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| Publication | May 1953 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Advertisement | Play Guitar in 7 Days (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Editing | ? (ad agency) |
| Notes | Mail order ad for guitar lesson book, $2.00, from Ed Sale, Dept. 4901, Point Pleasant, N.J.
Indicia at bottom of page.
Inside front cover. |
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| Comic Story | Korean War Bride (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Undercover agent Shoshone saves Jack’s life during the Korean War. They are married and return to the USA. Shoshone feels Jack’s friends are only nice to her when he’s around. She invites Jack’s friend Dick in for tea, only to be mauled by the lecherous man. Jack comes home and saves his wife. His other friends apologize for being standoffish and promise to include her from now on. |
| Content | Characters: Lt. Jack Walker; Shoshone Lee; Mrs. Lawson; Dick Thompson |
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| Advertisement | With God All Things Are Possible! (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Religious |
| Notes | Ad for prayer service from Life-Study Fellowship, Box 7902, Noroton, Conn. |
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| Comic Story | Accused (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Danny is jealous of Kathy’s friendship with petty crook Lou, who gives her expensive gifts. After the two men fight, Danny is signed by boxing promoter Chick and turns pro. Lou tries to use Kathy to set up Danny for a kidnapping, so he’ll lose a big fight, but Kathy tells Danny about the scheme. Danny says he loves Kathy and they will face the future together. |
| Content | Characters: Kathy; Lou Weller; Danny Condon; Chick Neely |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Advertisement | Magic Dutch Rock Garden Grows in Four Days (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Children |
| Notes | Send $1.00 for the Magic Dutch Rock Garden from Honor House Products Corp., Dept. A101, 836 Broadway, New York 3, N.Y. |
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| Comic Story | Passion (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Ann runs a wrecking company, which works alongside Dan and Frenchy’s companies on a big job. Ann and Dan fall in love. Ann prevents Frenchy from stabbing Dan in a work dispute, but when a fire breaks out, they all work together to save themselves and the site. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Ann Steele; Dan Johnson; French DuFarge; Mr. Lawrence |
| Notes | "Tewks" is William Tewkesbury, not Alberta Tews. |
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| Play Piano the First Day.. or Don't Pay (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Notes | Ad to learn to play piano by sending for the "Patented Automatic Chord Selector" for $1.98 from Dean Ross Piano Studios Inc., Dept. HA-5, 45 West 45th Street, New York 19, N.Y. |
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| Synopsis | Mary works to support her ailing mother and 3 younger brothers. She falls in love with Jim but has to decide between marriage and her family obligations. Mary and Mildred ask readers to write in and give advice. |
| Featuring | Mildred Norton's Problem Page |
| Content | Characters: Mildred Norton; Mary N.; Mary's mother; Dr. Connors; Jim |
| Notes | In previous issues, "Mildred Norton" was drawn to resemble Joan Crawford (mostly re-using the same paste-up image), but in this story she looks completely different. |
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| Text Story | Double Cross (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Advertisement | For You....Your Family....Sweetheart....Friends (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Send $2.00 for 100 photo stamps of friends or family from Empire Photo-Stamps, 15 Park Row, Suite 326, New York 38, N.Y. |
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| Comic Story | Heartaches (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Evelyn leaves her drunken and abusive husband Charles and gets a job at a newspaper, working for editor Ted. Charles commits suicide. Evelyn turns down Ted’s offer of a date. He rescues her from a mugger; later, he’s attacked by gangsters after a story about political corruption. Evelyn witnesses this assault and realizes she loves him. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Evelyn; Charles; Ted Brown |
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| Credits | Pencils:? (photographs) | Inks:? (photographs) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Send for free catalog offering television repair and other courses from Commercial Trades Institute, Dept. A100, 836 Broadway, New York 3, N.Y. |
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| Advertisement | Stop Smoking (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Notes | Send $2.00 for a formula to stop smoking from Doctor's Orders Products, Dept. 46, 6349 North Western Avenue, Chicago 49, Illinois.
On inside back cover. |
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| Hey Skinny!... Yer Ribs Are Showing! (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Characters: Joe |
| Notes | Send for free book describing Atlas's Dynamic Tension body-building system from Charles Atlas, Dept. 4022, 115 East 23 St., New York 10, N.Y.
On back cover. |
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