Issue: #8
Published: May 1951, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing: Alfred Grenet; Richard Arnold (associate); Everett M. Arnold (general manager)
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Indicia: Love Confessions, May 1951, No. 8. Published monthly except May and November by Comic Magazines, 8 Lord Street, Buffalo, N.Y. Executive Offices, 578 Summer Street, Stamford, Conn. Everett M. Arnold, General Manager. Alfred Grenet, Editor. Richard Arnold, Associate Editor. Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Buffalo, N.Y. under the Act of March 3, 1879. The characters and events pictured herein are entirely fictitious. The Publisher accepts no responsibility for unsolicited material. Editorial and Advertising Offices, 347 Madison Avenue, New York 17, N.Y. Copyright 1951 by Comic Magazines. Printed in the U.S.A.
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| Cover (1 page) |
Disillusioned! |
| Credits: |
Pencils: ? (photograph) | Inks: ? (photograph) | Colours: ? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Comic Story (9 pages) |
Disillusioned |
| Synopsis: |
Mavis is engaged to Ed, city editor at a newspaper. She gets a job as a cub reporter so she can understand his devotion to his work. Her inexperience causes her to inadvertently derail Ed’s plan to learn where a gangster has hidden his loot, but Mavis makes up for it by locating the money herself. She then resigns her job to devote herself to marriage. |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Mavis Blake Ed Hampton Mr. Doane Sugar Robb Mike Cassidy |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
Misguided Motive |
| Synopsis: |
Sally, who supports her ailing mother, is engaged to accountant Don, but finds him boring. She is more attracted to race driver Ted. Sally’s mother needs an expensive operation but Don is reluctant to pay the bill; Ted, on the other hand, mortgages his race car to enter a race, gambling that he’ll win enough money to help Sally. Ted wrecks his car but wins the race and will marry Sally. |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Don Ryan Dr. Dane Mrs. Stevens Sally Stevens Ted Wagner |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Hoop-La Heartache |
| Synopsis: |
Sally’s father has a heart attack so she has to operate his carnival game. Local mayor McKay feels all carnies are crooks, but his son Dan is attracted to Sally. A hurricane approaches and Dan offers Sally and her father shelter at his house. Dan’s little sister Pat contracts appendicitis and requires an operation but the hospital can’t be reached. Sally has the carnival workers bring a generator to the McKay house so the doctor can operate. Dan’s father changes his opinion and Dan proposes marriage to Sally. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: W. G. Hargis ? | Inks: Sid Greene ? |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Sally Blanding Mr. Blanding Dan McKay Mayor Arnold McKay Pat McKay Sam Stark Dr. Brown |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
Blackmailer |
| Synopsis: |
By threatening radio station manager Dean with evidence of his philandering, Cora blackmails her way into a job as assistant to radio broadcaster Bruce. Bruce and Cora fall in love, but Dean says he’ll tell Bruce about her scheme unless she helps ruin a competitor by exposing an old scandal. Cora can’t go through with it; Bruce admits he knew how she got her job, but he loves her anyway. |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Cora Brett Madge Culp Bill Harley Bruce Kelland Mr. Dean |
| Illustration (1 page) |
Dresses For That Special Occasion |
| Synopsis: |
"Our selection of little dresses for big evenings." Five illustrations of dresses, shoes, and a blouse, with descriptive text. |
| Genre: |
Fashion Romance |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
Deceitful Darling |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
My Heart's in the Hills |
| Synopsis: |
Would-be actress Susan wants the leading role in a “hillbilly” film produced by Reiner, but he rejects her. She travels to Tennessee and impersonates a real mountain girl and is given the part. She becomes famous but Reiner, admitting he knew about her scam, tries to blackmail her into becoming his mistress. Susan refuses and returns to Tennessee and her new love, Thad. |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Susan Rogers Dolly Evans Carl Reiner Granny Harding Dr. Thaddeus R. Harding |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
Quality Romance Patterns |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
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