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| Publication | December 1949 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
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| Synopsis | Actress Barbara Hale, "currently appearing in RKO's 'The Window,'" and her husband, actor Bill Williams. |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Colors:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Barbara Hale; Bill Williams |
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| Comic Story | The Fool Was I! (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Laura will marry Tom as soon as he can provide “security!” She helps build up his garage business but Tom feels pressured by her ambition. When he learns Laura flirts with men to get them to sign service contracts with the garage, Tom breaks up with her and gives her the business. Laura realizes money can’t make her happy, and donates the company to charity. She asks Tom’s friend Frank to take her to Tom. Tom is now running a small town garage and he takes Laura back. |
| Credits | Pencils: Art Gates? | Inks: Art Gates? |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Laura Stewart; Frank Jameson; Tom Drake; John Varden; Marie; Charles Deering |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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| Comic Story | Love Lore |
| Credits | Pencils: Mort Meskin | Inks: Mort Meskin |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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| Comic Story | My Problem Sister (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Kate’s sister Barbara is selfish and subject to “terrible rages!” When widowed doctor Ted proposes to Kate, Barbara decides to steal him away. She gets her way and Ted’s son Jimmy runs away because he doesn’t like her. Jimmy is injured in a fall and Ted has to operate; Barbara is too squeamish to help and Kate has to do it. Jimmy recovers and Ted decides Kate is the right wife for him after all. |
| Credits | Pencils: Mort Meskin |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Barbara Gordon; Kate Gordon; Mrs. Gordon; Tommy Duncan; Jimmy Joyce; Dr. Ted Joyce |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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| Comic Story | The Legend of Gretna Green (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | History of Scottish town where marriages are performed. |
| Credits | Pencils: Mort Meskin [as Mort] (signed) | Inks: Mort Meskin [as Mort] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Text Story | Romance for Sally (1 page) |
| Credits | Script: June McDonald | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Comic Story | What Should I Do? (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Sylvia, whose father was “the center of my universe,” rejects suitor Dick for older professor John. However, as Sylvia matures she realizes “youth and age may sometimes mix – but that, normally, people should grow old together!” She goes back to Dick. |
| Credits | Pencils: Mort Meskin | Inks: Mort Meskin |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Sylvia; Sylvia's father; Dick Stone; Professor John Crane |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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| Comic Story | Kirk Douglas... Real Life Star! (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils: Art Saaf | Inks: Art Saaf |
| Content | Genre: Biography |
| Notes | Information on this sequence supplied by Steve Saaf and Jim Vadeboncouer, June 2008. |
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| Text Story | It Pays To Be Different (1 page) |
| Credits | Script: Betty Cummings | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Comic Story | Hearts at Sea (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Martha refuses to marry Jeb unless he gives up his job as a fisherman. He refuses. Wealthy Randolph courts Martha but when they go for a sail and a storm blows up, Randolph reveals his cowardice. Jeb rescues them and Martha decides she’ll marry him, because she no longer fears or hates the sea. |
| Credits | Pencils: Frank Sieminsky | Inks: Frank Sieminsky |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Martha Coyle; Jeb Thomas; Randolph |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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