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| Date | | Number: 15 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | First Love Illustrated 15 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 36 | Frequency: every other month |
| Cover | Side-Street Love / 1 page |
| Genre | Romance |
| Pencils | Al Avison |
| Inks | Al Avison |
| Letters | Joe Rosen |
| Notes | Art identification confirmed by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. Although the cover allegedly refers to the interior story "Side-Street Love," the characters and the plot suggested by the cover do not really match the story inside. |
| Comic Story | Side-Street Love (6.67 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bored Sally is engaged to Frank but begins an affair with department store night watchman Buck, who gives her gifts he “bought” with his “employee discount” (Buck actually stole the merchandise). Sally spends time with Buck in the closed store at night, hoping he’ll propose marriage. Unfortunately, they’re caught by the police. Buck tries to blame Sally but they’re both sent to prison. Sally regrets her “cheap, sordid, side-street love!!” and that she lost Frank, a decent man. |
| Genre | Romance |
| Characters | Sally; Frank; Buck Smith |
| Pencils | Bob Powell |
| Inks | Bob Powell |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Hames Ware. |
| Publisher advertisement | "You'll Love the Thrilling True Life Stories In... |
| Notes | House ad for "True Love Problems and Advice Illustrated," showing cover of issue 12 (November 1951). |
| Text Story | Afraid To Tell (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Romance |
| Comic Story | Brute Force (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Janie has a crush on former schoolmate Clark, now a professional boxer. Clark repeatedly sends her away because he has no future and no security to offer her. When another fighter makes a pass at Janie, Clark knocks him out and says he’ll have to marry Janie to keep her out of trouble. |
| Genre | Romance |
| Characters | Clark Williams; Janie; Mac Grady |
| Pencils | Lee Elias |
| Inks | Lee Elias |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Hames Ware. |
| Comic Story | No Hope for Happiness! (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Reporter Bart investigates the death of Janice, a mysterious blonde whose body was washed up on a beach. He becomes obsessed with her, to the detriment of his relationship with fellow newspaper employee Sylvia. Bart visits Janice’s hometown and discovers she’s alive: she left town suddenly to marry Joe, just discharged from the Army. The dead woman’s identity is a mystery. Bart realizes his love for Janice was an illusion, but Sylvia is real. |
| Genre | Romance |
| Characters | Bart Barrow; Sylvia; Mrs. Singleton; Janice Follet; Rose Webb; Joe |
| Pencils | Jack Sparling |
| Inks | Jack Sparling |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Hames Ware. The basic premise of this story is the same as the novel and film "Laura" by Vera Caspary. However, the conclusion is different. |
| Comic Story | She's No Lady (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | At lunchtime each day, Meg helps her father Frank with his lunch wagon business outside a local factory, then returns to school. She breaks up with factory worker Biff in order to date wealthy classmate Hal. Hal asks Meg to hide her humble origins from his parents, but when a factory worker gets fresh and Biff defends her, Hal’s father—who owns the factory—sees her there. Hal agrees with his parents: Meg is too common for him. Meg and Biff reconcile. |
| Genre | Romance |
| Characters | Meg; Frank; Biff; Hal Peters; Mr. Peters; Mrs. Peters |
| Pencils | Tom Hickey |
| Inks | Tom Hickey |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Hames Ware. |
| Text Article | No Title |
| Feature | First Love Winners |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Readers send in anecdotes and get money for it. |
| Text Article | No Title |
| Synopsis | Nancy Powers gives advice to readers. |
| Feature | Your Problem |
| Letters | typeset |
| 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 | |
