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| Publication | July-August 1951 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Bi-monthly |
| Notes | Cover was originally used for Avon paperback 222, "The Neon Wilderness" (1950).
Art credit from Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/42080330@N03/16090879965/
Heritage Auctions suggests Everett Kinstler painted the cover, though the way women are generally presented on Johnson’s covers more closely resemble the woman on this cover. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
| Notes | Cover was originally used for Avon paperback 222, "The Neon Wilderness" (1950).
Art credit from Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/42080330@N03/16090879965/
Heritage Auctions suggests Everett Kinstler painted the cover, though the way women are generally presented on Johnson’s covers more closely resemble the woman on this cover. |
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| Foreword/Afterword | Pick-Up Girl! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A brief summary to the feature "Pick-Up Girl!" |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
| Notes | On inside front cover. |
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| Comic Story | Pick-Up Girl! (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Small-town girl Mary moves in to a New York apartment with Debbie and Vickie, and gets caught up in their wild, partying lifestyle. Mary is attracted to Brian, whom she meets accidentally, but instead dates flashy Fred, only to learn he’s married and merely wants her as his mistress. Debbie dates drug dealer Lucky, who abuses and eventually murders her; Vickie takes an overdose of sleeping pills. Mary learns Brian is an assistant district attorney: they get married and have a child. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Mary Richards; Debbie Williams; Vickie Adams; Jim; Walter; Wayne; Dick; Brian Matthews; George "Lucky" Lucietti; Fred Sales |
| Notes | Art credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. index card. |
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| Comic Story | The Girl Who Went Bad! (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Cynthia utilizes her beauty to steal John from his girlfriend Mary, but then dumps him for Everett, who runs with a fast crowd. Cynthia is fired from her job in the town library due to her association with Everett, and discovers he is a criminal. She turns him in to the police, and reconciles with John. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Cynthia Hill; Everett Fisk; Mary; John Quick; Emma Conway; Mr. Hill; Mrs. Hill |
| Notes | Art credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. index card.
Keith Chandler : The ink lines are finer and more feathery than Rosenberger's usual style, suggesting that Everett Raymond Kinstler may be responsible. |
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| Comic Story | I Made Men Love Me! (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tony grows up on the streets to avoid her drunken, abusive father. She uses her beauty to control men, eventually convincing a group of her admirers to organise into a criminal gang. The men fight among themselves over her, and Tony has to flee. She’s arrested and her childhood friend Jamesie is appointed her lawyer. He convinces the judge to send her to reform school instead of prison. Jamesie will be waiting for her when she is released. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Antoinette "Tony"; Jamesie O'Connor; Slugger |
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| Comic Story | The Night on My Conscience! (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Connie grows up in a working class neighborhood and stays away from men, until she meets and falls in love with Navy sailor Jay. Jay ships out for Korea and Connie’s father throws her out of the house. When Jay doesn’t return to meet her, Connie dates Greg but resists his advances and they’re both arrested for disturbing the peace. Jay arrives, wounded, and is reunited with Connie. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Connie Stefanic; Greg Latimore; Louie; Mike Stefanic; Mrs. Stefanic; Rita; Tom Jefferson; Jay Martin |
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