| Additional Information |
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| Publication | February 1949 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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| Cover | no title indexed |
| Synopsis | Full-page, front cover photo depicts a young couple standing at an open door in the moonlight. The issue's four stories are listed on the lower portion of the page. |
| Featuring | Sweethearts |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Colors:? (photo) | Letters: Typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Text Article | Horoscope (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Full-page, inside front cover, 7-panel comic book page format horoscope for Aquarius. |
| Featuring | Star Mates |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Foreword/Afterword | Table of Contents (1 page) |
| Synopsis | List of the four titles in the issue plus the series two features, "Star Mates" and "Dream-Beau of the Month". |
| Credits | Letters: Typeset |
| Editing | Will Lieberson (Executive Editor); Roy Ald (Editor) |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Comic Story | Scared -- of Love (15 pages) |
| Synopsis | Ann is prim and proper. Ann meets Mark, a spontaneous, fun-loving young man, and they begin dating. Ann falls in love but considers Mark's pleasure in simple things such as running to the top of a hill or playing games at a birthday party childish and undignified. In spite of their differences, they decide to marry. Before the wedding Mark drops Ann, citing her joyless stiffness and unyielding correctness in everything. Time passes and Ann quietly acknowledges her mistakes and relaxes a bit. She meets Mark again, and, when Mark discovers she has softened, the two renew their relationship. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Ann Curtis; Mark Reed; Aunt Ellen |
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| Comic Story | Wanted: The Perfect Man (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | Marge wants absolute perfection in the men she dates and drops one after another when they fall short of her standards. She is attracted to Gene Towns and they date, but Marge criticizes his hairstyle, his clothes, and the way he holds her when he kisses her. He takes offense at her incessant critiques, and drops her. One day, he reappears at her door, having made the changes in his style and life she wanted. Although he is now everything she wanted in a man, Marge realizes that what she loved was the old Gene with all his little imperfections rather than the new, perfect Gene. Later, he admits he pulled the make-over stunt to teach her a lesson. He resumes his old self, and Marge is delighted. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Marge; Edna and Kay (Marge's roommates); Gene Towns |
| Notes | Saltarella feels the artwork resembles Graham Ingels' pencils, but since Ingles is not listed in the Who's Who as having worked at Fawcett, this is unlikely. |
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| Text Story | Love's Sacrifice (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | The third chapter in an ongoing tale about nurse Vicki Carr. |
| Featuring | The Happiness and Heatbreak of Vicki Carr |
| Credits | Script: John Messmann | Letters: Typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Vicki Carr |
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| Comic Story | Betrayed by My Temper (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Ginger is a redhead with a terrible temper. She dates Bill but their times together are spoiled by her rages. On one occasion, her temper flares and she crashes Bill's vehicle into a tree. It's the last straw for Bill and he drops her. Ginger feels great guilt and wants to make amends by paying for his vehicle. She gets a job in a tea room and is forced to control her temper on the job or suffer termination. Bill enters one day and observes her great control in a trying situation. He admires the change in Ginger and the two renew their relationship. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Ginger; Bill Monroe; Evey Monroe (Bill's aunt) |
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| Comic Story | I Led Him On (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Betty and Tom live in Ridgeway. Kurt, an associate in her father's business, is new in town and asks Betty out. She accepts his invitations and his small gifts. Her father criticizes her but she dismisses him as an old fuddy-duddy. Betty decides to end her relationship with Kurt because she believes Tom is about to propose. Kurt is hurt and angry. When Tom learns of what was occurring behind his back, he drops Betty. Betty feels guilty and ashamed, and she is inconsolable. Time passes and Tom forgives Betty and she accepts his proposal. Kurt is promoted and transferred. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Betty Kress; Tom; Kurt Wilson; Betty's father |
| Notes | Art identification by Saltarella. |
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| Comic Story | Guy Madison (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Full-page, inside back cover, 8-panel comic book page format biography of actor Guy Madison. |
| Featuring | Dream-Beau of the Month |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography |
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| Illustration | Guy Madison (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Full-page, back cover photo of actor Guy Madison. |
| Featuring | Dream-Beau of the Month |
| Credits | Letters: Typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography |
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