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| Date | | Number: 3 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Darling Romance 3 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 52 | Frequency: bi-monthly | Editing: Gilda Rae (credited) (story editor); Isabel Ross (credited) (production manager) |
| Notes | On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, July-December 1950, page 190, registration number B258026. |
| Cover | I Failed at Love / 1 page |
| Pencils | ? (photographs) |
| Inks | ? (photographs) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Romance |
| Characters | Eloise Phillips; Dave Manners |
| Notes | Cover girl credited on contents page. |
| Contents | Darling Romance (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover. Includes indicia. |
| Comic Story | Dark Secret (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | A few weeks before her wedding to Bob, Helen accepts a ride from Arthur, her friend Jane’s husband. Arthur gets fresh, Helen resists, the car wrecks, Arthur is killed, and Helen flees. The authorities know a woman was with Arthur and Jane says she’ll kill the woman if she finds her. After marrying Bob, Helen has nightmares about the accident. Jane learns Helen was “the woman” and attempts to kill her, but Bob intervenes and saves his wife. Helen and Bob decide “from now on, we won’t know the meaning of the word secret.” |
| Genre | Romance |
| Characters | Helen Young; Bob Nolan; Arthur Manners; Jane Manners; Sergeant Curtman |
| First Line | How could I live with my husband? |
| Notes | Title on cover and contents page is just "Dark Secret." Previous indexer listed it as "This Terrifying Dark Secret" from splash panel, but the lettering makes it clear that "Dark Secret" is the correct title. |
| Text Article | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Personality... and You from Your Handwriting |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Advocacy |
| Script | Ellyn Lee (signed) |
| First Line | For a girl of nearly eighteen you are indeed... |
| Notes | Ellyn Lee analyses handwriting from two submitted samples. |
| Comic Story | I Failed at Love (9.67 pages) |
| Synopsis | Sharon is fascinated with high society, and thinks her mechanic boyfriend Jimmy is “Dull! Dull!” Sharon has a crush on socialite David and turns down Jimmy’s marriage proposal. She meets and dates David; they fall in love, but Sharon is ashamed of her parents and David’s mother looks down on Sharon. When David learns he’ll be cut off without a cent, he tells Sharon “I’m not trained to earn a living.” They break up and Sharon can’t even go back to Jimmy because he married someone else. |
| Genre | Romance |
| Characters | Sharon Gray; Mr. Gray; Mrs. Gray; Jimmy Sheldon; David Manners; Mrs. Manners |
| First Line | I had always livedin a dream world of illusion... |
| Text Article | No Title |
| Feature | You Can Be a Prettier Darling |
| Script | Phyllis Pool |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Advocacy |
| First Line | With winter wind whipping against your face... |
| Advertisement | Gals --- Get Your New Atomic Perfume Cartridge!! |
| Feature | Atomic Perfume Cartridge |
| Pencils | ? (illustrations) |
| Inks | ? (illustrations) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Fashion |
| First Line | Girls... be the first to have one of these smart... |
| Notes | Mail order ad from Suretest Products, Inc., Dept. 1002, 50 Church St., New York 7, New York. |
| Advertisement | Sensational Scatter-Pin Offer! |
| Feature | Scatter-Pins |
| Pencils | ? (illustrations) |
| Inks | ? (illustrations) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Fashion |
| First Line | Yes - it is true, any 3 pins as shown... |
| Notes | Mail order ad from Suretest Products, Inc., Pin Dept. 300, 124 East 16th St., New York 3, New York. |
| Comic Story | A Handful of Stars (7.67 pages) |
| Synopsis | When Pete returns from the war, he tells his girlfriend Sonia he’s not returning to his job as a miner--he plans to become a lawyer. Sonia doesn’t want to wait five years to get married and Pete’s studying leaves little time for romance. Pete changes his mind and returns to the mine because he fears Sonia will leave him for his rival, miner Jan. Pete is trapped in a mine accident and Jan helps rescue him. Sonia tells Pete she’s willing to wait for him until he finishes law school. |
| Genre | Romance |
