendly although he’s shocked to learn her true age. However, he kisses her on her 16th birthday. “He calls for [her] after school” each day and promises to wait for Candy to graduate before they marry. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Candy Barker; Joe Barker; Bob Jackson; Blanche; Betty Hale; Don Jall |
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| Comic Story | Can First Love Be True Love? (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Doris and Paul fall in love at first sight but she “couldn’t be sure it would last.” The unnamed love advisor in the last panel says "the best test...is to wait a few months.” |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Doris Bennett; Paul Roberts |
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| Comic Story | I Was Betrothed to a Stranger (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Frank gives Alice an engagement ring but her “old-countryish” father says he’s arranged for her to marry Tony, the son of a fellow immigrant. Alice finds Tony “a corpulent, loud-mouthed oaf” but wonders if she must repay her parents’ sacrifices with one of her own. However, when Alice is trapped in a burning house, Tony acts cowardly while Frank rushes in to save her. Her parents change their minds and approve of Frank as a future son-in-law. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Alice Weska; Papa Weska; Mama Weska; Tony Zacco; Frank Hale; Gustav Zacco; Mrs. Zacco |
| Notes | Alice's hair is blonde, turns red on page 3, and then back to blonde on page 4. |
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| Text Story | Know Your Own Mind! (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Comic Story | Be Punctual! (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Smart Sue is punctual and pleases her boyfriend. Silly Millie is always late and loses her boyfriend. |
| Featuring | How to Hold Your Man |
| Credits | Script: Merilla Herman |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Romance | Characters: Smart Sue; Silly Millie |
| Notes | Silly "Millie" is originally spelled "Milly" and then changes in the very next panel to "Millie." |
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| Featuring | Dear Peggy: Love Problems & Advice |
| Credits | Script:? [as Peggy] | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Advertisement | Hollywood Roddy McDowall at Monogram Pictures Studio (1 page) |
| Featuring | Adventures of Popsicle Pete |
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| Comic Story | I Was Tormented! (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Babs and Belle are twins, but Babs is “such a droop compared to Belle” that Babs loses all of her boyfriends to her sister. Babs falls in love with lawyer Jeff; he says he’d never leave her for her “slinky sister.” Belle pulls her usual fake “fainting” gimmick and kisses Jeff when he helps her up—an upset Babs runs into traffic and is hit by a car. In the hospital, Belle apologises and Jeff proposes to Babs. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Babs; Belle; Bill; Paul; Jeff |
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| Comic Story | Was It Love Or Pity? (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Nurse Julia loves doctor Stuart, but he’s the boyfriend of fellow nurse Bea, whose father is head of the hospital where they all work. Stuart feels like a kept man but is unable to break up with the domineering Bea. Meanwhile, he and Julia work on a polio serum. When Bea tries to keep Stuart from responding to a polio outbreak, he and Julia go there together. Bea vows revenge but her father says Stuart’s untested serum saved many lives. He also says he’s glad Stuart “got away from my daughter...she’d ruin any man!” Stuart and Julia embrace. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Dr. Stuart Taylor; Bea Mathews; Julia Prentiss; Adolph; Dr. Mathews |
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| Synopsis | House ad. The top half of the page is for "Love Problems and Advice" and reproduces the cover of issue no. 3. The bottom half of the page is an ad for "Crown Comics" and reproduces the cover of issue no. 19. |
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| Text Story | The Man I Love (1 page) |
| Credits | Script:? [as J. L.] | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Cartoon | From Dawn To Dusk (1 page) |
| Synopsis | 4 spot cartoons. Each cartoon has the "joke" in a dialogue balloon. Under each cartoon there is typeset text describing the garments being worn by the characters. |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
| Notes | Fashion advice |
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| Text Story | I Loved Two Men! (1 page) |
| Credits | Script:? [as R. B.] | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Featuring | Fleers Dubble Bubble |
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| Letters Page | The Wishing Well; The Last Word (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| PSA | Message to Parents: If Polio Hits Your Area This Year... (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | PSA from "The National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis" |
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