| Additional Information |
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| Publication | June 1950 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
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| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Colors:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Comic Story | I Toyed with Love (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Marion is engaged to Steve Bronson, but he confesses to being an ex-convict. Although he’s turned his life around, Marion breaks up with him and moves to the big city. After her mother’s death, Marion comes home and discovers Steve is dating her younger sister Ginny. Marion tries to undermine this romance. When Steve is arrested for robbery, Marion at first refuses to give him an alibi, but changes her mind when she sees Ginny really loves him. Marion settles for high school boyfriend Art Gates. |
| Credits | Job #: R-140 |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Marion; Steve Bronson; Ginny; Art Gates |
| Notes | Art Gates was a comic book artist who worked for a number of publishers, including Standard. The character in this story may be named after him. |
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| Comic Story | No Man for Me (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Legal secretary Bette is envious of her married friends, so she tricks Jeff into proposing marriage to her to “save her reputation” after they’re stranded alone in the countryside. She confesses her scheme to Jeff but he says he loves her anyway. |
| Credits | Job #: R-104 |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Bette Harris; Jeff Tompkins |
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| Comic Story | Queens of Hearts (1 page) |
| Credits | Job #: R-113 |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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| Text Article | Accent on Charm (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Advice |
| Credits | Script: Martha Hale (credited) | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Love Passed Me By (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Louise and Harvey are engaged, but he wants to live in the suburbs and she prefers the city. Realtor Stan Warwick shows her a house he owns and will only sell to someone who agrees to live there. Harvey schemes to sell the house for redevelopment and make a profit. Louise tells Stan; she and Harvey break up as a result, but Stan and Louise have fallen in love and will live in the house when they are married. |
| Credits | Job #: R-128 |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Louise; Stan Warwick; Harvey |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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| Text Story | Romance Is a Pose (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Madeline Mines (credited) | Letters: typeset | Job #: R-133 |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Comic Story | My Selfish Heart (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Elementary schoolteacher Lynn Dancer supports her elderly, invalid father on her salary. Ted Brent offers to buy the family home and turn into a dude ranch. Lynn refuses but her father agrees. Lynn falls in love with Ted but is still not happy about the conversion of her home into a resort. She becomes jealous of guest Carol Deane and Ted. Eventually, she decides to participate in the dude ranch activities and learns Ted loves her as well. |
| Credits | Job #: R-142 |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Lynn Dancer; Buck Dancer; Carol Deane; Ted Brent |
| Notes | Writer identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Pencil credit from Frank Thorne interview in The Comics Journal #280, page 46 |
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| Comic Story | Heloise and Abelard (1 page) |
| Credits | Job #: BF-381 |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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