| Characters | Pete Derny; Sonia; Jan Cermak |
| First Line | Lord, if you wish for our love, fling us a... |
| Text Story | No Title |
| Synopsis | Gene finds the girl he had been waiting for. |
| Feature | Thrill of a Lifetime |
| Script | Gene Livingstone |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Romance |
| Characters | Gene Livingstone |
| First Line | I know it's irregular for a boy to be writing to... |
| Notes | This feature awards a $5.00 prize for the winning letter describing an exciting or memorable experience. Gene Livingstone of Paris, Texas is the writer of this issue's winning letter. |
| Discovered at Last! New Kind of Lustrous Home Wave / Minit Curl (1 page) | |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Fashion |
| Characters | Babs; Pat; Jack |
| First Line | This new kind of home wave is as easy as setting your hair! |
| Notes | Mail order ad for Minit Curl from Marlene's Inc., Dept. 677-A, 349 West Ontario St., Chicago 10, Illinois. |
| Comic Story | I Played at Marriage! (7.67 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jay marries the “sheltered” Barbara, who thinks “this business of cooking, cleaning and being a wife” will be “real fun!” Barbara is incompetent at housework and cooking and often shirks her duties, but when Jay is injured due to her carelessness, she changes her ways and “our home is now the well regulated, orderly existence it should be.” |
| Genre | Romance |
| Characters | Barbara Williams; Jay Williams; Madge; Helen; Mr. Carson |
| First Line | Marriage to me was a game, an idyllic... |
| Text Story | Unruly Heart |
| Script | Irene Martin (credited) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Romance |
| First Line | Here is my heart, Tied with a bow; |
| Notes | An 8 line poem. |
| Text Article | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | The Answer Woman |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Advocacy |
| First Line | My allowance is very small and I am worried. |
| Notes | Questions and answers on various topics of interest. |
| Comic Story | Flight from Love (8.67 pages) |
| Synopsis | Airline pilots Roger and Larry compete for the affections of stewardess Leslie. She chooses Roger and they become engaged. Larry reacts badly: “She can’t marry a corpse. And when I kill you, I’ll kill her, too. If I can’t have her, nobody will!” The two men struggle and Larry is killed. Roger flees to Brazil to work for a tramp airline. His new girlfriend Pepita sends Roger back to Leslie. Roger learns Larry didn’t die, so Roger and Leslie can now be married. |
| Genre | Aviation; Romance |
| Characters | Roger Martin; Leslie; Larry; Lopez; Pepita; Gabby Remsen |
| First Line | I killed him! I killed my friend! |
| Notes | Same story as "I Must Forget Eileen" in Romantic Confessions (Hillman, 1949 Series) v1#3, December 1949. The ending is very slightly changed. |
| Text Article | No Title |
| Feature | Platter Previews |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| First Line | Heave to, matey, and bend an ear to... |
| Notes | Record reviews. Noted are Sammy Kaye, Dinah Shore, Doris Day and Frank Sinatra. |
| Advertisement | Factory to You! (1 page) |
| Feature | Penman Writing Set |
| Pencils | ? (illustrations) |
| Inks | ? (illustrations) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Imagine! Four gorgeous, instant writing pens and... |
| Notes | Mail order ad for four-piece writing set from Penman Company, Dept. 677-A, 349 West Ontario, Chicago 10, Illinois. |
| Advertisement | Kill These Hair-Destroying Germs (1 page) |
| Feature | Ward's Formula |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Medical |
| First Line | Beware of your itchy scalp, hair loss, dandruff... |
| Notes | Inside back cover mail order ad for Ward's Formula from Ward Laboratories, Inc., 1430 Broadway, Dept. 1D, New York 18, New York. |
| Advertisement | More Beauty! More Style! More Value! (1 page) |
| Feature | Florida Fashions |
| Pencils | ? (illustrations) |
| Inks | ? (illustrations) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Fashion |
| First Line | Any 2 styles... any 2 sizes Any 2 colors |
| Notes | Back cover mail order ad for dresses from Florida Fashions, Sanford 693 Florida. |
| The data in the additional content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution License. More details about this comic may be available in their page here | |
