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| Surprise! A Bob Powell lead story. A reprint, surely. |
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| Publication | September 1954 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Insincerely Yours (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | High school student Nancy meets soldier Ray, 12 years her senior, and dates him over the objections of her friends and family. When he’s sent overseas, she stubbornly continues to write to him “to create excitement among [her] friends.” She is pleased when he sends her an engagement ring, although she has no intention of marrying him. Nancy falls in love with Tom. She is shocked when Ray and his parents show up with plans for the wedding. Tom tells Ray and Ray says “I wouldn’t want any part of [Nancy] on a silver platter!” Tom says Nancy is “too young, too immature” to plan for a future now. |
| Content | Characters: Nancy; Marion; Irma; Jen; Ray Henley; Mr. Henley; Mrs. Henley; Nancy's mother; Nancy's father; Tom Emery |
| Notes | credits per Nick Caputo, March 2015. |
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| Comic Story | Mother had a Secret (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Matty refuses to marry Jeff because he’s a sailor and will be away for long periods at sea. Matty’s mother Sally tells her the story of how she feared the same thing and lost the man she loved, Jim. Matty accepts Jeff’s proposal. Matty’s father complains to Sally—-he’s Jim and he did come back to her. Sally says she lied to Matty out of good intentions, and it worked. |
| Content | Characters: Matty Peters; Jeff; Sally Martins; Captain Martins; Jim Peters |
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| Comic Story | Dale Robertson (1 page) |
| Featuring | Dream Beau of the Month |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography |
| Notes | bio of actor Dale Robertson. |
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| Text Story | Glamour Girl (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Text Story | Rendezvous of the Heart (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | The Dark Veil (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Linda loves psychiatrist Joel; they become close treating Margot, whose boyfriend was killed in Korea right after she wrote him a break-up letter. Linda suspects Joel and Margot are becoming romantically involved and she undermines Margot's treatment, causing a relapse. Joel says he can’t marry Linda while Margot is still ill: his younger brother was her late boyfriend and he is determined to cure her. Linda tries to undo the harm she’s done, but Joel overhears and says “What I felt for you is dead!” Linda will devote her life to helping others as atonement for her selfish actions. |
| Content | Characters: Dr. Joel Busch; Linda; Margot |
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| Comic Story | Desire Me (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Alice is blackmailed into working as a hostess in Ace’s skating rink/bar to protect her younger brother Peter, who went joyriding in Ace’s car. Alice meets sailor Jim and tries to warn him away from the crooked joint. Jim brings his shipmates to wreck the skating rink and beat up Ace; Peter confesses to the police and joins the Navy. Alice will marry Jim. |
| Content | Characters: Ace Dolan; Jim Farraday; Alice; Peter |
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