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| Publication | February 1953 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Cover | Jilted Pride! |
| Synopsis | Full-page, front cover illustration depicts a man and a woman embracing passionately in a clothing storage area while another man looks on angrily. |
| Credits | Pencils: Lee Elias (signed) | Inks: Lee Elias (signed) | Colors: Lee Elias? |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Comic Story | Jilted Pride! (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Debbie is hired as a secretary to personnel manager Tom Chaney at Barnstorm's Department Store. Shortly after, she dates and falls in love with co-worker Rick Matthews. Others believe the two will marry but Debbie learns Rick has just given his engagement ring to a girl at the perfume counter. However, they fall in love, even though Debbie is afraid of being hurt again. When she learns Rick has broken his engagement, she wonders if she still loves him. At a company picnic, Rick tries to seduce her but she realizes she loves Tom and flees. Tom is waiting for her and the two pledge their love. |
| Featuring | First Love Illustrated |
| Credits | Pencils: Al Avison | Inks: Al Avison |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Debbie Baylor; Tom Chaney; Rick Matthews; Estelle Baylor (Debbie's sister) |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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| Text Story | Miracle of Love |
| Synopsis | Curt falls in love with a young woman who engages him day after day in conversation on a park bench. His depression lifts and he returns to work at the law firm where he was employed before serving in Korea. The two pledge their love. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Helene; Curt Patterson (blind Korean War veteran) |
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| Comic Story | One Night of Love (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | While en route to her aunt's place, Grace pulls into a motel for the night. Her next-door neighbor Terry takes her to dinner and his post-prandial lovemaking leads Grace to believe she's in love with him. When Grace discovers he left while she slept, she feels used. At Aunt Mary's, she is haunted by Terry and wants to forget him. She dates Paul. They go sailing on a moonlit night and Paul attempts to force himself upon her. Still in love with Terry, she dives overboard and swims for shore but suffers a cramp, loses consciousness, and sinks. She wakes in hospital and finds Terry is an intern at the hospital. He says he left a note for her with the motel clerk but Grace admits she was so distraught that she drove off without inquiring. The two pledge undying love. |
| Featuring | First Love Illustrated |
| Credits | Pencils: John Sink | Inks: John Sink |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Grace Taylor; Terry Stewart; Motel Clerk; Aunt Mary; Paul |
| Notes | Headlights and bra scenes.
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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| Comic Story | Man of My Choice (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tess and John become engaged but Tess is anxious about meeting his domineering mother, a wealthy and celebrated Long Island hostess. When Tess breaks a teacup from Mrs. Mills's beloved tea set, John crticizes her severely. John goes to a social event with his mother and Tess stays home in a miserable frame of mind. She meets his sexy and carefree brother Mike, the black sheep of the family. He's a breath of fresh air for her and when John returns she tells him she is not sure of her love and asks him to take her home. One day during the week that follows, Mike passes her on the street and invites her to go fishing. She does and they fall in love but Tess holds him at arm's length until she breaks her engagement to John. Mike and Tess then walk off together. |
| Featuring | First Love Illustrated |
| Credits | Pencils: Jack Sparling | Inks: Jack Sparling |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Tess Hanly; John Mills; Mike Mills; Mrs. Mills; Rigney (butler) |
| Notes | Art identification confirmed by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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| Text Story | Delayed Destiny |
| Synopsis | Sally's father forbids her to date for six months until she turns eighteen. She is heartbroken because she is in love with - and has been dating - a young man named Rob. When she informs Rob of her father's order, he understandingly tells her that her father only wants to protect her. They decide to wait six more months before dating again. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Sally; Rob; Sally's father |
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| Comic Story | Scars on My Heart (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wealthy, flirtatious Babs Matthews is hideously scarred in an automobile accident. She falls in love with Bill Reiner, the lawyer handling her case, but believes he sees her only as a horribly scarred woman no one could possibly love. He corrects her and the two pledge their love. Babs eventually has plastic surgery to restore her face but the scars in her heart will always be there to remind her of her crippling self-pity. |
| Featuring | First Love Illustrated |
| Credits | Pencils: Tom Hickey | Inks: Tom Hickey |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Babs Matthews; Bill Reiner; Nurse; Jane (Babs's maid); Alice Reiner (Bill's sister-in-law) |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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