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Publication | September 1952 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Bi-Monthly |
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Credits | Pencils: Frank Frollo (signed) | Inks: Al Fago (signed) |
Content | Genre: Romance |
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Credits | Pencils: Frank Frollo (signed) | Inks: Frank Frollo (signed) |
Content | Genre: Romance |
Notes | Full page illustration with table of contents on inside front cover, black-and-white. Four stories are listed but only 3 match the actual story titles in the comic: the other one is "My Bitter Experience" which probably refers to the first story "Older and Wiser," which is not listed on the contents page. |
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Comic Story | Older and Wiser! (7 pages) |
Synopsis | Norma leaves her coal-miner husband and becomes a model in the big city. She's then hired to dance in a nightclub; part of her act is to distribute beads from her necklace to certain customers. However, she's arrested because the beads contain dope. Her boss clears her of wrongdoing and Norma returns to her husband, who takes her back. |
Credits | Script: Al Tyler (credited) | Pencils: Art Cappello (signed) | Inks: Art Cappello (signed) |
Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Norma Smith; The Runt; The Lug; Charlie |
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Comic Story | My Secret Betrayed Me (8 pages) |
Synopsis | Ann resents her younger sister Myrt, whose dancing ability helps make her a star under the name "Jessica." Ann starts to impersonate Myrt around their hometown; she even fools wealthy Roland, who is in love with Myrt. However, Ann discovers she doesn't like the phony world of theatrical hangers-on, and confesses everything to Roland, who hits her. Ann drops her masquerade and returns to her own life, happier now. She also discovers Myrt has married the real Roland, and the man she had been dating was another impostor. |
Credits | Script: Al Tyler (credited) | Pencils: Art Cappello (signed) | Inks: Art Cappello (signed) |
Content | Characters: Ann Dowling; Myrt Dowling; Mr. Dowling; Mrs. Dowling; Roland Storm |
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Text Story | My Moment of Madness (2 pages) |
Credits | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
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Comic Story | I Was A Pawn of Passion (9 pages) |
Synopsis | Nurse Cynthia loves doctor Gene. After a train wreck, Cynthia sees Gene worrying about a young woman victim. Cynthia jealously decides to kill her by substituting water for medicine; she later changes her mind but the woman is dead. Cynthia goes to work in another hospital across the country. She and doctor Ronnie fall in love. After another train wreck, Cynthia discovers Gene is one of the injured; he tells her that the woman died of her injuries and it wasn't Cynthia's fault. A jealous Ronnie tries to pull the same scheme to kill Gene but Cynthia stops him. They decide to get married. |
Credits | Script: Al Tyler (credited) | Pencils: Frank Frollo (signed) | Inks: Frank Frollo (signed) |
Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Cynthia Walker; Dr. Gene Studjzen; Ronnie |
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Comic Story | Key To My Heart (6 pages) |
Synopsis | Deborah idolizes her late father and runs her family estate as she imagines he would, ruthlessly. She decides to marry Richard, who strongly resembles her father, to make sure she has an heir. Richard doesn't love her and after their marriage says she doesn't deserve a child. He leaves and she realizes she does love him, and her image of her father is a false one. They reconcile. |
Credits | Script: Al Tyler (credited) | Pencils: Art Cappello (signed) | Inks: Art Cappello (signed) |
Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Deborah Devershire; Richard Keaton; Mr. Erson; Jennifer; Dexter Cornwalis |
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Comic Story | Strictly For the Brides |
Synopsis | Brief anecdotes about wedding customs. |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Romance |
Notes | Inside back cover, black-and-white. Bottom half of page is an advertisement. |
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