Volume: #4, Issue: #9 (39)
Published: November 1952, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 44, Editing:
Color: Full Color Dimensions: Standard Golden, Then Silver Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: On sale date from the on stand date reported in the Comic Magazine Publishing Report (George W. Dougherty, 1942 series), #129 (October 1952).
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| Cover (1 page) |
My Fear of Men |
| Credits: |
Pencils: ? (Photo cover) | Inks: ? (Photo cover) | Colours: ? (Photo cover) |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Each Day I Die! |
| Synopsis: |
Lila marries ex-Navy frogman Frank and he resumes his occupation of salvage diver. June, wife of diver Steve, tells Lila she fears for her husband’s life every day. Lila asks Frank to quit diving, “I can’t live in constant fear!” but Frank refuses, saying “diving is the only thing I know!” After Steve dies in an accident, Lila leaves Frank, but the ship she’s sailing on begins to sink. Frank rescues Lila and they reconcile. |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Lila Douglas Frank Douglas Steve Crane June Crane Mr. Hartnett |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Nancy Hale's Problem Clinic |
| Synopsis: |
Ted kisses Dinah on their date and she thinks he cares “a great deal,” but then he dates someone else. Nancy Hale quizzes Ted and he says “the kiss was only a token of thanks for a pleasant evening! Nothing more!” Nancy warns readers: “Before the next kiss, make sure you know what it stands for!” |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Nancy Hale] |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction Romance |
| Characters: |
Nancy Hale Dinah M Ted |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Marriage on the Rocks! |
| Synopsis: |
Newlyweds Jeff and Lucy take over a ramshackle gas station on an isolated desert highway, only to later learn “there’s no traffic past here six months out of the year!” Lucy soon has a son, Tommy, but after years of struggling to sustain the business, she decides to leave Jeff. However, Tommy has disappeared. He’s later discovered in the desert “looking for gold” so his parents “wouldn’t be arguing about money all the time!” Jeff and Lucy decide to stay together. |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Jeff Linden Lucy Linden Tommy Linden Dan Sims Dr. Clark |
| Text Article (1 page) |
Wanted...a Husband! |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Nancy Hale] | Letters: typeset |
| Text Article (1 page) |
Away with Acne! |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Charmaigne] | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Comic Story (3 pages) |
Will You Help Me? |
| Synopsis: |
Bart breaks his engagement to Winnie, fearing the "responsibilities" of married life. Winnie asks him to keep this a secret for a time so she won't be humiliated. She then learns Eileen's "tall--handsome--prize athlete" brother Stan has long had a crush on her. Winnie is "too proud to let people know that I've been jilted," but is "very anxious to have a certain party realize that I'm free." She asks readers for advice. |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Winnie Bart Eileen |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
My Fear of Men |
| Synopsis: |
Ivy leaves the orphanage at age 17 and becomes a maid for the Linwoods. Chad Linwood kisses her and his parents find out. Ivy runs away and tries to find work, but is fearful of the advances of men. Hired as a file clerk, she reluctantly dates executive Walter, but rejects him when he becomes romantic. She quits her job. Chad tracks her down and claims he loves her, but she feels nothing for him. However, she now knows “the fire, the longing” she felt when she first kissed him “hadn’t been bad! They had been part of growing up!” Ivy returns to Walter now that she is “a woman at last!” |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Ivy Brewster Chad Lindwood Mr. Linwood Mrs. Linwood Johnny Walter Franklin Mrs. Ryan |
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