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| Publication | January 1953 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Bi-Monthly |
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| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) |
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| Synopsis | House ad for Sweetheart Diary comics. |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover, black-and-white. |
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| Comic Story | Don't Be a Beggar with Life (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Alice and her fiancé Jerry buy a corner grocery store together. Alice begins to economize drastically and spends all her time on store business. Jerry finally breaks up with her because of her “money-mad mania” and leaves. Business also falls off due to Alice’s bad business decisions. Alice realizes “how stupid and wrong I was!” and changes the way she runs the store. Business picks up again; Jerry returns and reconciles with a contrite Alice. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Alice; Mr. Meyers; Jerry; Lila; Mrs. Pawley; Mrs. Baker |
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| Comic Story | A Linguist |
| Featuring | Dizzy Daisy |
| Credits | Pencils: Howard Boughner | Inks: Howard Bougher |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Daisy |
| Notes | Bottom half of page is subscription form. |
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| Publisher advertisement | “Now You Can Get SWEETHEART DIARY Every Other Month, By Mail” |
| Synopsis | Subscription form for Sweetheart Diary. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | If I Had Another Chance (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Margot works for struggling inventors Professor Furey and Tom. When they receive a $10,000 check, Margot keeps it a secret and convinces Tom’s girlfriend Janice that Tom should give up. Tom quits and Margot’s fiancé Ralph is hired in his place. Margot then pretends the check just arrived, only to learn a disheartened Professor Furey has just sold the rights for $300! Ralph and Furey discover Margot's perfidy; Ralph breaks up with her. Margot convinces the purchasers of the invention to hire Furey, Tom and Ralph. She’s left alone because “I only cheated myself in the end.” |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Margot; Tom Chester; Janice; Professor Furey; Ralph Coley |
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| Comic Story | Richard Widmark (1 page) |
| Featuring | Dream Beau of the Month |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography |
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| Text Story | Halfway to Paradise (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: John Martin (credited) | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Comic Story | Lovers Must Learn (7.5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Fay breaks up with Jack after seeing him with another woman, without allowing him to explain. Her Aunt Ellen says she lost her fiancé years before because she didn’t trust him. Fay apologizes to Jack, who says the “other woman” was a fellow worker who just got bad news about her soldier husband. Fay and Jack reconcile. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Fay; Aunt Ellen Norris; Jack; Walter; Mr. Sommers |
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| Comic Story | Drugged |
| Featuring | Dizzy Daisy |
| Credits | Pencils: Howard Boughner | Inks: Howard Boughner |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | House ad for Romantic Story comics. |
| Notes | Inside back cover, black-and-white. |
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| Synopsis | House ad for Motion Picture and Television Magazine. |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Photo-cover reproduction and 4 black-and-white photos of celebrities.
Back cover, black-and-white. |
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