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| Publication | October-November 1950 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Cover | Foolish Kisses |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Text Article | Table of Contents (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | This page contains the indicia, editorial credits and a table of contents for this issue. |
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| Comic Story | Hot Love and Cold Hearts (9.67 pages) |
| Synopsis | Maya is a Native American who grows up on a reservation. In college, she encounters racism from white students and returns to the reservation to teach after graduation. Writer Tom arrives to do research and falls in love with Maya. She reluctantly accepts, fearful of more discrimination. Tom’s mother opposes the match but when Maya provides a life-saving blood transfusion, Mrs. Drake changes her mind. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Maya; Matilda; Long Jim; Tom Drake; Mrs. Drake; Dr. Hall |
| Notes | Tentative art credits from JVJ Index card attached to scanned version online. |
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| Text Article | Good Stuff On Records |
| Synopsis | Recommended listening with an accompanying illustration. |
| Featuring | Platter Patter |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Advertisement | The Life Of The Party (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for Tootsie Roll candy. |
| Featuring | Tootsie |
| Content | Characters: Tootsie; Ken |
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| Text Article | Your Handwriting by Ellyn Lee (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Handwriting analysis of samples sent in by readers with an accompanying illustration and information on how to send in handwriting samples for future analysis. |
| Featuring | Your Handwriting |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Comic Story | Foolish Kisses (8.67 pages) |
| Synopsis | Famous model Janet wonders if she’s capable of love since she’s never had a sustained romance. However, when she kisses Walter, the head of the modeling agency, they both realize they are in love. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Janet Blaine; Walter Horton; John Bly; Eric; Rod; Edward; Jacque; Bonnie |
| Notes | Tentative art credits from JVJ index card attached to online scanned version.
Janet's last name is "Blaine" on page 1 and "Blain" on page 2. |
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| Text Article | What's Cookin'? |
| Synopsis | Recipes for Luncheon Potato Balls and Cocoanut [sic] Kisses submitted by Anne Norci and Evelyn Mitchum respectively with an accompanying illustration. |
| Featuring | What's Cookin' |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Letters Page | The Darling Bandbox (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Helpful household hints submitted by readers. |
| Featuring | The Darling Bandbox |
| Credits | Script:? [as Miss Darling] | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Letters from Dorothy Loveland; Merilyn Sokolowski; Shirley Jean Scott; Diane Maiacos; Darlene Abraham. |
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| Comic Story | Careless Lover (8.67 pages) |
| Synopsis | Secretary Ellen, plain but hardworking, is sent to Bermuda by her company to win a contract. She meets Dan on the boat and he’s friendly but she thinks he’s engaged to fellow passenger Judy. Later, Ellen is nearly drowned when her sailboat is caught in a storm, but she’s rescued by Dan and Judy on their yacht. Dan professes his love for Ellen and she’s confused until he explains Judy is his cousin and he was the best man at her wedding. Dan and Ellen become engaged. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Ellen Martin; Dan White; Mr. Key; Mr. Leslie; Judy |
| Notes | Art credit from JVJ index card attached to scanned version online. |
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| Text Story | Man Proposes |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
| Notes | Poem with accompanying illustration. |
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| Publisher advertisement | A Victim Of Girl Glamour (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for Darling Romance comics. |
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| Comic Story | Honkytonk Girl (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Yvonne is raised by her cynical mother. At 18, Yvonne becomes a nightclub hostess, giving men drugged drinks so they can be robbed. She saves Rex from a similar fate but refuses to give in to his romantic overtures for his own safety. Her boss Harry hits Yvonne and warns her not to act foolishly again. When Rex returns to the club, Yvonne tries to warn him but he’s drugged. Harry and his men take Rex and Yvonne to the countryside to kill them, but Rex was only faking: he’s an undercover cop and arrests the gang. Yvonne thinks Rex was just using her but he says his love is real. |
| Content | Genre: Crime; Romance | Characters: Yvonne Butler; Harry Rivers; Mrs. Butler; Bill Vail; Mike; Rex White; Joe |
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| Letters Page | What's On Your Heart? (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Letters asking for advice. |
| Featuring | What's On Your Heart? |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Submissions from Sally H.B. and Babs R. |
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